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Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville

1742 - 1811

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Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, PC, FRSE (28 April 1742 – 28 May 1811), styled as Lord Melville from 1802, was the trusted lieutenant of British prime minister William Pitt and the most powerful politician in Scotland in the late 18th century. Dundas was instrumental in the encouragement of the Scottish Enlightenment, in the prosecution of the war against France, and in the expansion of British influence in India. Prime Minister Pitt appointed him Lord of Trade (1784–1786), Home Secretary (1791–1794), President of the Board of Control for Indian Affairs (1793–1801), Secretary at War (1794–1801) and First Lord of the Admiralty (1804–1805). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville has received more than 619,250 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville is the 17,557th most popular politician, the 5,846th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 641st most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville ranks 17,557 out of 19,576. Before him are Mohamed Osman Jawari, Kelly Craft, Leo Amery, Varina Davis, William Windom, and Lorella Stefanelli. After him are Julien Nkoghe Bekale, Anniken Huitfeldt, Mairead McGuinness, John Lindsay, Henry Puna, and P. B. S. Pinchback.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1742, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville ranks 27. Before him are Joseph Brant, Félix de Azara, David Bushnell, James Wilson, Alexander Ablesimov, and William Hooper.  Among people deceased in 1811, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville ranks 28. Before him are Juan Aldama, Ivan Osterman, György Bessenyei, Benjamin Vulliamy, Samuel Chase, and Thomas Percy. After him is Thomas Fitzsimons.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville ranks 5,846 out of 8,785. Before him are Paul Rhys (1963), Nigel Olsson (1949), C. H. Douglas (1879), Brian Labone (1940), Francis Maitland Balfour (1851), and Mick McCarthy (1959). After him are Peter Beardsley (1961), Jason Cooper (1967), Dunc Munro (1901), Dinah Craik (1826), Matilda Ziegler (1964), and Michael Bisping (1979).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville ranks 641. Before him are Dominic Raab (1974), Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford (1868), Selwyn Lloyd (1904), Edmund Andros (1637), John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1847), and Walter Rutherford (1857). After him are Priti Patel (1972), David Davis (1948), Dennis Skinner (1932), Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone (1854), Francis Pym (1922), and Philip May (1957).

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