HAILES, DAVID DALRYMPLE, LORD Scottish lawyer and historian, was born at Edinburgh, the son of Sir James Dalrymple, auditor-general of the exchequer of Scot land. He was educated at Eton, and studied law at Utrecht, be ing intended for the Scottish bar, to which he was admitted shortly after his return to Scotland in 1748. In 1766 he was elevated to the bench, when he assumed the title of Lord Hailes. Ten years later he was appointed a lord of justiciary. Lord Hailes wrote the Annals of Scotland (2 vols. 17 76-79) .