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Dundas, Henry, (1742-1811), 1st Viscount Melville, statesman

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Surname: Dundas
Forenames: Henry
Gender: Male
Date: 1742-1811
Title: 1st Viscount Melville
Biography: ODNB link for Dundas, Henry (1742-1811) 1st Viscount Melville, statesman
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P162866 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P8733 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Henry Dundas
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1628-1939: corresp and papers
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 10188 Dundas

See HMC Papers of British colonial governors 1782-1900, 1986
2
corresp and papers
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See HMC Papers of British cabinet ministers 1782-1900, 1982
3
1784-1792: letters from Charles Stuart
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
4
1786-1801: corresp and papers from William Ross and others
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
5
1782-1849: misc personal and political corresp of the 1st and 2nd Viscounts Melville
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
6
1794-1809: additional corresp
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Return 1998
7
1783-1811: family corresp
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 34965 Bonar Mackenzie
8
c1794-1812: letters received
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Accessions to Repositories 1986
9
corresp and papers rel to India
Manchester University: University of Manchester Library
10
corresp and papers
British Library, Manuscript Collections
11
military and political corresp
British Library, Manuscript Collections
NRA 20952
12
corresp as Governor of the Bank of Scotland
Lloyds Banking Group Archives (Edinburgh)
NRA 41517
13
1786-1811: corresp and papers mainly rel to Scotland (71 items)
Wellcome Collection
14
1760-1811: naval corresp and papers
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
15
1806: prosecution case papers rel to his impeachment
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Return 2001
16
corresp and papers rel to Ireland
National Library of Ireland
17
1780-1793: papers rel to Ireland
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
See Accessions to Repositories 1969
18
corresp and papers rel to St Andrews
St Andrews University Library
NRA 14799
19
corresp and papers rel to Scottish transport
London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections
NRA 7536 Dundas
20
corresp rel to West Indies
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
21
1786-1809: corresp and papers rel to India
British Library: Asian and African Studies
22
1792-1799: corresp and papers rel to medical service in India (30 items)
Wellcome Collection
23
1793-1796: corresp and papers
British Library: Asian and African Studies
See Annual Report 1987-88
24
1783-1810: papers rel to East India Company
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
25
letters (10) rel to India
London University: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
26
1797-1801: letters from Lord Harris and James Stuart
British Library: Asian and African Studies
27
corresp and papers
University of Michigan: William L Clements Library
See Guide 1978
28
1793-1804: letters (20), incl four from Rufus King and ten to him
New York Historical Society
See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
29
1778-1810: corresp (23 items) mostly rel to Scottish affairs
Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library
See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
30
c1790-1809: corresp and papers
Duke University: William R Perkins Library
NRA 22507 Dundas

See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
31
1782-1810: corresp
Harvard University: Houghton Library
NRA 24376
32
1786-1810: commercial corresp and papers
Harvard University Business School: Baker Library
See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
33
misc corresp and papers
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division
See Quarterly journal, May 1960, p186
34
1795-1806: corresp rel to Cape Colony (16 items)
Brenthurst Library
See Guide
35
letters to William Adam
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 9954 Adam
36
1793-1811: letters to Lord Arniston
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
37
1772-1806: corresp with Lord Auckland
British Library, Manuscript Collections
38
1792-1796: corresp with Balfour family
Orkney Archive
NRA 16075 Balfour
39
1781-1806: corresp with Lord Barham (18 items)
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
40
1785-1795: letters from Sir Francis Baring
Baring Archive
NRA 30566 Baring Bros
41
1790-1791: corresp with Scrope Bernard
Buckinghamshire Archives
NRA 7343
42
1780-1794: corresp with James Boswell
Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library
NRA 22146 Boswell
43
1759-1810: corresp with Lord Buccleuch
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 34806 Buccleuch
44
1782-1796: corresp with Edmund Burke
Sheffield City Archives
NRA 1083 Wentworth Woodhouse

