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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.
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.
Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston (1650–1726) was a Scottish politician and ordinary lord of session. Life. He was the eldest son of Sir James Dundas, Lord Arniston, by Marion, daughter of Robert, Lord Boyd.
- Scottish
- Margaret Sinclair
- Scottish judge
- 6 sons, including Robert
7 de abr. de 2008 · 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.
8 de nov. de 2021 · Rt. Hon. Robert Dundas of Arniston was born on 18 July 1713. He was the son of Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston. He married, secondly, Jean Grant, daughter of William Grant, Lord Prestongrange.
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Henrietta Carmichael, Jean Dundas
- Scotland
- July 18, 1713
Biography. The son and grandson of judges of the court of session, Dundas, quickly making his way at the bar, was appointed in 1717 solicitor-general of Scotland by its secretary of state, the Duke of Roxburghe, the head of the Squadrone, to whom he owed his promotion in 1720 to be lord advocate in succession to Sir David Dalrymple.
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.
