Frederick Dundas

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Frederick Dundas (born January 14, 1802 , † October 26, 1872 ) was a British politician of the Liberal Party .

Life

Dundas was born in 1802 to Charles Lawrence Dundas and Caroline Beauclerk , daughter of Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans . On June 2, 1847, he married Grace Gore . Dundas died in 1872 without any descendants.

Political career

In the general election in 1837 Dundas took over from Thomas Balfour as a candidate for the Liberal Party in the constituency of Orkney and Shetland . As in the following general election in 1841 , no second candidate ran for the mandate, so Dundas entered the British House of Commons without a dissenting vote . With Arthur Anderson was found in the general election in 1847 for the first time a rival candidate. With a share of the vote of 53.3%, he won the election, so that Dundas initially resigned from parliament. In the 1852 elections, Dundas ran again for Orkney and Shetland and won the constituency mandate one more time. Again he held his mandate in the following elections in 1857 , 1859 and 1865 without an opponent. Dundas ran for the last time in the general election in 1868 . With 61.6% he was able to unite the majority of the votes. With his death in 1872, by-elections were required in the constituency of Orkney and Shetland. His party colleague Samuel Laing won the mandate .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Frederick Dundas on thepeerage.com , accessed April 7, 2015.
  2. ^ A b c Richard B. Mosse: The parliamentary guide. A concise biography of the members of both houses of parliament, their connexions, etc. AH Bailly & Co., London 1837, p. 115 .
  3. ↑ George H. Townsend: The Handbook of the year 1868. Wyman & Sons, London 1869, p. 374 .
  4. ↑ Information about the general election in 1868

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personal data
SURNAME Dundas, Frederick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1802
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1872