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1685, County Queens, Ireland
Died:
Dec. 5, 1753, Annapolis, Md. [U.S.] (aged 68)
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Daniel Dulany

Irish-American colonial lawyer [1685-1753]
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Daniel Dulany (born 1685, County Queens, Ireland—died Dec. 5, 1753, Annapolis, Md. [U.S.]) was an Irish-American colonial lawyer, landowner, and public official.

Daniel Dulany went to Maryland in 1703, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1709. He soon became prominent and wealthy from his legal practice. A year after Dulany moved to Annapolis, he was elected to represent the town in the Maryland Assembly. At first, Dulany became a leader of the legislative faction that opposed proprietorial authority in the colony, and he argued that the citizens of Maryland were entitled to the benefits of all English legal statutes. During the next decade, however, Dulany crossed over to support the proprietorial faction and was rewarded with successively higher offices in the colony. In 1742 he became a member of the Governor’s Council, where he took a leading role in securing the passage in 1747 of a tobacco inspection law that considerably enhanced the quality of the colony’s tobacco crop. His son Daniel Dulany the Younger (1722–97) was a well-known contributor to the pre-Revolutionary pamphlet wars.

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