Notable South Australians/Dominick Gore Daly

by George E. Loyau

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Dominick Gore Daly,

THE eldest son of Sir Dominick Daly, was born in. Canada in 1827, and educated as a barrister, but did not practise his profession. He resided for some time in England, where he belonged to the East Kent Militia. He also joined the Waikato Regiment of Volunteers. Soon after his father's arrival as Governor of South Australia, Mr. Daly came to this colony and acted as his Private Secretary, and continued to hold the same office during a part of Colonel Hamley's administration. In 1866 he married the youngest daughter of the late Hon. W. Younghusband, once Chief Secretary of South Australia. He had a large circle of friends, who lamented his early death, which took place on December 30, 1871, at the age of 44 years.