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Authorised form of nameDundas; Robert Saunders (1771 - 1851); 2nd Viscount Melville
Dates1771 - 1851
Date of birth14 March 1771
Place of deathMelville Castle, near Edinburgh
Date of death10 June 1851
ActivityHonours:
KT 1821
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election15/05/1817
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/817538
CodeNA1044
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MC/1/294Letter from [Robert Saunders Dundas], 2nd Viscount Melville, Melville Castle, Edinburgh, to [Dr. Peter Mark Roget and John George Children,] Secretaries of the Royal Society23 March 1831
MC/4/167Letter from Robert Dundas to the Royal Societyc. November 1846
MC/1Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1800-1831
MC/4Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1844-1850
AP/12/4Unpublished copy letter, regarding Spitzbergen [Spitsbergen, Norway] from J R Crowe to Lord Viscount Melville [Robert Dundas]14 May 1825
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