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	Significant Scots - Dundasses of Arniston
		Lord Arniston was twice married; first, to Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Watson of Muirhouse, by whom he left Robert, afterwards lord president of the court of session, and two daughters; and secondly, to Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Gordon, of Invergordon, bart., by whom he left four sons, and one daughter.
		DUNDAS, ROBERT, of Arniston, lord president of the court of session, the eldest son of the first lord president Dundas, by Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Watson of Muirhouse, was born on the 18th of July, 1713.
		DUNDAS, ROBERT, of Arniston, lord chief baron of the court of exchequer, eldest son of the second lord president Dundas, by Miss Grant, youngest daughter of William Grant, lord Prestongrange, was born on the 6th of June, 1758.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/other/dundasses.htm (4608 words)

	Henry Dundas
		The lord advocate holds the highest political office in Scotland, and is always expected to have a seat in parliament, where he discharges something resembling the duties of secretary of state for that quarter of the kingdom.
		Mr Dundas had been restored to his office of treasurer of the navy, immediately on the formation of Mr Pitt’s administration; and on the passing of the East India bill he was also appointed president of the board of control As treasurer of the navy Mr Dundas’ services were in the highest degree beneficial.
		To this new article lord Melville was of course allowed to put in a replication; and the preliminaries being at length adjusted, the house of lords fixed the 29th of April, 1806, for the trial.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/other/dundas_henry.htm (5672 words)

	Ch 34: The Lord Provosts of Edinburgh - Cassell's Old and New Edinburgh - Volume 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 1753, on the 17th February, died Patrick Lindsay, Esq., late Lord Provost of Edinburgh, and Governor of the Isle of Man. In 1768 the Lord Provost was James Stuart.
		As Lord Provost he was indefatigable in the activity of his public spirit, and set afoot the great operations for the improvement of Edinburgh, and one object he had specially in view when founding the South Bridge was the rebuilding of the University.
		Sir John Marjoribanks, Bart., Lord Provost in 1813, was the son of Marjoribanks of Lees, an eminent wine merchant in Bordeaux, and his mother was the daughter of Archibald Stewart, Lord Provost of the city in the memorable ’45.
	www.oldandnewedinburgh.co.uk /volume4/page103.html (1309 words)

	Viscounts Melville Papers
		Although Dundas had opposed North's conciliatory proposals in both 1775 and 1778, his parliamentary skill was recognized as a valuable asset to the ministry, and Dundas' support was secured by his appointment as sole keeper of the signet in 1779.
		In the second Rockingham ministry Dundas continued as lord advocate and was a member of the Privy Council.
		With the creation of the Pitt ministry, Dundas' political influence reached new heights: he was Pitt's close personal friend and second to him in the House of Commons; he domianted Scottish politics in Parliament; he controlled Indian affairs; and when hostilities with France developed, he played a major role in the conduct of the war.
	www.clements.umich.edu /Webguides/Arlenes/M/Melville.html (691 words)

	Berkshire History: Biographies: Charles Dundas, Lord Amesbury (1751-1832)
		Charles was younger son of Thomas Dundas of Fingask, MP for Orkney and Shetland (1768-71) and a commissioner of police in Scotland (31st January 1771), who died on 10th April 1786.
		In 1802, on the resignation of Mitford (afterwards Lord Redesdale), the then speaker, he was nominated, by Sheridan, as his successor in opposition to Abbot.
		Dundas was counsellor of state for Scotland to the Prince of Wales, and colonel of the White Horse volunteer cavalry.
	www.berkshirehistory.com /bios/cdundas.html (265 words)

	Charlotte Dundas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Charlotte Dundas is regarded as the world's "first practical steamboat", the first towing steamboat and the boat that demonstrated the practicality of steam power for ships.
		After a model of the boat was made and shown to Lord Dundas, the boat was built by John Allan, and the engine by the Carron Company.
		The first sailing was on the canal in Glasgow on 4th January 1803, with Lord Dundas and a few of his relatives and friends on board.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charlotte_Dundas (483 words)

	MyClan.com : Clan Dundas : Clan History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The lands of Dundas are near Edinburgh on the southern banks of the Firth of Forth.
		George Dundas, twenty-third Laird, was a captain in the East India Company and died in a shipwreck off the coast of Madagascar in 1792.
		William Dundas of Kincavel, ancestor of the Dundases of Blair, was a Jacobite who was imprisoned for his part in the rising of 1715.
	www.myclan.com /clans/Dundas_30/default.php (907 words)

