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Viscount Melville, of Melville in the County of Edinburgh, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Origins. The title was created on 24 December 1802 ...
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.
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 ...
Louisa Boothby was born on 19 January 1806 in Winchester, the daughter of Sir William Boothby, 8th Baronet and Fanny Jenkinson.. In 1833, she married the Rev. Charles Dundas, son of Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville and Anne Dundas, Viscountess Melville.
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.
Entrance of Melville Castle. Notable descendants of Elizabeth Rannie, in addition to her son, include grandsons Henry Dundas, 3rd Viscount Melville and Richard Saunders Dundas. To this day, the peerage of Viscount Melville is descended from Elizabeth Rannie, and takes its name from the castle that Rannie brought into her marriage with Dundas. [4]
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 column is topped by Robert Forrest's statue of Viscount Melville. Robert Forrest (27 November 1790 – 29 December 1852) was a Scottish monumental sculptor, receiving many important commissions in the early 19th century. He was self-taught, beginning his working life as a mason in a stone quarry in Clydesdale. Allegedly his first patron ...