1st Viscount Melville

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1st Viscount Melville was Henry Dundas, a powerful late 18th- and early 19th-century Scottish lawyer and politician who dominated Scottish politics and served as a key minister in the British government under William Pitt the Younger.

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1st Viscount Melville canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Scottish politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
closeAllyOf William Pitt the Younger ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1742-04-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1811-05-28 ⓘ
educatedAt Edinburgh High School ⓘ
University of Edinburgh ⓘ
familyName Dundas ⓘ
fatherOf Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
hasMonument Melville Monument, St Andrew Square, Edinburgh ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
memberOf Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament

Privy Council of Great Britain ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council

Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
nobleTitle Viscount Melville ⓘ
notableFor association with the transatlantic slave trade and its gradual abolition ⓘ
dominance of Scottish politics in the late 18th century ⓘ
role in British imperial policy ⓘ
notableWork influence over Scottish parliamentary representation ⓘ
occupation advocate ⓘ
politician ⓘ
ordinalOfNobleTitle 1st Viscount Melville ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented Edinburgh ⓘ
Edinburghshire ⓘ
Midlothian ⓘ
Newtown, Isle of Wight ⓘ
Orkney and Shetland ⓘ
Richmond, Yorkshire ⓘ
linked to: Richmond (Yorks)
placeOfBirth Dalkeith ⓘ
Midlothian ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
placeOfDeath Edinburgh ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
positionHeld First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Home Secretary of Great Britain ⓘ
linked to: Home Secretary

Lord Advocate ⓘ
Rector of the University of Glasgow ⓘ
Rector of the University of St Andrews ⓘ
Secretary of State for War ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Home Department ⓘ
linked to: Home Secretary

Treasurer of the Navy ⓘ
religion Church of Scotland ⓘ
workedUnder William Pitt the Younger ⓘ

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

Henry Dundas → saidToBeTheSameAs → 1st Viscount Melville ⓘ
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville → hasTitle → 1st Viscount Melville ⓘ
subject linked to: Viscount Melville
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville → ordinalOfNobleTitle → 1st Viscount Melville ⓘ
subject linked to: 1st Viscount Melville