 Dalyell was given an honorary doctorate by Heriot-Watt University in 2011.He married Kathleen Wheatley, a teacher, on 26 December 1963; she was the elder daughter of the late Baron Wheatley, one-time Lord Advocate and Labour MP for East Edinburgh.They have a son Gordon Wheatley Dalyell, and a daughter Moira, both of whom are lawyers.