Extracts from the Melville Papers (microfilm) 1786-1788

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Extracts from the Melville Papers (microfilm) 1786-1788

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The Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House

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Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811

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Henry Dundas, the first Viscount Melville (1742-1811), statesman, was the father of Robert Saunders Dundas, the second Viscount Melville (1771-1851), also a statesman. Henry Dundas was educated at Edinburgh High School and University, before becoming solicitor-general for Scotland in 1766. He was M.P. for Midlothian 1774-1790, except for a few months in 1782, when he sat for Newtown, Isle of Wight. He was lord advocate 1775-1783, lord rector of Glasgow University 1781-1783, privy councillor, and...

Dundas, Henry

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Epithet: Right Hon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000684.0x00036c Title: Viscount Melville British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000684.0x00036e Henry Dundas (1742-1811), 1st Viscount Melville (1802). Politician, Secretary of State for Home Affairs (1791-1794), Secretary of State for War (1794-1801). From the guide to t...