Henry Dundas

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Scottish politician human lawyer

Henry Dundas was an influential 18th-century Scottish lawyer and politician, a key ally of William Pitt the Younger who dominated Scottish politics and British imperial administration, particularly in India.

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Label Occurrences
Henry Dundas canonical 5
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville 3

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
advocated gradual abolition of the British slave trade ⓘ
canonizedIn Scottish political history of the 18th century ⓘ
closeAllyOf William Pitt the Younger ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1742-04-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1811-05-28 ⓘ
educatedAt High School of Edinburgh ⓘ
University of Edinburgh ⓘ
employer Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: British government
ethnicGroup Scots ⓘ
familyName Dundas ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
hasPart political patronage system in Scotland ⓘ
influenced British colonial policy in India ⓘ
Scottish patronage networks ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
Privy Council ⓘ
surface form: Privy Council of Great Britain
nobleTitle Viscount Melville ⓘ
notableAlumniOf University of Edinburgh ⓘ
notableFor association with the delay of abolition of the British slave trade ⓘ
dominance of Scottish politics in the late 18th century ⓘ
influence over British imperial policy ⓘ
role in administration of the East India Company ⓘ
notableWork administration of British India ⓘ
dominance of Scottish patronage system ⓘ
management of British war effort against Revolutionary France ⓘ
occupation barrister ⓘ
politician ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
opposed immediate abolition of the British slave trade ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dalkeith ⓘ
Midlothian ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
placeOfDeath Edinburgh ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
politicalAlignment Tory ⓘ
positionHeld Home Secretary ⓘ
surface form: Home Secretary of Great Britain

Lord Advocate ⓘ
Member of Parliament ⓘ
President of the Board of Control ⓘ
Secretary of State for War ⓘ
Home Secretary ⓘ
surface form: Secretary of State for the Home Department

Treasurer of the Navy ⓘ
saidToBeTheSameAs 1st Viscount Melville ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Edinburgh ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treasurer of the Navy → officeHeldBy → Henry Dundas ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Northern Department → officeHeldBy → Henry Dundas ⓘ
Dundas Street → namedAfter → Henry Dundas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
Dundas County → namedAfter → Henry Dundas ⓘ
Viscount Melville → associatedWith → Henry Dundas ⓘ
Viscount Melville → hasFirstHolder → Henry Dundas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
Dundas → hasNotableBearer → Henry Dundas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
Faculty of Advocates → hasNotableMember → Henry Dundas ⓘ