	Clan Dundas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		John de Dundas acquired a charter of the barony of Fingask in Perthshire in 1364—65.
		The name Dundas is a place name in which the family took their name from some feature of the land they possessed.
		Dundas Castle is a notable castle in so far as it seems to have been built for strategic purposes.
	www.dundas.co.za (1206 words)

	Robert Burns Country: The Burns Encyclopedia: Dundas, Robert, Lord Arniston (1713 — 87)
		Lord Advocate 1754, and Lord President of the Court of Session from 1760.
		Lord Cockburn said of him: 'Robert Dundas of Arniston, the son of one Lord President and the grandson of another, was in public affairs the most important person in this country.
		For he was lord Advocate in the most alarming times, and at a period when extravagant and arbitrary powers were ascribed to that office.
	www.robertburns.org /encyclopedia/DundasRobertLordArniston171315187.315.shtml (589 words)

	DORANDO AND THE DOUGLAS CAUSE
		The Lord President of the Court, Robert Dundas was outraged, but he did not attempt to suppress it — recognizing the difficulty of proving that it was an allegory (since it told a story that stood alone, without reference to secondary meanings).
		Lord Dundas finally had enough, and cited the newspaper publishers for contempt, demanding that they appear before his court.
		Lord Auchinleck went on to review the evidence, recognizing that it is contradictory and confusing, that it may contain false or mistaken representations on both sides, wishing it more clear, and concluding that the very uncertainty of it compels him, consistent with his "general observations," to find for Douglas.
	www.chilit.org /RUXIN1.htm (5225 words)

	Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thomas Dundas followed his father in having an interest in Grangemouth and in the Forth and Clyde Canal, and he would have been aware of the 1789 trials on the canal of Patrick Miller of Dalswinton's double hulled paddle boat powered with a steam engine fitted by William Symington.
		One account states that Lord Dundas had advised Symington to prepare the model and bring it to his Lordship in London, where Symington was introduced to the Duke of Bridgewater who was enthusiastic enough to immediately order eight boats of similar construction for his canal.
		Lord Dundas and some of his relatives and friends were on board for the first sailing of the boat on the canal in 1803, but despite the success of the Charlotte Dundas fears of erosion of the banks prevailed, and the trials were ended leaving Symington out of pocket.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Dundas,_1st_Baron_Dundas (553 words)

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		Although the Dundas dynasty was no longer such a force in Scottish politics by the time of the creation of the General Register Office for Scotland, its younger sons could still expect to be provided for.
		Pitt Dundas came to the office through the economical settlement that Anne Cameron has described: he was already Deputy Clerk Register, and, in that capacity, in charge of the official records of Scotland.
		Dundas held the post for 26 years, and several of his successors also had long runs.
	www2.arts.gla.ac.uk /History/Medicine/bdcrowther.doc (882 words)

	The Morrisburg & District Historical Society, Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville.
		Henry Dundas took a very hard line against the Americans after the war which was further entrenched by the American mistreatment of the loyalists.
		The Dundas (the emphasis should be on the second syllable) surname is derived from a place name near Edinburgh which, in Gaelic was "dun deas" which meant "south fort".
		Henry Dundas, founder of the Melville line, was the fourth son of Robert Dundas of Arniston, lord president of the court of session.
	www.glen-net.ca /morrisburghistoricalsociety/hdundas.html (792 words)

	Henry Dundas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		During the earlier part of the eighteenth century Scotland was managed in the Whig interest by two successive Dukes of Argyll and later in that of the Tories by the most famous manager of all, Henry Dundas, first Viscount Melville, who in effect governed Scotland for thirty years.
		Only once, at the beginning of his career in 1778, when he sought to secure the passage of a Bill relieving Scottish Roman Catholics of some of the disabilities imposed on them, did he find that he had overreached himself and was obliged to bow before the storm of indignation which his proposal aroused.
		Thanks to him, Lord Hardwicke's preposterous Act of 1746, proscribing Highland dress and the playing of the pipes, was finally repealed in 1782, and in 1784 most of the forfeited Jacobite estates were returned to their rightful owners.
	www.dundas.co.za /HDundas.htm (461 words)

