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'''D'Alton''' is both a surname and a given name of Norman origin found in Ireland and Britain and places where people from those backgrounds emigrated to. The Hiberno-Norman sept ruled over [[Rathconrath]], previously known as D'Alton country,<ref>[[ |
'''D'Alton''' is both a surname and a given name of Norman origin found in Ireland and Britain and places where people from those backgrounds emigrated to. The Hiberno-Norman sept ruled over [[Rathconrath]], previously known as D'Alton country,<ref>[[Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act 1543]] (34 Hen. 8. c. 1 (I)); see {{cite book |title=Henry VIII Part 3 |series=State Papers |volume=2 |page=7, fn.14 |year=1834 |publisher=Murray |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mc0_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA7 }}</ref> and surrounding areas of Westmeath from the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169 until the Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland in 1649. |
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Latest revision as of 14:20, 21 November 2024
D'Alton is both a surname and a given name of Norman origin found in Ireland and Britain and places where people from those backgrounds emigrated to. The Hiberno-Norman sept ruled over Rathconrath, previously known as D'Alton country,[1] and surrounding areas of Westmeath from the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169 until the Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland in 1649.
Notable people with the name include:
Surname
[edit]- Eduard Joseph d'Alton (1772–1840), German engraver and naturalist
- Johann Samuel Eduard d'Alton (1803–1854), German anatomist, son of Eduard d'Alton
- John D'Alton (1882–1963), Irish Roman Catholic cardinal and Primate of All Ireland
- John D'Alton (historian) (1792–1867), Irish lawyer and genealogist
- Rob D'Alton (born 1923), Irish sailor and Olympian
- Thomas d'Alton (1895–1968), Australian politician
Given name
[edit]- D'Alton Corry Coleman (1879–1956), Canadian businessman
- D'Alton or Dalton McCarthy (1836–1898), Canadian lawyer and parliamentarian
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act 1543 (34 Hen. 8. c. 1 (I)); see Henry VIII Part 3. State Papers. Vol. 2. Murray. 1834. p. 7, fn.14.
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