The Dundas Despotism |
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| Author:
| Fry, Michael |
| ISBN: | 978-0-85976-588-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2004 |
| Publisher: | Birlinn, Limited
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| Imprint: | John Donald |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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This is the first comprehensive and up-to-date biography of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811) and his son Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville (1771-1851). Aided by other members of their family, they ruled Scotland from the 1770s to the 1830s in a period of government later dubbed 'the Dundas Despotism'.
This is the first comprehensive and up-to-date biography of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811) and his son Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville (1771-1851). Aided by other members of their family, they ruled Scotland from the 1770s to the 1830s in a period of government later dubbed 'the Dundas Despotism'.