page_title: Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas / Biography
caption_attribution_description: English: Marske Hall, Marske-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland, United Kingdom
context_page_description: Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas FRS, known as Sir Thomas Dundas, 2nd Baronet from 1781 to 1794, was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1763 to 1794, after which he was raised to the peerage as Baron Dundas. He was responsible for commissioning the Charlotte Dundas, the world's "first practical steamboat".
context_section_description: Dundas was the only son of Sir Lawrence Dundas, 1st Baronet, the "Nabob of the North".  Following education at Eton and St. Andrews University he did the Grand Tour, then became Member of Parliament for Richmond, 1763–1768, then for Stirlingshire, 1768–1794. He was elevated to the peerage as Baron Dundas of Aske in August 1794, and was also Lord Lieutenant and Vice Admiral of Orkney and Shetland, Councillor of state to the Prince of Wales (later George IV), President of the Society of Scottish Antiquaries and Colonel of the North York Militia. He acquired Marske Hall in North Yorkshire in 1762 after the death of Sir William Lowther, 3rd Baronet. He succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet in 1781, inheriting Aske Hall, also in North Yorkshire.
caption: Marske Hall
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