Henry Dundas, 3rd Viscount Melville

Henry Dundas, 3rd Viscount Melville GCB (25 February 1801 – 1 Feb 1876) was a British military leader.

Military career

The eldest son of Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, he was captain of the 83rd Regiment from 1824, and was active in suppressing the Canadian rebellion in 1837. In 1841 he was appointed colonel and aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria, and played a distinguished part in the Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–49), as second in command at the capture of Multan. He became 3rd Viscount Melville on his father's death in 1851, but continued his military career, being raised to the rank of general in 1868. He was awarded the Order of the Bath in 1870.

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.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Melville

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Lord Binning Ralph Bernal	Member of Parliament for Rochester 1826 – 1830 With: Ralph Bernal	Succeeded by Lord Villiers Ralph Bernal
Preceded by Viscount Howick John Williams	Member of Parliament for Winchelsea 1830 – 1831 With: John Williams	Succeeded by Stephen Lushington John Williams
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Robert Dundas	Viscount Melville 1851–1876	Succeeded by Robert Dundas
Military offices
Preceded by ?	Governor of Edinburgh Castle 1860–1876	Succeeded by vacant