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Henry Dundas Viscount Melville
Originally published in 1916, this book presents a concise biography of the Scottish statesman Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811). The text provides accessible information on the key aspects of Dundas' life, the main aim being 'to portray a personality rather than to describe a political career'. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Dundas and British political history.
A Compendious Report of the Trial of Henry Viscount Melville, Upon the Impeachment of the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament Assembled, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors
Summary: Lord Melville was charged with corruption in the administration of the public money.
Henry Dundas Viscount Melville (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Henry Dundas Viscount Melville In St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, the passer-by may see standing on a lofty pillar the statue of Henry Dundas, first Viscount Melville, the colleague and friend of the younger Pitt. The towering height of the monument is itself emblematic of the lofty position held by Dundas in his native country at the end of the eighteenth century. For many years he exercised in Scotland a sway so absolute that he was nicknamed "Harry the Ninth." The heaven-soaring statue proclaims to the world how great was his position in the eyes of his contemporaries. Beginning as Lord Advocate, he filled in a succession of British Governments the most important offices, and pl...
Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville
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