Editing Tam Dalyell (section)

==Personal life and death==
[[File:Bust of Tam Dalyell.jpg|thumb|Bust of Tam Dalyell]]
[[File:House of the Binns - geograph.org.uk - 225568.jpg|thumb|[[House of the Binns]]]]
Dalyell married Kathleen Wheatley, a teacher, on 26 December 1963;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.birlinn.co.uk/blog/a-tribute-to-tony-benn/ |title=A Tribute to Tony Benn (From Parliament: The 1960s in The Importance of Being Awkward by Tam Dalyell) |work=Birlinn Books Blog |publisher=birlinn.co.uk |date=14 March 2014 |access-date=27 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202200536/http://www.birlinn.co.uk/blog/a-tribute-to-tony-benn/ |archive-date=2 February 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> she was the elder daughter of [[John Wheatley, Baron Wheatley|John Wheatley]], Lord Advocate and Labour MP for East Edinburgh.<ref name="Independent obituary"/> They have a son Gordon Wheatley Dalyell,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/Curr%20Scots%20Barts.htm|title=Current Nova Scotia Baronetcies|access-date=12 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714203003/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Curr%20Scots%20Barts.htm|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> and a daughter Moira, both of whom are lawyers. In his retirement, and for some years previously, he contributed obituaries to ''[[The Independent]]''.<ref name="Independent obituary"/> In 2011 he published his autobiography, ''The Importance of Being Awkward''. The dedication is "To the men and women of West Lothian – Labour, SNP, Conservative, Liberal, Communist – who, whatever their political opinions, were kind to me in all sorts of ways over 43 years as their representative in the House of Commons."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexwood.org.uk/2012/03/an-interview-with-tam-dalyell/ |title=An Interview with Tam Dalyell |website=alexwood.org.uk |date=18 March 2012 |access-date=27 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202032745/http://www.alexwood.org.uk/2012/03/an-interview-with-tam-dalyell/ |archive-date=2 February 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Dalyell died at the [[House of the Binns]] on 26 January 2017, at the age of 84, following a brief, undisclosed illness.<ref name="Independent obituary"/><ref name = Torrance>{{cite ODNB|title = Sir Thomas [Tam], eleventh baronet (1932–2017), politician|doi = 10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000380204|last = Torrance|first = David|year = 2021}}</ref>

===Arms===
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|escutcheon = Quarterly: 1 and 4, Sable a naked man his arms extended proper on a canton argent a sword and pistol disposed in saltire also proper ''(Dalziel of Binns)''; 2, Or a saltire engrailed sable between two swans proper naiant in fess undy azure and argent and in chief point a mullet gules for difference ''(Loch of Drylaw)''; 3, Or a bend checquy sable and argent between three buckles azure ''(Menteith of Auldcathie)''.
|coronet = 
|crest = A dexter arms issuant from the wreath the hands grasping a scimitar proper hilted and pommelled or. 
|supporters =Two lions sejant guardant Gules armed and langued azure each supporting with its interior forepaws a pavilion pole sable with rosette and pennon spike garnished or, the pennon argent with the tails of the same and sable is charged with a sword and pistol in saltire proper.
|motto = Above the shield: '''I Dare''' <br>Below the shield: '''For Right & Reason''' 
|symbolism = The origin of this peculiar arms was written about by [[Sir Robert Douglas, 6th Baronet]], in 1764: <br>The account of their origin, given by [[Alexander Nisbet|Mr. Nisbet]], and other historians, is, that in the reign of King [[Kenneth II]], a kinsman, and favourite of that king, being taken prisoner by the [[Picts]], was put to death, and hung up upon a gallows in view of the Scotch camp. King Kenneth being highly provoked and incensed at the affront, offered a considerable reward to any of his subjects who would take down, and carry off the corpse; but, for some time, none would venture to undertake the dangerous enterprise. At last, a gentleman of more spirit and courage than the rest, said ''"dal zell"'', which, in the old Scotch language, signifies, 'I dare'. He effectually performed it to the king's satisfaction, who accordingly rewarded him nobly. His posterity assumed the word DALZELL for their surname, and that remarkable bearing of a man hanging on a gallows for their arms, with I dare for their motto, in memory of the above brave action, though they now bear only a naked man proper.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/peerageofscotlan00doug |title=The peerage of Scotland : containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, from their origin to the present generation: collected from the public records, and ancient chartularies of this nation, the charters, and other writings of the nobility, and the works of our best historians ... |last=Douglas |first=Robert |date=1764 |publisher=Edinburgh : Printed by R. Fleming}}</ref>
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