Henry Dalzell, 8th Earl of Carnwath

Who was Henry Dalzell, 8th Earl of Carnwath?

Henry Dalzell, 8th Earl of Carnwath was born 12 April 1858 in Baden-Wurttemberg, the only child of Thomas Henry Dalzell, 7th Earl of Carnwath and Isabella Eliza Wilmot. He succeeded to his father's title upon the latter's death in 1867. In January 1873, it was reported that fourteen years of age Carnwath was the youngest Earl in Britain. He died 13 March 1873 of measles at Harrow where he was a student. He was succeeded by his father's younger brother Arthur Alexander Dalzell, 9th Earl of Carnwath.