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Melville Castle, home of Henry Dundas. 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 (born April 28, 1742, Arniston, Midlothian, Scotland—died May 28, 1811, Edinburgh) was a British careerist politician who held various ministerial offices under William Pitt the Younger and whose adroit control of Scottish politics
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, 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. As a politician, he consistently and publicly condemned slavery and the slave trade as being contrary to justice and humanity.
Published in. There shall be an independent Scotland. ·. 16 min read. ·. Aug 14, 2018. 1. It is remarkable how history has largely forgotten about Henry Dundas, the First Viscount...
Hace 2 días · About this artwork. No one in late eighteenth century Scotland was as powerful as Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. Trained as a lawyer, Dundas moved speedily into politics. Solicitor-General at twenty-four, Lord Advocate at thirty-three, Dundas became the 'intimate friend and trusted lieutenant' of the British prime minister, William Pitt.
15 de sept. de 2021 · Anyone attempting to have a good look at the Melville Monument in Edinburgh has to crane their head and squint to make out the sharp and exaggerated features of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742–1811), towering 152 feet above the centre of St Andrew Square.
