1st Viscount Melville

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:noble_title
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:William_Pitt_the_Younger
gptkb:Henry_Addington
gptkb:Robert_Dundas,_2nd_Viscount_Melville
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Order_of_the_Thistle
gptkbp:birth_date 1742-04-28
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:St_John's_Church,_Edinburgh
gptkbp:children gptkb:Henry_Dundas,_2nd_Viscount_Melville
gptkbp:contribution Political patronage
Scottish legal reforms
Naval administration reforms
gptkbp:death_date 1811-05-28
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:Scottish_nobility
gptkb:Dundas_family
gptkb:Member_of_Parliament
British politicians
Viscounts Melville
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:full_name gptkb:Henry_Dundas
gptkbp:honorific_prefix gptkb:PC
The Right Honourable
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1st Viscount Melville
gptkbp:image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/ Henry_ Dundas%2 C_1st_ Viscount_ Melville.jpg/800px-Henry_ Dundas%2 C_1st_ Viscount_ Melville.jpg
gptkbp:influenced British naval policy
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:John_Locke
gptkbp:known_for Political influence in the late 18th century
gptkbp:nationality Scottish
gptkbp:notable_work Reform of the Navy
gptkbp:office gptkb:First_Lord_of_the_Admiralty
gptkb:Lord_Advocate_of_Scotland
Member of Parliament for Midlothian
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Edinburgh,_Scotland
gptkbp:place_of_death Melville Castle, Scotland
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Tory
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:none
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Dundas_family
gptkbp:spouse Anne Home
gptkbp:successor 2nd Viscount Melville
gptkbp:term_end 1801
1802
1805
gptkbp:term_start gptkb:1780
1794
1804
gptkbp:title gptkb:Viscount_Melville
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Henry_Dundas,_1st_Viscount_Melville
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6