but in consequence did not appear at the Battle of Bothwell Brig till after the close of the engagement. On 25 November 1681, a commission was issued authorizing him to enroll the regiment afterwards known as the Scots Greys. His commission was confirmed by King James VII, but he died soon after the latter's accession in August 1685. He married Agnes, daughter of John Ker of Cavers, by whom he had a son, Thomas, created a baronet in 1685, whose only son and heir, Thomas, died unmarried. The baronetage apparently became extinct, but it was assumed about 1726 by James Menteith. The Dalyell baronetage was later held by politician Tam Dalyell, formally styled Sir Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, 11th Baronet. Gaming with the devil Legend has it that "Bluidy Tam" enjoyed on occasion a hand of cards with the devil. During one of these games, the devil, losing, threw the card table at the general. The devil missed and the table flew threw through the window and ended up in a pond on the grounds of the House of the Binns. This tale was passed down through generations of inhabitants of the Binns. In 1870, following a particularly hard drought, a marble topped card table was seen poking through the low waters of the pond. In 1930 the mother of the twentieth century Tam Dalyell asked a local joiner to repair the legs on the table, to find out that the about-to-be-retired tradesman's first job had been to retrieve said table from the pond. Bibliography Report on the Muniments of Sir Robert Osborne Dalyell, baronet of Binns, Hist. MSS. Comm. 9th Rep. pt. ii. 230–8 Captain Creighton's Memoirs in Swift's Works Thurloe State Papers, ii. State Papers, Dom. Ser., 1654–67 Wodrow's Sufferings of the Church of Scotland Fountainhall's Historical Notices: ib. Observes Nicolls's Diary Burnet's Own Time Balfour's Annals Acts of the Parliament of Scotland Douglas's Baronage of Scotland Grainger's Biog. Hist. of England, 4th ed. iii. 380–1 Letters to the Duke of Lauderdale, 1666–80 British Library Add MSS 23125–23126; 23128; 23135; 23246–23247, published in Lauderdale Papers (Camden Society) Letters to Charles II, Add. MS. 28747 information from Sir Robert Dalyell, K.C.I.E. Foster's Members of Parliament in Scotland, 1882 References Sources Attribution 1615 births 1685 deaths 17th-century Scottish people Cavaliers Shire Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland Members of the Privy Council of Scotland People from West Lothian Russian