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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. As of 2014 [update] the titles are held by the ninth Viscount's eldest son, the tenth Viscount, who succeeded in 2011.
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.
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 visiting New York in December 1855 (during the composition of the novel), Melville read the entry on himself in Cyclopaedia of American Literature written by Evert Duckinck and his brother. The entry described Melville as a writer who did not trouble himself with "the exactions of artificial life," and concluded that Pierre was a ...
Robert Dundas, 9th Viscount Melville (28 May 1937 – 21 July 2011) was a British Army officer and peer.. The eldest son of Robert Maldred St John Melville Dundas, the younger brother of the 8th Viscount Melville, and his wife Margaret, Dundas became the heir to the viscountcy when his father died in 1940.
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein [427] 1946: Montgomery: extant: Viscount Gort [428] 8 February 1946: Vereker: extinct 31 March 1946: also Viscount Gort, in the Peerage of Ireland Viscount Alexander of Tunis [429] 1 March 1946: Alexander: extant: created Earl Alexander of Tunis on 11 March 1952 Viscount Mountbatten of Burma [430] 23 August 1946 ...
Anne married the future viscount on 29 August 1796, when he was an MP. He inherited the viscountcy in 1811, making her a viscountess. The couple had six children, including: Henry Dundas, 3rd Viscount Melville (1801-1876), who died unmarried; Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas (1802-1861), who died unmarried
The first documented European to visit Melville Island was the British explorer, Sir William Parry, in 1819. He was forced to spend the winter at what is now called "Winter Harbour," until 1 August 1820, owing to freeze-up of the sea. [6] The island is named for Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, who was First Sea Lord at the time.