Letters, 1777-1831.

Melville, Robert Saunders Dundas, Viscount, 1771-1851

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British statesman and First Lord of the Admiralty. From the description of Letters, 1809-1849. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 40329063 From the description of Papers, 1811-1842. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20019756 From the description of Papers, 1796-1842 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122509876 Lord Privy Seal of Scotland. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Melville Cas...

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...

Macartney, John Neill

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