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|Dates=1754-60
|Location=London
|Vocation=Lawyer and politician
|Place of Birth=Arniston, Edinburgh
|Marriage=Henrietta Baille (d.1755); Jean Grant
|Issue=4 sons, 6 daughters
|Source=History of Parliament Online
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Called to the bar in 1738. Solicitor-general (Scotland, 1742-46), Lord Advocate (1754-60), Lord President of Court of Session (1760-87).
Raised as an anti-Walpole Whig by his father [[Dundas, Robert]]. Successful lawyer who initially spurned politics. Only entered political scene after his father's death, standing as MP for Edinburghshire.
Violently anti-Jacobite, had many critics - though supported Newcastle.
Died 1787.

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