	Berkshire History: Biographies: Sir James Whitley Deans Dundas (1785-1862)
		Admiral Sir James Whitley Deans Dundas, son of Dr. James Deans of Calcutta, was born on 4th December 1785 and entered the navy on 19th March 1799.
		From 1830 to 1832, he was flag captain to Sir William Parker on board the Prince Regent of 120 guns, on the coast of Portugal; and, from 1836 to 1838, commanded the Britannia at Portsmouth as flag captain to Sir Philip Durham.
		On 25th October 1839, Dundas was nominated a CB and was advanced to the rank of rear-admiral on 23rd November 1841.
	www.berkshirehistory.com /bios/jwddundas.html (592 words)

	Steamboat Days by Fred Erving Dayton - Early Development
		Symmington next joined with Lord Dundas as patron, and later Henry Bell, and they did much to establish a firm foundation for steamboats, as progress was important and uninterrupted from their time forward.
		Lord Dundas held large interest in the Forth and Clyde canals and he advanced $35,000 capital after Taylor quit the field to further the plans of Symmington.
		It was named Charlotte Dundas for Lord Dundas' daughter, and by many is claimed to be "the first practical steamboat." It was powered with a Watt engine, driving a paddle-wheel through crank connection.
	www.ulster.net /~hrmm/steamboats/dayton/steam2.html (1443 words)

	William Symington - Inventor of Steam Navigation. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On subsequently waiting on his lordship by appointment, an arrangement was speedily effected, and, in 1801, the first boat, named the "Charlotte Dundas" (in honour of his lordship's daughter, afterwards Lady Milton), was built for the express purpose of being propelled by a steam engine.
		In 1800 he was engaged by Lord Dundas to construct steam tugs on the Forth and Clyde Canal.
		In 1801 the "Charlotte Dundas" steam tug was repeatedly on the canal.
	www.crawford-john.org.uk /symintn.htm (1751 words)

	Individual record Dundas Frederick Thomas LaurenceIndividual record Dundas George Heneage LaurenceIndividual record ...
		On January 5th 1941 Dundas damaged a DO 17, on May 17th he destroyed a Bf 109, on the 25th damaged another, on July 10th destroyed a Bf 109, shared a Bf 109 on the 19th, shared one and damaged another on the 21st and destroyed one on the 23rd.
		Dundas retired from the RAF in January 1947 as a Wing Commander, retaining the rank of Group Captain.
		Dundas was made a CBE (1977), knighted in 1987 and became High Sheriff of Surrey in 1989.
	www.elliottdundas.freeserve.co.uk /zetland/record_52.htm (1071 words)

	thePeerage.com - Lord David Paul Nicholas Dundas and others
		She is the daughter of Lawrence Aldred Mervyn Dundas, 3rd Marquess of Zetland and Penelope Pike.
		She married Lawrence Mark Dundas, 4th Marquess of Zetland, son of Lawrence Aldred Mervyn Dundas, 3rd Marquess of Zetland and Penelope Pike, in 1964.
		She is the daughter of Lawrence Mark Dundas, 4th Marquess of Zetland and Susan Chamberlin.
	www.thepeerage.com /p8118.htm (712 words)

	historical characters in novels of the Royal Navy in Nelson's time (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Appointed 1st Lord to succeed Chatham in 1794 as one of the Whigs that joined the government at that time.
		Is First Sea Lord, February 1801-1803, in Addington's Whig administration, making valiant attempts to stop corruption in private shipbuilding yards and even attempting to ensure that all ships were built in the naval dockyards (against vigorous opposition from Pitt and the Tories).
		While First Sea Lord, is infuriated by Aubrey's attitude when Aubrey asks him for a ship; apart from anything else, Aubrey's father is a notorious Tory and critic of the government.
	www.cleverley.org /navy/hist.asp (6047 words)

	GENUKI: Easby Supplementary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This small township consists of a few straggling houses occupied by the tenants of Lord Dundas, who is lord of the manor, and has a very beautiful seat here (Aske Hall).
		The family of Dundas is descended from Gospatrick, Earl of Northumberland, who, 1066, went into Scotland with King Malcolm Canmore, rather than submit to the Conquerer.
		Sir Lawrence Dundas, father of the late Lord, was created a baronet in 1762, and the late lord was elevated to the barony of Aske in 1794, who was succeeded by the present lord in 1821.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/YKS/NRY/Easby/more.html (360 words)

