DALZIEL, THOMAS

DALZIEL, THOMAS
   general, born in Linlithgowshire; being hand-idle at home, entered the Russian service against the Turks; returning at the request of Charles II., was appointed commander-in-chief in Scotland; suppressed a rising of the Covenanters at Pentland in 1666; never once shaved his beard after the execution of Charles I. (1599-1685).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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