Viscount Melville

The title was created on 24 December 1802 for the notable lawyer and politician Henry Dundas.

The latter was succeeded by his nephew, the ninth Viscount, the eldest son of the Honourable Robert Maldred St John Melville Dundas, second son of the seventh Viscount.

The family seat is Melville Castle between Dalkeith and Lasswade.

[2] The first five viscounts (including Henry Dundas) are buried in a simple vault (gated but unlocked) in Old Lasswade Kirkyard.

The 6th Viscount Melville, Charles Saunders Dundas, lies opposite his wife, Mary Hamilton Dundas, in the small north cemetery in Lasswade, adjacent to the old kirkyard.

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
The Dundas Vault in old Lasswade Kirkyard, containing the first five Viscounts Melville
Melville Monument in St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh, erected in memory of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville in 1821