	Erskine May, Vol. II, Chapter VIII, pp. 163-177
		Dundas, Lord Loughborough, Lord Malmesbury, and the Duke of Portland, to arrange a coalition between Mr.
		He was afterwards followed, in the House of Lords, by the Duke of Portland,—the acknowledged leader of the Whigs,—Lord Spencer, Lord Fitzwilliam, and Lord Carlisle; and in the Commons, by Mr.
		Dundas: 'With the people put down and the Whigs powerless, government was the master of nearly every individual in Scotland, but especially in Edinburgh, [173] which was the chief seat of its influence.
	home.freeuk.net /don-aitken/emay2v163.html (3345 words)

	No. 1866: The Charlotte Dundas
		Twelve years later, Lord Dundas, Governor of the Forth and Clyde Canal Company, asked Sym-ington if he could build a functional commercial steamboat.
		On its maiden voyage, the Charlotte Dundas carried Lord Dundas and an archbishop.
		The twenty-mile trip took six hours; but the Charlotte Dundas was now hauling two seventy-ton barges, and it was doing so against strong head winds.
	www.uh.edu /engines/epi1866.htm (496 words)

	NYPL, James Gillray
		Addington is dwarfed by Pitt’s hat, coat, and jackboots; the Foreign Secretary Baron Hawkesbury (Robert Jenkinson) swims in Grenville’s trousers; Lord Eldon is invisible under the Chancellor’s wig that had fitted Loughborough; while Lord Hobart is dwarfed by trousers made from a kilt previously worn by Secretary of State for War Dundas.
		Lord Hawkesbury, Addington’s Foreign Secretary, is guided by the now retired Pitt to put his signature on England’s death warrant.
		In 1805, Baron Grenville in the House of Lords and Fox in the Commons introduced an Irish Petition for Catholic Emancipation with the knowledge that it would not be accepted, given the King’s bias.
	www.nypl.org /research/chss/spe/art/print/exhibits/gillray/part5.html (3343 words)

	House of Lords Journal Volume 62: 26 June 1830 \| British History Online
		The Lord Chancellor singly, in the first place, took the Oaths, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.
		This Day William Francis Henry Lord Petre took and subscribed the Oath appointed to be taken by the Act of the Tenth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, by Peers professing the Roman Catholic Religion.
		The Lord Mont Eagle having signed the Test Roll this Morning by the Title of Sligo, the said Entry of Sligo was ordered to be vacated, and his Lordship had Leave to sign the Test Roll by the Title of Mont Eagle.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=16377 (321 words)

	Arniston House-Historic House in Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Solicitor General, Lord Advocate for Scotland and Lord President of the Court of Session being some of the family's appointments.
		This is Robert Dundas 3rd Lord Arniston, 1685-1753 and Lord President of the Court of Session.
		These rooms have now been faithfully restored, with grant aid from HistoricScotland, and their completion returns the house to the elegant and comfortable family dwelling it was and is today.
	www.arniston-house.co.uk (320 words)

	thePeerage.com - Exhibit
		Abercromby, Alexander, Lord Abercromby 1745-1795, Scottish judge and essayist, fourth and youngest son of George Abercromby, of Tullibody, in Clackmannanshire, was born on 15 Oct. 1745.
		In 1792 he took his seat on the bench of the Court of Session under the judicial title of Lord Abercromby, and a few months afterwards was appointed one of the lords commissioners of justiciary.
		Lord Abercromby's known contributions to literature consist of ten papers in the Mirror and nine in the Lounger.
	www.thepeerage.com /e11.htm (307 words)

	MUSEUM SECURITY MAILINGLIST REPORTS
		Lord Irvine himself is understood to be furious at the allegations and feels that he is being subjected to a "vendetta" following the controversy over the £650,000 refurbishment of his official quarters.
		Lord Irvine's office is not exactly the next port of call for the average Scottish art lover." Struan Stevenson, for the Scottish Tory Party, said the "raiding" of Scotland's cultural heritage was unacceptable.
		Lord Irvine also said that the building was an important part of national heritage and deserved to be maintained in a historically authentic manner.
	www.museum-security.org /reports/01998.html (13924 words)

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