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Robert Dundas of Arniston, the elder, 2nd Lord Arniston (1685–1753) was a Scottish lawyer, and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1737. In 1728 he reintroduced into Scottish juries the possible verdicts of guilty or not guilty as against proven or not proven .
7 de abr. de 2008 · Who was Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston? Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston (also known as Robert Dundas the Elder), was the second son of Robert Dundas, the 2nd Lord Arniston (died 1726). He inherited the Arniston estate because his elder brother, James, died before their father.
Biography. Robert Dundas was the second son of Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston, a judge of the court of session, who died in 1726, by Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Sinclair of Stevenson. Robert Dundas of Arniston the elder followed his father in the legal profession.
- December 9, 1685
- August 26, 1753
Robert Dundas of Arniston, the Elder, 2nd Lord Arniston (1685-1753) fue un abogado escocés y político conservador que se sentó en la Cámara de los Comunes de 1722 a 1737. En 1728 reintrodujo en los jurados escoceses los posibles veredictos de culpabilidad o no . culpable frente a probado o no probado .
Life. Robert was born 6 June 1758 at Arniston House south of Edinburgh. He was the eldest son of Robert Dundas of Arniston, the younger and his second wife, Jean, daughter of William Grant, Lord Prestongrange. Around 1766 the family took additional accommodation at Adam's Court in Edinburgh.
2 de abr. de 2016 · "Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston (died 1726) was a Scottish ordinary lord of session.....He was the eldest son of Sir James Dundas, Lord Arniston, by Marion, daughter of Robert, lord Boyd. He was educated abroad, but returned to Scotland as an adherent of the Prince of Orange, and represented Midlothian in the parliaments of 1700–2 ...
Biography. ‘A cheerful lively unaffected little man’, but otherwise ‘not endowed with those brilliant talents which were conspicuous in many of his family’, Dundas was earmarked to replace his powerful uncle Henry Dundas in his seat for Midlothian as early as 1781.
