Letter : Fort St. George, to Henry Dundas, 1796 February 20.

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Letter : Fort St. George, to Henry Dundas, 1796 February 20.

ALS from Gent to Henry Dundas transmitting at the request of Mr. Cleghorn, the Plan of the Fort of Colombo (Plan en kaart van 't Kasteel en stad Kolombo). Manuscript map (col. : 68 x 72 cm.) housed in Map Library. (Wils, Map ...).

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Gent, William.

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Lieutenant Col. and Chief Engineer. From the description of Letter : Fort St. George, to Henry Dundas, 1796 February 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122476438 ...

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...