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Robert Dundas Of Beechwood
Sir Robert Dundas, 1st Baronet of Beechwood (30 June 1761 – 4 January 1835) was a Scottish landowner and lawyer. Life He was born on 30 June 1761, the son of Elizabeth (née Turnbull) and the Rev Robert Dundas of Humbie in East Lothian. Descended from a legal dynasty, he was trained as a lawyer, probably at the University of Edinburgh, and with a legal apprenticeship under James Balfour, and became a Writer to the Signet in 1785. He was Principal Clerk of Session to the Edinburgh High Courts 1817 to 1830. In 1820, he was Deputy to the Lord Privy Seal of Scotland. In 1820, upon the death of his uncle General Sir David Dundas, he inherited the estate of Beechwood near Corstorphine in western Edinburgh. In 1824, he acquired the huge Dunira estate in Perthshire, but appears to have passed it immediately to his son, David Dundas. The estate had belonged to the late Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville who had died in 1811. Lord Melville was his second cousin, once removed, being b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Beechwood may refer to: Plants * Beechwood, the wood from any of ten species of beech trees * Malay beechwood, tree ''Gmelina arborea'', and its wood * Willow beechwood ''Faurea saligna'', and its wood Places Canada * Beechwood, Ontario United Kingdom * Beechwood, Runcorn, Cheshire, England * Beechwood, Merseyside, England **Beechwood railway station * Beechwood, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England * Beechwood, West Yorkshire, a List of United Kingdom locations: Bea-Bem#Bee, location in England * Beechwood, West Midlands, a List of United Kingdom locations: Bea-Bem#Bee, location in England * Beechwood, Highland, a List of United Kingdom locations: Bea-Bem#Bee, location in Scotland * Beechwood, Newport, Wales United States * Beechwood, Indiana * Beechwood, Michigan, in Ottawa County * Beechwood, Iron County, Michigan * Beechwood, Mississippi * Beachwood, Ohio, formerly Beechwood * Beechwood, Wood County, West Virginia * Beechwood, Wyoming County, West Virginia * Bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
