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Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville
Author | : James Alexander Lovat-Fraser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 1916 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
The Dundas Despotism
Author | : Michael Fry |
Publisher | : Birlinn Ltd |
Total Pages | : 431 |
Release | : 2004-07-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 178885408X |
This is the first comprehensive and up-to-date biography of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811) and his son Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville (1771-1851). Aided by other members of their family, they ruled Scotland from the 1770s to the 1830s in a period of government later dubbed 'the Dundas Despotism'. Using a mass of new primary and secondary material culled from England, Scotland, Ireland and the United States, Michael Fry here challenges the traditional view that theirs was a corrupt and authoritarian regime. He shows that both father and son sought to achieve good government within the accepted political conventions of the age, and that many of the principles they set out to apply were owed directly to Scottish Enlightenment ideas. The Dundases were also of fundamental importance in drawing Scotland more fully into the United Kingdom and enabling the Union of 1707 to work. This is a sparkling reassessment of a crucial period of Scottish, British and imperial history. The Dundas Despotism was previously published by Edinburgh University Press.
HENRY DUNDAS VISCOUNT MELVILLE
Author | : J. a. (James Alexander) B. Lovat-Fraser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2016-08-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781362901679 |
Henry Dundas, First Viscount Melville, 1741-1811, Political Manager of Scotland, Statesman, Administrator of British India (Classic Reprint)
Author | : Holden Furber |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2017-11-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780331682243 |
Excerpt from Henry Dundas, First Viscount Melville, 1741-1811, Political Manager of Scotland, Statesman, Administrator of British India Early life - First years in. Parliament and at the Bar - Conduct during the period of political confusion following the fall of Lord North - First connexion with India - The formation of the first Pitt Ministry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Henry Dundas, First Viscount Melville, 1741-1811, Political Manager of Scotland, Statesman, Administrator of British India - Scholar's Choice Edition
Author | : Emeritus Professor of History Holden Furber |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2015-02-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781294984726 |
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The Life of Henry Dundas, First Viscount Melville, 1742-1811
Author | : Cyril Matheson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 1933 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
Henry Dundas Viscount Melville (Classic Reprint)
Author | : J. A. Lovat-Fraser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2015-07-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781331372998 |
Excerpt from Henry Dundas Viscount Melville In St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, the passer-by may see standing on a lofty pillar the statue of Henry Dundas, first Viscount Melville, the colleague and friend of the younger Pitt. The towering height of the monument is itself emblematic of the lofty position held by Dundas in his native country at the end of the eighteenth century. For many years he exercised in Scotland a sway so absolute that he was nicknamed "Harry the Ninth." The heaven-soaring statue proclaims to the world how great was his position in the eyes of his contemporaries. Beginning as Lord Advocate, he filled in a succession of British Governments the most important offices, and played an outstanding part in the history of his time. No Scottish lawyer has ever attained an influence or authority equal to that enjoyed by. Dundas. In the days of his greatness, the very streets of Edinburgh, as Sir Walter Scott said, were thought almost too vulgar for him. to walk upon. His word was law; his will was absolute. He was "the Pharos of Scotland," said Lord Cockburn. "Who steered upon him was safe, who disregarded his light was wrecked. It was to his nod that every man owed what he had got, and looked for what he wished." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.