DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. LX. 'Cleghorn's Ceylon', replies by Hugh Cleghorn, British Agent in Ceylon, to enquiries by Henry Dundas concerning the newly-acquired island of Ceylon; 1797. Partly French. Prefaced by copies of two letters from Cle... 1797

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DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. LX. 'Cleghorn's Ceylon', replies by Hugh Cleghorn, British Agent in Ceylon, to enquiries by Henry Dundas concerning the newly-acquired island of Ceylon; 1797. Partly French. Prefaced by copies of two letters from Cle... 1797

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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...

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Cleghorn, Hugh, 1752-1837

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1773-1788 professor of civil history at the University of St Andrews; 1788-1790 tour of Europe with the tenth earl of Home; 1795 British agent in Ceylon; 1799-1801 secretary of state in Ceylon Epithet: historian and colonial administrator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x00011c ...