Dundas, George

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Dates 1722-27, 1741-43
Location London
Vocation Lawyer and politician
Place of Birth Dundas, Linlithgow
Marriage Alison Bruce
Issue 9 sons, 4 daughters
Place of birth Source History of Parliament Online

Called to the bar 1715. Elected MP for Linlithgowshire with backing of Lore Hopetoun (attached to the Duke of Roxburghe). Did not stand for re-election in 1727. Returned to Parliament, supporting the new Administration after Walpole's fall. Voted for Hanoverians (1742). Defeated in the next by-election. Died 1762.