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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.
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 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.
The Barnards travelled to the Cape in March 1797, Lady Anne remaining there until January 1802. [3]Her letters written to Melville, then secretary for war and the colonies, and her diaries of travels into the interior have become an important source of information about the people, events and social life of the time.
The island and its archipelago were named in 1792 by Captain George Vancouver in honour of the Rt. Hon. Henry Dundas (1742–1811), Treasurer of the Navy, 1783–1801, who was granted the title of Viscount Melville in 1802 and also named Baron Dunira.
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.