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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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]
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 ...
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 ...