Background
Robert was born 6 June 1758. He was the eldest son of Robert Dundas of Arniston, the younger and his second wife, Jean, daughter of William Grant, Lord Prestongrange.
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Robert Dundas
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He was educated at the high school and the University of Edinburgh, and was admitted advocate in 1779.(Hamilton 1888, p 195).
Career
Dundas served as Solicitor General for Scotland between 1784 and 1789 and as Lord Advocate from 1789 to 1801. for Edinburghshire from 1790 to 1801, and was Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Scotland from 1801 until his death in 1819. From 1790 to 1801 he was Member of Parliament for Edinburghshire. He appeared for the crown in the great prosecutions for sedition at Edinburgh in 1793.
He was joint-clerk and keeper of the general registers for seisins and other writs in Scotland from 1799 until on 1 June 1801 he was appointed chief baron of the exchequer in Scotland, but in 1801 and 1811 he turned down offers of the lord presidency.
He died 17 June 1819. Participant of a remarkable Scottish legal and political dynasty, Dundas was the son of Robert Dundas, of Arniston, the younger.
Robert (who lived at 69 Queen Street in Edinburgh), his heir, died in 1838. Henry, the second son, was vice-admiral in the navy, and died 11 September 1863.
Membership
1st United Kingdom Parliament. 17th Parliament of Great Britain. 18th Parliament of Great Britain]
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