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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 ...
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.
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.
Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville (1771–1851), Scottish nobleman; Robert Dundas, 4th Viscount Melville, Scottish nobleman; Robert Nisbet-Hamilton, born Robert Dundas; Sir Robert Lawrence Dundas (1780–1844), British Army officer and politician; Robert Dundas, 9th Viscount Melville (1937–2011), British Army officer
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 ...
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.
Melville Castle, 2014. An earlier tower house on the site was demolished when the present structure, designed in 1786–1791 by James Playfair for Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, was built. [1] The original tower house was owned by the Melville family, before passing to Sir John Ross in the 14th century. It subsequently changed hands with ...
Herman Melville (born Melvill; [a] August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella.