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Melville Castle is a three-storey Gothic castellated mansion situated less than a mile (>2 km) west-south-west of Dalkeith, Midlothian, near the North Esk. History
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.
The family seat is Melville Castle between Dalkeith and Lasswade. [2] 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 ...
Melville Castle arrived at Diamond Harbour on 27 June. Homeward bound, she was at Culpee on 7 December, reached St Helena on 29 March 1790, and arrived at The Downs on 31 May. [1] Dundas brought back with him a rhinoceros, a present from the "King of Laknaor" (Lucknow?) to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. Dundas had no real use for a ...
Upload another image Rosslyn Castle, Including Bridge 55°51′09″N 3°09′36″W / 55.852589°N 3.160021°W / 55.852589; -3.160021 (Rosslyn Castle, Including Bridge) Category A 13026 Upload another image Rosslyn, Collegehill House, Formerly The Old Inn, Including Boundary Walls And Gateway 55°51′20″N 3°09′38″W / 55.855619°N 3.160686°W / 55.855619; -3 ...
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.
The chief antiquities within the parish are Rosslyn Chapel and the mansions of Hawthornden Castle and Melville Castle. [8] The parish includes the villages of Lasswade, Roslin and Rosewell, and the small town of Loanhead, plus part of the town of Bonnyrigg. [10] The Community Council areas for the parish are: [11] Bonnyrigg/Lasswade; Poltonhall ...
Melville Castle: Castellated mansion: 18th century: Restored: Private: Lasswade: Built on site of earlier castle [4] Now in use as a hotel: Newbattle Abbey: Fortified house: 17th century: Altered: Newbattle Abbey College: Dalkeith: Part of a former Cistercian Abbey, now a college: Roslin Castle: Keep & ranges: 14th century: Keep is a ruin ...