Letter: Bombay, to Henry Dundas, 1797 October 28.

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Letter: Bombay, to Henry Dundas, 1797 October 28.

One ALS and duplicate, announcing the death of the Nabob Vizier at Lucknow, the succession of his adopted son, and giving information of an insurrection in Ceylon.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6727935

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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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...

Adamson, Alex.

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