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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.
24 de abr. de 2024 · Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville was a British careerist politician who held various ministerial offices under William Pitt the Younger and whose adroit control of Scottish politics earned him the nickname “King Harry the Ninth.”
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Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. The Dundas Vault in old Lasswade Kirkyard, containing the first five Viscounts Melville. Viscount Melville, of Melville in the County of Edinburgh, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
But now clamour is growing for the removal of the statue of Henry Dundas, the 1st Viscount Melville, from St Andrew Square in Edinburgh as awareness has grown that he was instrumental in prolonging the slave trade involving the UK for many years.
Henry Dundas helped to move Britain toward the ultimate goal of abolition of the slave trade and slavery. Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. 28 April 1742 – 28 May 1811. As a lawyer, Dundas fought in Scottish courts for the freedom of a slave, and forever changed the law of slavery in Scotland.
14 de ago. de 2018 · It is remarkable how history has largely forgotten about Henry Dundas, the First Viscount Melville. After all, the New Town area of Edinburgh is dominated by his statue, raised up 140...
11 de jun. de 2020 · Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville PC and Baron Dunira (28 April 1742 – 28 May 1811) was a Scottish lawyer and politician. Photo by Wikimedia Commons. Henry Dundas is the latest target in...
