UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 14 March 1771

Died: 10 June 1851

2nd Viscount Melville - 2 May 1811

Member of Privy Council - 26 March 1807

Member of Privy Council of Northern Ireland - 15 August 1809

President of the Board of Control	April 1807	July 1809
Chief Secretary for Ireland	April 1809	October 1809
President of the Board of Control	November 1809	April 1812
First Lord of the Admiralty	March 1812	May 1827
First Lord of the Admiralty	September 1828	November 1830

1 June 1801	Edinburghshire	Unopposed
24 July 1802	Edinburghshire	Unopposed
11 November 1806	Edinburghshire	Unopposed
1807 Resignation of Robert Saunders-Dundas on appointment to government office.
13 April 1807	Edinburghshire	Unopposed
18 May 1807	Edinburghshire	Unopposed
April 1809 Resignation of Rt Hon Robert Saunders-Dundas on appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
1 May 1809	Edinburghshire	Unopposed
November 1809 Resignation of Rt Hon Robert Saunders-Dundas on appointment as the President of the Board of Control
5 February 1810	Edinburghshire	Unopposed
2 May 1811 Succession of Rt Hon Robert Saunders-Dundas to the Peerage - 2nd Viscount Melville.