4. Viscount1 Melvile, Board of Control, Politician MELVILLE Henry-24909 (Robert The Elder , Robert , Progenitor ) was born on 28 Apr 1742 in Scotland. He died on 28 May 1811 in Edinburgh.
Code-India. He is son4. Code-red. Parker, p. 197 of his essay on Scots in India in R. A. Cage, says, ""The origins of Dundas's interests in the Company's affairs [EICo] are obscure, but he seems early to have developed a genuine concern for Indian matters over and above the obvious potential value of the Company's patronage to his political control of Scotland for Pitt." Also, p. 197, Parker writes, "However, while Dundas undoubtedly achieved a position of hitherto unparallelled government ascendancy in the Company, the extent of his personal Indian patronage has been over-estimated both by contemporaries and later historians." Dundas did help bring in Scots free merchants. ends Parker quote. GEC, Peerage, Melville, p. 652. See new book, Michael Fry, The Dundas Despotism. Edinburgh Univ Press. 1992. His own DNB entry. See Maxine Young, Administration, pp. 28ff. His second wife Jean is dau of her father's second wife. He is fourth son of his father, a son by second wife Anne Gordon. GEC, Peerage, Melville, p. 652. He is Commissioner from 1784-1793 of the newly-established Board of Control for India, Treasurer of the navy, 1782-1783 and 1783-1800, [Note, Treasurer of the British Navy 1777-1782 was Welbore Ellis, Baron Mendip who was also Sec of War, 1762-1765, see GEC, Complete Peerage, Mendip, p. 657]. Lord of Trade 1784-1786, Gov Bank of Scotland till he died, Pres Board of Control for India 1793-1801, Elder Brother of Trinity House, Sec for War, July 1794-1801, when impeached, the motion had been led by brewer MP Samuel Whitbread, but he was acquitted of malversation. He is said to have borrowed £20,000-40,000 at a time from one Trotter his paymaster, who had advanced him £46,000 and purchased stock on Dundas' account, and accused of malversation of £134,000,000 of public money. GEC notes his son Robert Saunders-Dundas, Private sec to his father 1794-1801, Pres of the Indian Board of Control 1807-1809, 1809-1812, up to 1828, Ch. Sec to Viceroy of Ireland, Gov of Bank of Scotland 1811-1821, Elder Brother of Trinity House 1813 till he died, First Lord of Admiralty March 1812 to Apr 1827, FRS in 1817, Cf., H. Furber, Henry Dundas, First Viscount Melville, 1724-1811. Oxford. 1931, cited in Nicholas Tarling, The extent of Dutch power, p. 25 in Tarling, Imperial Britain in South-East Asia. See Gardner on EICo, p. 245. On Board of Control for India. his niece unnamed married Charles Canning later gov-gen of India in Queen Vic's time. See info by July 1995 on family connections with men involved with Bank of Scotland.
Henry married (1) Wife1 RANNIE Elizabeth (Rennie) Divorcing-24910 daughter of David (Rennie) Of Melvile Castl RANNIE-18627 and RNOTKNOWN Miss-11601 on 16 Aug 1765 in Scotland,probably. Elizabeth was born in 1751. She died in 1843.
GEC, Peerage, Abercromby, p. 12. Table, she is married in 1766 and divorced in 1778. Her husband's DNB entry. She had three drs and one son.
Henry and Elizabeth had the following children:
+ 9 M i Charles Saunders MP SAUNDERS-DUNDAS Visc2 Melville-24907 was born on 14 Mar 1771. He died on 10 Jun 1851. + 10 F ii DUNDAS Anne-18653. + 11 F iii DUNDAS Elizabeth-11542 was born in 1766. She died on 18 Mar 1852. + 12 F iv DUNDAS Montague-54449 was born on 29 Apr 1772. She died on 10 Mar 1837.
Henry married (2) HOPE Jean-8114 daughter of Earl2 Hopetoun HOPE John-8115 and Wife2 OLIPHANT Jean-8117 on 2 Apr 1793 in London.
GEC, Peerage, Melville, p. 653. http from stirnet.com file2 on Hope of Balcomie, Hopetoun, Kerse, Hope-Vere of Blackwood and Hope-Vere of Craigiehall.
6. Judge, The Younger, of Arniston DUNDAS Robert-11401 (Robert The Elder , Robert , Progenitor ) was born on 18 Jul 1713. He died in 1787.
Namier.Brooke, Vol. 3, p. 50. GEC, Peerage, Moray, p. 191. He is Lord Presidents of Scots Court of Session. DNB, his own entry.
Robert married (1) wife1 BAILLIE Henrietta-11570 daughter of James Carmichael findzzzzzzzzzzzz BAILLIE Sir-11581 and BNOTKNOWN Miss-11582. Henrietta died on 3 May 1755.
Namier.Brooke, Vol. 3, p. 50. See GEC, Peerage, Moray, p. 191. Table. DNB entry for her father.
Robert and Henrietta had the following children:
+ 13 F i DUNDAS Elizabeth-11583. + 14 F ii DUNDAS Henrietta-18632. + 15 F iii DUNDAS Margaret-50588.
Robert married (2) Wife2 GRANT Jean-11571 daughter of William Lord GRANT Prestongrange-11543 and GNOTKNOWN Miss-11572.
No notes.
Robert and Jean had the following children:
16 M iv William Politician India Board DUNDAS son3-11587 was born in 1762. He died on 14 Nov 1845.
His DNB. He is on India Board from 1797.William married MACKENZIE Mary-11588 daughter of Hon MACKENZIE James Stuart Wortley-77043 and MNOTKNOWN Miss-77044.
No notes.+ 17 M v Of Arniston, Lawyer DUNDAS Robert-11605 was born on 6 Jun 1758. He died on 17 Jun 1819. 18 M vi Francis DUNDAS General-11541 died in 1824.
DNB, Dundas, various.Francis married CUMMING Eliza-11540 daughter of Sir, HEICS CUMMING J.-11538 and CNOTKNOWN Miss-11539.
No notes.
8. DUNDAS Martha-18623 (Robert The Elder , Robert , Progenitor ).
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Martha married Of Cockpen COCKBURN Archibald-18624 son of COCKBURN Progenitor-145015 and CNOTKNOWN Miss-141601. Archibald was born in 1705. He died in 1748.
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Archibald and Martha had the following children:
+ 19 M i COCKBURN Archibald-18625 was born in 1736. He died in 1820.
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