Viscount Melville

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville

Viscount Melville , of Melville in the County of Edinburgh , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

The Viscount family residence was formerly Melville Castle near Dalkeith in Midlothian and is now Wey House near Norton Fitzwarren in Somerset .

Award

The title was created on December 24, 1802 for the well-known lawyer and politician Henry Dundas . He had been Minister of the Interior and Minister of War in various cabinets. He later became First Lord of the Admiralty . In 1809, he refused an earliest title.

Dundas received the title Baron Dunira , in the County of Perth , at the same time as the Viscountsword . This is listed as a subordinate title.

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742–1811)
Robert Saunders-Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville (1771-1851)
Henry Dundas, 3rd Viscount Melville (1801–1876)
Robert Dundas, 4th Viscount Melville (1803-1886)
Robert Dundas, 5th Viscount Melville (1835-1904)
Charles Saunders Dundas, 6th Viscount Melville (1843–1926)
Henry Charles Clement Dundas, 7th Viscount Melville (1873–1935)
Henry Charles Patric Brouncker Dundas, 8th Viscount Melville (1909–1971)
Robert David Ross Dundas, 9th Viscount Melville (1937-2011)
Robert Dundas, 10th Viscount Melville (* 1984)

The presumed title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is the younger brother of the current Viscount, the Hon. James David Brouncker Dundas (* 1986).