Died 1 February 1876 Battles/wars Canadian rebellion | Name Henry 3rd | |
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General Henry Dundas, 3rd Viscount Melville GCB (25 February 1801 – 1 February 1876) was a senior British Army officer and peer.
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Military career
Born the eldest son of Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, Dundas joined the Army as a lieutenant in the 3rd (or Scots) Guards in 1819. He was promoted to captain of the 83rd Regiment in 1824, major in 1826 and lieutenant-colonel in 1829. In 1837 he was active in suppressing the Canadian rebellion, after which he was appointed colonel and aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria in 1841.
He played a distinguished part in India as a brigadier-general in 1848–49, chosen to command the column sent from Bombay to co-operate with Lord Gough's army in the Second Anglo-Sikh War. He was second in command at the capture of Multan and then joined the main army with his force for the battle of Gujrat.
He returned to England in 1850 and became 3rd Viscount Melville on his father's death in 1851. He became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland in 1854 remaining in that post until 1860, in which year he was made Governor of Edinburgh Castle. He was raised to the rank of general in 1868.
He died unmarried at Melville Castle, near Edinburgh in 1876. He is buried in the simple Dundas Vault in Old Lasswade Kirkyard, together with his ancestors and descendants.
His younger brother, Richard Saunders Dundas, was a prominent naval officer.
Parliament
He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochester from 1826 to 1830, and for Winchelsea from 1830 to 1831.