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[Papers].

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.fc62

MSS. Collection of letters and documents from his papers; mostly concern Scottish matters.

Total Volumes: 1

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349183

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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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...