Government House, [Dominica]. Also enclosed: an anonymous and undated letter marked "Private and Confidential" to "Dear Sir" (6 p.) Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), politician, was born on April 28, 1742 in Edinburghshire, Scotland. He married Elizabeth (1751-1843), coheir of David Rannie, merchant and shipbuilder. They had four children. In May 1775, Dundas became Lord Advocate, and in 1782 he became Treasurer of the Navy. He was elected to Parliament for Scotland in 1790; Dundas was a close political ally of William Pitt, the Younger. He became Home Secretary in 1791, President of the Board of Control in 1793, and Secretary of State for War in July 1794. In 1805, Dundas was impeached after a commission of inquiry uncovered accounting transgressions in naval records. Dundas returned to Edinburgh where he died on May 27, 1811. [Identification of item], Henry Dundas Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
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