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Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville

1742 - 1811

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Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, PC, FRSE (28 April 1742 – 28 May 1811), styled as Lord Melville from 1802, was a British politician who served as Home Secretary from 1791 to 1794 and First Lord of the Admiralty from 1804 to 1805. He was instrumental in the encouragement of the Scottish Enlightenment, in the prosecution of the war against France, and in the expansion of British influence in India. Prime Minister William Pitt appointed him Lord of Trade (1784–1786), Home Secretary (1791–1794), President of the Board of Control for Indian Affairs (1793–1801), Secretary at War (1794–1801) and First Lord of the Admiralty (1804–1805). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville is the 17,219th most popular politician (up from 17,534th in 2024), the 5,473rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,845th in 2019) and the 628th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville ranks 17,219 out of 19,576. Before him are Doris Bures, Guo Jinlong, Elisabeta Lipă, Baburam Bhattarai, E. M. S. Namboodiripad, and Charles J. Folger. After him are Irfaan Ali, Theodric of Bernicia, Gergely Karácsony, Sorin Grindeanu, Pavlo Klimkin, and Linas Antanas Linkevičius.

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Among people born in 1742, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville ranks 27. Before him are Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper, Félix de Azara, Nathanael Greene, Johan Herman Wessel, Alexander Ablesimov, and William Hooper.  Among people deceased in 1811, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville ranks 29. Before him are Ivan Osterman, Juan Aldama, Benjamin Vulliamy, György Bessenyei, Thomas Fitzsimons, and Samuel Chase.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville ranks 5,475 out of 8,785. Before him are Juno Temple (1989), Maurice Norman (1934), Richie Faulkner (1980), Mary Rand (1940), Annie Speirs (1889), and Angela Mortimer (1932). After him are David Marshall (1985), Martyn Poliakoff (1947), Gemma Chan (1982), Lee Grant (1983), Alec B. Francis (1867), and Valerie Hobson (1917).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville ranks 628. Before him are Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790), Herbert Morrison (1888), Michael Portillo (1953), John Graves Simcoe (1752), Peter Mandelson (1953), and Denis Healey (1917). After him are John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811), Malcolm MacDonald (1901), Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone (1854), John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792), Nigel Lawson (1932), and George Lansbury (1859).

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