• Coat of arms of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. Crest. A lion's head affronteé Gules struggling through an oak bush all Proper.
  • SUMMARY: A British historian has unearthed new archival evidence that refutes claims that that Henry Dundas was seeking indefinite delay of the abolition of the...
  • Henry Dundas helped to move Britain toward the ultimate goal of abolition of the slave trade and slavery. As a lawyer, Dundas fought in Scottish courts for the...
  • ...in Dundas Square, or residents of Dundas, Ontario, knew or cared that Henry Dundas (1742-1811), first Viscount Melville, was Home Secretary from 1791.
  • The renaming push even inspired a Henry Dundas Committee of Ontario, a group that included distant Canadian descendants of Dundas himself.
  • So why does Henry Dundas, the first Viscount Melville, have such prominence? ... Henry Dundas biographies: in the History of Parliament and DNB (by Michael Fry).
  • Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, lived from 28 April 1742 to 28 May 1811. ... A statue of Dundas by sculptor Robert Forrest was added to the top in 1828.
  • Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville was a British careerist politician who held various ministerial offices under William Pitt the Younger and whose adroit control...
  • Family of 18th century MP Henry Dundas say he is being wrongly treated like a 'mass
    • Henry Dundas is commemorated at the Melville Monument in St Andrews Square
    • But direct descendants of Dundas have accused campaigners of 'sensationalism'
  • Contents show
    • 2 How was Henry Dundas?
    • 4 Who is Dundas Street Edinburgh named after?