Letters to Viscount Henry Dundas Melville, 1788-1810.

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Letters to Viscount Henry Dundas Melville, 1788-1810.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78201714

Includes letters from Wedderburn to Dundas, as well as correspondence among other British politicians concerning British government, politics, England's relations with Ireland, France, Spain, and other European countries, and crops in England. Also includes a copy of a letter in French.

1 box (.5 linear ft.)

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Houghton Library

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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...

Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805

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Wedderburn was the first Earl of Rosslyn and a judge in Great Britain. Dundas was the first Viscount Melville and a Scottish politician. From the description of Letters to Viscount Henry Dundas Melville, 1788-1810. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 78201714 From the guide to the Letters to Viscount Henry Dundas Melville, 1788-1810., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) English Lord Chancellor. From the description of Au...