UK Elections Info

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 28 April 1742

Died: 2 May 1811

1st Viscount Melville - 24 December 1802

Member of Privy Council - 1782

father-in-law of Henry Drummond

Solicitor General for Scotland	1766	1775
Lord Advocate for Scotland	1775	1779
President of the Board of Control	1784	1801
Secretary of State for the Home Department	1791	1794
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	1794	1801
First Lord of the Admiralty	1804	May 1805

20 October 1774	Edinburghshire	57	73.08
1775 Resignation of Henry Dundas on appointment to office.
8 June 1775	Edinburghshire	Unopposed
1777 Resignation of Henry Dundas on appointment to office.
14 March 1777	Edinburghshire	Unopposed
22 September 1780	Edinburghshire	Unopposed
1782 Resignation of Rt Hon Henry Dundas on appointment to office.
2 January 1783	Edinburghshire	Unopposed
1783 Resignation of Rt Hon Henry Dundas on appointment to office.
8 January 1784	Edinburghshire	Unopposed
8 April 1784	Edinburghshire	Unopposed
16 June 1790	Edinburgh	Unopposed
1791 Resignation of Rt Hon Henry Dundas on appointment to government office.
15 June 1791	Edinburgh	Unopposed
1793 Resignation of Rt Hon Henry Dundas on appointment to government office.
28 June 1793	Edinburgh	Unopposed
26 May 1796	Edinburgh	Unopposed
1800 Resignation of Rt Hon Henry Dundas on appointment to government office.
2 June 1800	Edinburgh	Unopposed
12 July 1802	Edinburgh	Unopposed
24 December 1802 Elevation of Rt Hon Henry Dundas to the Peerage - Viscount Melville.