'Dundas04'
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Families covered: Dundas of Arniston, Dundas of Melville
| Sir James Dundas of Arniston, Governor of Berwick (b 1570, d 1628) | |||||||||||||||
| Thanks to a contributor (CV, 06.04.12) for drawing our attention to "The Arniston Memoirs - three centuries of a Scottish House 1571-1838" by George W.T. Omond, published 1887, available online at archive.org. We have not yet gone through that book in any detail but hope to do so in due course. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Katherine Douglas (dau of _ Douglas of Torthorwald) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Elizabeth Dundas (d before 19.05.1627) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 24.01.1617) Patrick Murray, 1st Lord Elibank of Ettrick Forest (d 12.11.1648) | |||||||||||||||
| 2.+ | other issue - James (dvpspl), George (dvpspl), daughters | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (07.1619) Marie Home (dau of Sir George Home of Wedderburn) | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Sir James Dundas of Arniston (d 1679, senator as Lord Arniston) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 12.11.1641) Marion Boyd (dau of Robert Boyd, 7th Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Dundas of Arniston (d 1727, judge as Lord Arniston) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Sinclair (dau of Sir Robert Sinclair of Stevenson) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Dundas of Arniston (b 09.09.1685, d 1753, Lord President, judge as Lord Arniston) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Watson (dau of Robert Watson of Muirhouse) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert Dundas of Arniston (b 18.07.1713, d after 1786, Lord President) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (17.10.1741) Henrietta Carmichael of Lamington and Bonnytoun (d 14.05.1755, dau of Sir James Carmichael, Bart of Bonnytoun) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Elizabeth Dundas | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.09.1762) Sir John Lockhart-Ross of Balnagowan, 6th Bart of Carstairs (b 11.02.1721, d 09.06.1790, Admiral) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Henrietta Dundas (b c1749, d 08.12.1832) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.06.1777) Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Campberdown (b 01.07.1731, d 04.08.1804) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Margaret Dundas | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Scott of Balcomie (Major General) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Anne Dundas | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Buchan of Kelloe | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1756) Jean Grant (dau of William Grant, Lord Prestongrange) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Robert Dundas of Arniston (b 06.06.1753, d 17.06.1819, Lord Advocate) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.1787) Elizabeth Dundas (d 18.03.1852, dau of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville) @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Robert Dundas of Arniston (b 19.06.1797, d 08.06.1838) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.04.1822) Lilias Calderwood Durham of Polton and Largo (b 1799, d 1862, dau of Thomas Calderwood Durham of Polton) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Henry Dundas (dsp 11.09.1863, Vice Admiral) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1835) Robina Dundas (d 1905, dau of Robert Dundas of Dunira) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Wiliam Pitt Dundas (d 1883) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Strange (d 1889, dau of J. Strange) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Anne Dundas (d 1832/3) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.03.1819) John Borthwick (b 1787, d 18.09.1845) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Joanna Dundas (d 1891) | ||||||||||||||
| m. G(eorge) Dempster (dsp 1889) | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Francis Dundas, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope (d 1824, Lt. General) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Cumming (dau of Sir John Cumming, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | William Dundas, Secretary at War (dsp 1845) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.06.1813) Mary Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie (b 23.08.1769, d 09.03.1855, dau of James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie of Wortley) | |||||||||||||||
| (8) | Philip Dundas, Governor of Prince of Wales' Island (d 1807) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.05.1803) Margaret Wedderburn (b 1772, d 1807, sister of Sir David Wedderburn, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Robert Adam Dundas of Bloxholm Hall, later Robert Adam Nisbet-Hamilton (d 09.06.1877) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.01.1828) Mary Bruce (d 21.12.1883, dau of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, 11th Earl of Kincardine) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Mary Georgina Constance Nisbet-Hamilton (d 25.06.1920) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1888) Henry Thomas Ogilvy, later Nisbet-Hamilton-Ogilvy (b 03.05.1837, dsps 05.12.1909) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Philip Dundas (d 15.12.1870, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.10.1858) Jane Wemyss (dau of 7th Earl of Wemyss) | |||||||||||||||
| (9) | Grizel Dundas (d 29.07.1798) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.09.1778) Robert Colt of Inveresk, Gartsherrie, etc. (b 22.09.1756, d 29.12.1797) | |||||||||||||||
| (10) | Janet Dundas | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Hamilton of Pencaitland | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Catherine Dundas assumed to be one of the 2 daughters by this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1717) Sir John Cathcart, 2nd Bart of Carleton | |||||||||||||||
| c. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Gordon (dau of Sir Robert (sb William?) Gordon, Bart of Invergordon) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (b 28.04.1742, d 29.05.1811) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (16.08.1765) Elizabeth Rannie (dau of David Rannie of Melville Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Dundas, later Saunders-Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville (b 14.03.1771, d 10.06.1851) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.1796) Anne (d 09.1841, dau/coheir of Richard Huck (later Huck-Saunders) by Jane, dau of Peter Kinsey by Anne, sister of Admiral Sir Charles Saunders) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Henry Dundas, 3rd Viscount Melville, Governor of Edinburgh Castle (d unm 01.02.1876, General) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sir Richard Saunders Dundas (b 11.04.1802, d 03.06.1861, Lord of the Admiralty) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Robert Dundas, 4th Viscount Melville (b 14.09.1803, dsp 18.02.1886) | ||||||||||||||
