Photocopy of letter, dated 22 April 1786, from George Forster (d 1790), East India Company servant, Madras from 1782, to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), Member 1784 and President 1793-1801 of the Board of Control, reporting on relati... 1786

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Photocopy of letter, dated 22 April 1786, from George Forster (d 1790), East India Company servant, Madras from 1782, to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), Member 1784 and President 1793-1801 of the Board of Control, reporting on relati... 1786

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East India Company (active 1500-2004)

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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...

De Fries, John

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Forster, George, active 1783-1786, Creator of Mss Eur B14

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Epithet: Creator of Mss Eur B14 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x0002fd ...