New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-13

daughter of the Earl OF Home, one OF
whose daughters. Lady Margaret, is tho
wife of the Hon Reginald walsh, who mas
just resigned the post Of British Consul In
New FORK
The Dundas family Is one OF the most
ancient and historic in Scotland, ana Is
represented to-day in the peerase by the
Marquis of Zetland. formerly Niceroy or
ireland, and by Lord Melville, VINO belongs
to the arniston branch, in the baronetage
by sir Henry Dundas, of Admission, and by
Sir Charles Dundas. of Beechwood, while
the chief of the entire house is Captain
Charles Hope Dundas. Of the royal navy,
who makes his home at Inchgarve House,
South Queens Ferry. and at Amberley
Road, Sydenham. London, and who Is the
thirty-third chief of the Clan Of Dundas
In direct line from Serle de Dundas, a
contemporary Of King William the Lion.
The Admission branch now represented
by Sir Thomas Dundas was founded when
George. sixteenth chief of Dundas. pur-
chased the Arniston property for the pur-
pose of providing an estate for his eldest
son by his second marriage with Catherine,
daughter OF the third Lord Ollphant. James
Dundss, the first Laird OF Admission, was
knighted by King James VI Of Scotland as
Governor OF Berwick His son and name
sake, James. was knighted by Charles II,
and for many years. occupied a seat on the
bench OF the Supreme Court OF Scotland as
Lord Of Session under the title of Lord
Arniston. His eldest son also became a
Lord of Session. as Lord Arniston. and
his son in turn occupied a seat on
the bench of the Supreme Court, TAX
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and grandfather. Indeed. for five genera
| tons the Lairds Of Arniston were judges
of the Supreme Court of Scotland. with tho
title Of Lord Arniston, record without
parallel, the last one 10 hold this office
| being Robert Dundas who died in 1919 His
/ son was called TO the bar. and was on the
| high road to similar judicial eminence
when the Reform bill. by depriving his
| family of the control of the Parliamentary
representation for Midlothian, which 1t
had held for over q hundred years, caused
him to retire from public life and to spend
the remainder Of his existence on his
estates as a Scottish chieftain and landed
proprietor at Arniston.
/ Admission was originally part Of the lands
on the Southeast, granted In the twelfth
century to the knights Templar by King
David /, and was the first settlement OF
! that once mighty order IN Scotland. 1t eX-
tends TO upward Of 1890 acres, of which
/ some 1900 are under timber or woodlands.
/ The property lies at a considerable altitude,
on the northern slope Of the Moorfoots.
! Sir Walter Scott was a frequent visitor
at Arniston, and the following entry is 10
| be found in his diary:
/ L am always happy IN finding myself in
/ the old Oak Room at Arniston, where
have drunk many merry bottle. and IN
/ the field, where ! have seen many hare
/ killed"
Perhaps the most famous of all the Dun
dases Of Admission was Henry Dundas, O.
younger son of one Of the Lords Admission,
who were Lords of Session, and who was
| the right hand man of Prime Minister Pitt
and his treasurer of the navy. Raised to
the peerage through Pitt, as Baron Dun
EZRA and Viscount Melville, he was mn"
peached by the House of Commons for NAL
versation while treasurer of the navy. anc,
being duly acquitted after trial by the
/ House of Lords, which returned verdict
/ Of mot guilty" he died, leaving s very
| large fortune.
! The present viscount Melville was for
many years consul general of Great Brit
| ain at ChriStiania. and makes his nome at
! Melville Castle, in Midlothian.