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The titles descended from father to son until the death of the sixth Viscount's grandson, the eighth Viscount, in 1971. The latter was succeeded by his nephew, the ninth Viscount, the eldest son of the Honourable Robert Maldred St John Melville Dundas, second son of the seventh Viscount.
The Viscount Melville: 1802 Robert Dundas, 10th Viscount Melville United Kingdom Max Dundas: 35 The Viscount Sidmouth: 1805 Jeremy Francis Addington, 8th Viscount Sidmouth United Kingdom John Addington: 36 The Viscount Gort: 1816 [Notes 3] Foley Robert Standish Prendergast Vereker, 9th Viscount Gort Ireland Robert Vereker: 37 The Viscount ...
Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, KT, PC, FRS (14 March 1771 – 10 June 1851) was a British statesman, the son of Henry Dundas, the 1st Viscount. Dundas was the Member of Parliament for Hastings in 1794, Rye in 1796 and Midlothian in 1801.
While most of us commoners are familiar with terms like queen or king, princess or prince, there are a handful of other titles used in the British royal family that are slightly less familiar ...
This is because in other European countries outside of Britain, a count is the equivalent to an earl title. 8. Viscount or Viscountess. Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images. Example: James, Viscount Severn .
Melville Castle, home of Henry Dundas. Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, PC, FRSE (28 April 1742 – 28 May 1811), styled as Lord Melville from 1802, was the trusted lieutenant of British prime minister William Pitt and the most powerful politician in Scotland in the late 18th century.
Viscount of Kirkcaldie: 8 April 1690: Melville: extant: subsidiary title of the Earl of Melville; also Earl of Leven from 1707 Viscount of Stair [93] 21 April 1690: Dalrymple: extant: created Earl of Stair in 1703; also Earl of Dumfries from 1758 to 1769 Viscount of Walden: 17 December 1694: Hay: extant: subsidiary title of the Marquess of ...
The eldest son of Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, and his wife Anne, Dundas joined the Army as a lieutenant in the 3rd (or Scots) Guards in 1819. [2] He was promoted to captain of the 83rd Regiment in 1824, major in 1826 and lieutenant-colonel in 1829.