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Saunders-Dundas, Robert, (1771-1851), 2nd Viscount Melville, statesman

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Surname: Saunders-Dundas
Forenames: Robert
Gender: Male
Date: 1771-1851
Title: 2nd Viscount Melville
Biography: ODNB link for Dundas, Robert Saunders- (1771-1851) 2nd Viscount Melville, statesman
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P140448 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P25375 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Robert Saunders-Dundas
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 10188 Dundas

See HMC Papers of British cabinet ministers 1782-1900, 1982
2
1782-1849: misc personal and political corresp and papers, with Ist Viscount
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
3
corresp and papers rel to India
Manchester University: University of Manchester Library
4
corresp and papers
British Library, Manuscript Collections
5
1807-1830: misc corresp
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
6
1807: papers rel to East India Co
British Library: Asian and African Studies
See Annual Return 2004
7
1790-1838: corresp, mostly on Indian affairs
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Return 2001
8
1783-1849: family and personal corresp
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 34965 Bonar Mackenzie
9
corresp
British Library, Manuscript Collections
NRA 20952
10
1804-44: corresp mainly rel to Edinburgh (123 items)
Wellcome Library
11
1807-26: naval corresp and papers
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
12
corresp as Governor of the Bank of Scotland
Lloyds Banking Group Archives (Edinburgh)
NRA 41517
13
corresp and papers rel to Ireland
National Library of Ireland
14
corresp and papers rel to Scotland
St Andrews University Library
NRA 14799
15
1782-1841: corresp and papers rel to Highland roads and bridges
London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections
NRA 7536 Dundas
16
corresp rel to West Indies
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
17
1807-12: corresp with Lord and Lady Minto
Leeds University Library, Special Collections
18
1807-1851: corresp and papers
University of Michigan: William L Clements Library
See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
19
1811-49: corresp rel to naval matters
Duke University: William R Perkins Library
NRA 22507 Dundas

See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
20
1811-1829: corresp and papers rel to Admiralty administration
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division
See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
21
1807-12: corresp rel to India (132 items)
London University: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
22
1812-20: papers (29pp)
Library and Archives Canada
See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
23
1812-14: corresp and papers rel to the War of 1812
Huntington Library
See Guide 1982
24
1820-37: corresp with Balfour family
Orkney Archive
NRA 16075 Balfour
25
1812-26: corresp with Lord Bathurst
British Library, Manuscript Collections
NRA 20952

See HMC Bathurst MSS
26
1782-1804: corresp with Lord Bolton
North Yorkshire County Record Office
NRA 8638 Orde-Powlett
27
1814-29: corresp with George Canning
University of Michigan: William L Clements Library
NRA 22709
28
1814-18: corresp with Lord Castlereagh
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
NRA 12865 Stewart
29
1833-37: letters to Robert Christie
Edinburgh City Archives
NRA 38890 Edinburgh CL
30
1831-48: corresp with Sir George Clerk
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 29182
31
1812-25: corresp with Sir Alexander Cochrane
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
32
letters to Thomas, Lord Cochrane
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 8150 Cochrane
33
1811-49: (copies) letters (350) to JW Croker
British Library, Manuscript Collections
34
1835-47: letters (14) to Lord Dalhousie
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 17164

See NRA(S)0805
35
1812-30: letters (15) to Sir Thomas Foley
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
36
1809-15: corresp with John Foster
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
NRA 6701 Skeffington
37
1798-1823: letters (29) from Frederick Augustus, Duke of York to him and his father
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Accessions to Repositories 1990
38
1833: letters to Henry Goulburn
Surrey History Centre
NRA 777
39
1807-08: corresp with Charles Grant and Edward Parry
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
40
1813-33: corresp with 2nd Earl Grey
Durham University Library and Collections
NRA 6228 Grey
41
1811-12: corresp with Lord Harrowby
Harrowby Manuscripts Trust
NRA 1561 Ryder
42
1812-14: letters (18) from Sir Samuel Hood
British Library, Manuscript Collections
43
1810-25: letters to Sir Alexander Hope
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 10172 Hope

See NRA(S)1021
44
1844-46: letters to JJ Hope Johnstone
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 12630 Hope-Johnstone
45
1831-33: letters from Sir Henry Hotham and John Irving
Hull History Centre (Hull University Archives)
NRA 5408
46
1807-30: corresp with Sir Harford Jones
British Library, Manuscript Collections
47
1812-15: corresp with Lord Keith
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
48
1811-46: corresp with John Lee
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
49
1808-26: corresp with Lord Liverpool
British Library, Manuscript Collections
50
1818-20: corresp with Sir David Milne and Earl of Seafield
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
51
1807-12: corresp with Lord Minto
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
NRA 10476 Minto
52
1812-49: corresp with Sir Robert Peel
British Library, Manuscript Collections
53
1811-47: letters from Sir Robert Peel
Harvard University Business School: Baker Library
See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
54
1808-10: corresp with Spencer Perceval
Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development
NRA 8587 Holland

See HMC corresp file - Holland, David
55
1806-29: corresp with Sir Walter Scott
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
56
1812-27: letters (20) to Lord Spencer
British Library, Manuscript Collections
NRA 10410 Spencer
57
1821-28: corresp with JA Stewart-Mackenzie
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 30101 Stewart-Mackenzie
58
letters to Lord Wallace
Northumberland Archives
NRA 811
59
1812-14: corresp with Sir John Warren
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
60
1833-49: letters (15) to Duke of Wellington
University of Southampton Library
NRA 20085
61
corresp with Duke of Wellington
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
See Annual Report 1983
62
1811-20: corresp with CP Yorke
British Library, Manuscript Collections
63
1808-1851: misc corresp incl Lord Rutherfurd, Thomas Graham Stirling and John Borthwick of Crookston
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
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