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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.
Henry Dundas reached Madeira on 9 May. [2] There two crewmen stole the ship's cutter, for which they were punished. [5] She made an unplanned stop at St Augustine's Bay on 5 August. Many of the crew and passengers were sick and Henry Dundas needed to replenish her water and provisions. [5] On 10 September she reached Colombo, leaving on 2 ...
The Melville Monument is a large column in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh constructed between 1821 and 1827 as a memorial to Scottish statesman Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. Dundas, the most prominent politician from Scotland of his period, was a dominant figure in British politics during much of the late 18th century.
Coat of arms of Henry Dundas, 3rd Viscount Melville Crest A lion's head affronteé Gules struggling through an oak bush all Proper. Escutcheon Argent a lion rampant Gules within a bordure Azure charged with three boars' heads couped Or two in chief and one in base. Supporters Dexter a leopard reguardant, sinister a stag, both Proper. [6] Motto
The first five viscounts (including Henry Dundas) are buried in a simple vault (gated but unlocked) in Old Lasswade Kirkyard. The 6th Viscount Melville, Charles Saunders Dundas, lies opposite his wife, Mary Hamilton Dundas, in the small north cemetery in Lasswade, adjacent to the old kirkyard.
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, declined the Earldom of Wiltshire on his death bed in 1596. Neville Chamberlain (on his retirement as prime minister in 1940, also declined appointment as KG ). Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville , PC , politician (in 1809).
Henry Dundas laid out his goals for the mission in Macartney's official instructions. More British subjects had been trading in China than any other Europeans. Despite this, the British had no direct contact with the emperor, in contrast to the Portuguese , whose Jesuit missionaries retained permanent positions at the imperial court.
The position of secretary of state for war was first held by Henry Dundas who was appointed in 1794. In 1801, the post became that of secretary of state for war and the colonies. The position of secretary of state for war was re-instated in 1854 when the secretary of state for the colonies was created as a separate position