New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-01
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colonel Slr Robert Dundas Of Arniston.
enc ~ Potion. IN Midlothian. who has Just
succeeded 70 ms fathers baronetcy. and
who now becomes ninth Laird Of Arms
t5r. has received along with his other pos
sessions an interesting heirloom. given 10
.hs f-st Laird OF Arniston, Sir James
Iur5as. % 1850. and the preservation Of
which from an INJURY IS indispensable 20
The welfare and fortunes Of the Dundases
n Admission. IN fact, the mascot OF Ar
ris,0r Uh--h IS a beautiful glass goblet
of apparently old Venetian manufacture.
3 trs- as aiEhly priced by the Dundas
family 49, is the Luck % Eden Hall" by
tts 1ru-rraves q E5en Han. and the
famous glass goblet 81 Lord Nuncaster. al
Nrrras-e- Castle. AZ Eskdale. the Lee
Penny. etc
The Dundas Family is one OF the most
ancient and historic in Scotland. and IS
represented to-day in the peerage by the
MARQUIS 90 iceland. who was formerly
Lord Lieutenant q Ireland. and by Lord
Melville. who belongs 20 the Arniston
branch, En- the baronetaEe by sir Robert
DUMAS q Arriston and BY Sir Charles
Duadas q Beechwood; while the chief OF
The entire house is Captain Charles Hope
Dundas. 90 the royal navy. who makes his
ferry. and a. 30. : Arnberley Road. syden-
ham. London. and who Is the thirty-third
CHIEF Cf rle clan o. Dundas in q direct
Line from Serle de DEndas. q coutempo-
rarv ~ King william the Lion.
Tire Arliston branch. now represented
tr SIP Robert DCndas. was founded when
George. sixteenth CHIEF q Dundas. pur-
chased tie Aruiston property for the pur-
pose ~ providing an estate FOR his eldest
son by E-s second marriage. with Cath
rr.-e. daughter % the third Lord Oil
plaE- James Duudas. the first Laird O.
Am-s-0I was kEighted by King James VI
II ScC- land as Governor OF Berwick. HIS
sl1 and Eamesake. James. was knlghted
ty Charles IL and for many years occu-
pied @ seal on the bench q the Supreme
C0Crr 90 Scotland as Lord q Session. IN
der t-e tie q Lord Arniston- His ED
est son also became q Lord q Session. as
Lord Arniston. and his son. IN turn, occu-
pied q seat on the bench OF the Supreme
co1rt taking the same title as that OF his
fz-Ler and grandfather
Indeed, for five generations the Laircs OF
Arr-iston were Judges Of the Supreme Court
- Scotland. with ths tile % Lord Arnis-
t01, record withof parallel. the last one
10 hold this ONCE berg Robert Dundas.
10 tie bar. was on the high road 10 similar
judicial ez-nenoe when the Reform btu.
by oepriviEg his family OF the control OF
Tie parliamentary representation for MID
lothian, which II had held for over q
hundred years, caused him 70 retire from
public lie and 70 spend the remainder OF
DIS existence on his estates as q Scottish
ctlefta-l and landed proprietor. at Arnis-
ton.
A-rist0u was originally part % the lends
~ tie Southeast granted IN the twelfth
century 10 the Knights Templar by King
David z and was the first settlement OF
mat once mighty order IN Scotland. II eX-
isncs m upward 81 twelve thousand acres
~ which some three thousand are under
lmler, OF woodlands. The property lies
q. considerable altitude. on the north
'rn slope q the MOorfO0ts. Sir Walter
Scott was a frequent visitor al ArnistOn.
and 30 following entry r. 20 be found IN
his diary. u am always happy IN finding
myself in the Old oak room az Arnist0n,
where have drunk many a merry bottle.
and in Tie Geld. where I have seen many
hare killed
Fer-lps the most famous % ell the
L-Efasos ~ Arrlst0n was Henry DUndas.
younger son ~ one q the Lords Arniston
Nao were Lords o. Session, and who was
ne rsht hand man Of Prime Minister Pitt
eno f.s Treasurer OF the Navy. Raised 10
i1e peeraee through Pitt as Baron Dunelra
ano Nis0olut Melville. he was impeached
ny the House II Commons for nSlversa-
non While Treasurer of the Nav. and
being GUY acquitted after a trial by the
mouse ~ Lords. which returned a verdict
"i n'l guilty. 10 died. leaving very large
fortune. The present Nlscount Melville,
VINO must NOT be- COMPOUNDED with the Earl
~ LevCu and - Melville. for many
-ears Consul General q Great Britain az
Nnrs,anIs and makes his home az Mel
vile Castle. IN Midlothian.