| (D) | Charles Dundas (b 11.09.1806, d 24.02.1883, minister) had issue, ancestor of later Viscounts | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.08.1833) Louisa Maria Boothby (d 06.09.1895, dau of Sir William Boothby, 8th Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (E)+ | other issue - Jane (d 13.11.1862), Anne (d unm 13.04.1851) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Elizabeth Dundas (d 18.03.1852) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.1787) Robert Dundas of Arniston (b 06.06.1753, d 17.06.1819, Lord Advocate) @@ above | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Anne Dundas (d 01.1852) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (13.02.1786) Henry Drummond of London (b 13.11.1762, d 04.07.1794) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (18.12.1798) James Strange (d 06.10.1840) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Montagu Dundas (d 10.03.1837) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.01.1799) George Abercromby , 2nd Lord Abercromby of Aboukir and Tullibody (b 17.10.1770, d 14.02.1843) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (02.04.1793) Jane Hope (dau of John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Margaret Dundas (d 30.03.1717) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 06.08.1708) William Hamilton, 3rd Lord Bargany (d 07.1711) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Martha Dundas probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.08.1735) Archibald Cockburn of Cockpen | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Mary Dundas (d 1672) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1660) Sir John Home, 1st Bart of Blackadder (d 23.01.1675) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Christian Dundas possibly of this generation, of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1670) Sir Charles Erskine, 1st Bart of Alva (b 04.07.1643, d 04.6.1690) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | daughter possibly Catherine (bur 17.01.1689) who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 02.01.1679) Sir James Dalrymple, 1st Bart (b 1650, d 05.1719) | |||||||||||||||
| BP1934 (Dundas of Arniston) identifies 2nd wife as Janet Hepburne. Thanks to a contributor (CV, 06.04.12) for identifying her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Janet Hepburn (d 1665, dau of Sir Adam Hepburn of Humbie (son of Adam of Kirklandhill), widow of Sir John Cockburn of Ormiston) | |||||||||||||||
| E. | James Dundas in Edinburgh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Janet Riddell (dau of Archibald Riddell) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Dundas (d 1768) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Watson (d 1794, dau of Robert Watson of Muirhouse) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | James Dundas (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Robert Dundas (d 1769, minister) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Turnbull (d 1770, dau of Rev. Thomas Turnbull) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Robert Dundas, 1st Bart (b 30.07.1761, d 28.12.1835) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.07.1798) Matilda Cockburn (d 05.1842, dau of Archibald Cockburn) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir David Dundas, 2nd Bart (b 28.08.1803, d 22.03.1877) had issue (Barts of Beechwood) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (29.11.1841) Catherine Margaret Melville (d 23.04.1856, dau of John Whyte Melville of Bennnochy and Straithkinness) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (24.08.1858) Lucy Anne Pelham (b 03.11.1815, dsp 16.01.1901, dau of Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Jane Dundas (d 1840) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1824) Robert Wigham of Lochpatrick | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Elizabeth Dundas (d 27.11.1840) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18390 General Sir James Simpson (d 18.04.1868) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Matilda Dundas (d 19.07.1883) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.10.1844) Rev. Leonard Strong (d 10.1874) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Margaret Dundas (d 1858) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1836) Archibald Davidson | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Charlotte Dundas (b c1810, d 10.08.1883) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.04.1830) Allan Elliot Lockhart of Borthwick Brae and Cleghorn (d 15.03.1878) | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | Robina Mary Dundas (d 24.01.1905) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.11.1836) Henry Dundas (dsp 11.09.1863, Vice Admiral) | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - Henry, Margaret, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Sir David Dundas (dsp 18.02.1820, C-I-C Forces) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charlotte de Lancey (d 04.1840, sister of Lt. Gen. Oliver de Lancey) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Mary Dundas (d unm 1803) | ||||||||||||||
| F. | Charles Dundas (Captain) possibly of this generation, of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| Thanks to a contributor (CV, 04.06.12) for identifying Charles's wife (and mother of Helen) as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Helen Dundas (dau of George Dundas, 3rd of Kincavel, by Helen, dau of Adam Cooper of Gogar) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Helen Dundas | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Middleton (bpt 16.02.1693) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (1666) Helen Skene (dau of Sir James Skene, widow of Sir Charles Erskine of Alva) | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Mary Dundas | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Home of Blackadder (d 1655) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Dundas of Beechwood), BP1934 (Dundas of Arniston), BP1934 (Melville) with support and a little input from "The Arniston Memoirs - three centuries of a Scottish House 1571-1838" by George W.T. Omond, published 1887
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