See Copeland & Smith, Corresp of Burke, 1955
45
1804-1808: corresp with Lord Castlereagh
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
NRA 12865 Stewart
46
1796-1797: letters from Hugh Cleghorn
British Library, Manuscript Collections
47
1796-1801: corresp with Lord Clive
National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services
NRA 23682 Clive
48
1792-1811: corresp with Sir Alexander Cochrane
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
49
1790-1811: letters (10) to Sir William Cornwallis
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
NRA 315 Noel
50
1786-1792: dispatches to Lord Cornwallis
The National Archives
51
1794-1798: letters to Lord Coventry
Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service
NRA 1310 Coventry
52
corresp with Dundas family
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 8398 Dundas
53
1773-1784: letters to Sir Adam Fergusson
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 41047 Fergusson
54
1791-1811: letters to Forbes family
Falkirk Archives
NRA 15476 Forbes
55
1782-1804: letters to Sir William Forbes
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
56
c1798-1811: letters from Frederick Augustus, Duke of York
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Accessions to Repositories 1990
57
letters to George III
Royal Archives
See Later Correspondence of George III, ed AAspinall, 5 vols 1962-70
58
1768-1792: corresp with Sir John Gordon, letters to his mother
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 34965 Bonar Mackenzie
59
1775-1806: letters (11) to Charles Gordon
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
60
1790-1798: letters to Sir James Grant
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 32594 Ogilvie-Grant
61
1784-1810: corresp with Lord Grenville
British Library, Manuscript Collections
62
1793-1800: letters to Lord Grey
Durham University Library and Collections
NRA 6228 Grey
63
1792-1802: letters to Lord Hardwicke
British Library, Manuscript Collections
64
1791-1806: letters to Lord Harrowby
Harrowby Manuscripts Trust
NRA 1561 Ryder
65
1789-1791: letters to GV Hart
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
NRA 23780 Hart
66
1785-1800: corresp with Warren Hastings
British Library, Manuscript Collections
67
corresp with Lord Hobart
Buckinghamshire Archives
NRA 1
68
1799-1811: corresp with Sir Alexander Hope
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 10172 Hope

See NRA(S)1021
69
1796-1807: corresp with William Huskisson
British Library, Manuscript Collections
70
1785-1804: corresp with Harford Jones
British Library, Manuscript Collections
71
1798-1807: corresp with Harford Jones
Huntington Library
NRA 23683 Kentchurch Court
72
1797-1806: corresp with Lord Keith
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
73
1778-1800: corresp with Lord Liverpool
British Library, Manuscript Collections
74
1807-1810: letters to Lord Lonsdale
Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle
NRA 17777 Lowther
75
1792-1801: corresp with Lord Lynedoch
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
76
1798-1802: letters (21) to Lord Macartney
Kimberley Africana Library
NRA 26032 Macartney
77
1790: letters to William Macdowall
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 32483 Tods
78
1782-1809: corresp with Lord Minto
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
NRA 10476 Minto
79
letters (59) to Sir James Murray-Pulteney
The Morgan Library
NRA 30863 Murray-Pulteney
80
1804-1805: letters (10) to Lord Nelson
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
81
1798-1801: letters (14) to Frederick North
Kent History and Library Centre
NRA 5392
82
1808-1812: corresp with Spencer Perceval
Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development
NRA 8587 Holland

See HMC corresp file - Holland, David
83
1790-1801: letters from William Petrie
National War Museum of Scotland
NRA 27982 Baird
84
1793-1805: letters to William Pitt
Manchester University: University of Manchester Library
85
corresp with William Pitt
The National Archives
86
1794-1809: letters (20) to Duke of Portland
Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections
NRA 7628 Cavendish-Bentinck
87
1791-1805: corresp with Donald Robertson
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
88
1782-1783: letters to Lord Shelburne
Collection held privately: enquiries to Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 37645 Petty
89
1797-1803: corresp with Lord Sidmouth
Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
NRA 8747 Addington
90
1796-1797: letters to JG Simcoe
Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
NRA 12870
91
1799-1811: letters to Sir John Sinclair
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 10552
92
1793-1804: letters (11) to Earl Spencer
British Library, Manuscript Collections
NRA 10410 Spencer
93
1797-1800: letters from Earl Spencer
British Library, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Return 1998
94
1800-1803: letters to Stewart family
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 15460
95
1798-1801: corresp with Lord Wellesley
British Library, Manuscript Collections
96
1791-1793: corresp with Lord Westmorland
National Archives of Ireland
NRA 22312 Fane
97
1794-1800: corresp with William Windham
British Library, Manuscript Collections
98
1804: letters to Sir William Young
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Report 1974-75 p59
99
corresp rel to Highland military affairs
West Highland Museum
NRA 13685 W Highland Mus
100
1789-1807: letters and papers rel to Isle of Man
Aberdeen University, Special Collections Centre
NRA 16080 Dundas
101
1777-1811: misc corresp
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections