Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville

The Right Honourable The Viscount Melville KT PC FRS
President of the Board of Control
In office 1807–1809
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	The Duke of Portland
Preceded by	Thomas Grenville
Succeeded by	The Lord Harrowby
In office 1809–1812
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	Hon. Spencer Perceval
Preceded by	The Lord Harrowby
Succeeded by	The Earl of Buckinghamshire
Chief Secretary for Ireland
In office 1809–1809
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	The Duke of Portland
Preceded by	Hon. Sir Arthur Wellesley
Succeeded by	Hon. William Wellesley-Pole
First Lord of the Admiralty
In office 1812–1827
Monarchs	George III George IV
Prime Minister	The Earl of Liverpool
Preceded by	Charles Philip Yorke
Succeeded by	The Duke of Clarence (Lord High Admiral)
In office 1828–1830
Monarch	George IV
Prime Minister	The Duke of Wellington
Preceded by	The Duke of Clarence (Lord High Admiral)
Succeeded by	Sir James Graham, Bt
Personal details
Born	(1771-03-14)14 March 1771 Edinburgh, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain
Died	10 June 1851(1851-06-10) (aged 80) Melville Castle, Midlothian
Spouse	Anne Saunders ​ ​ (m. 1796; died 1841)​
Children	6, including Henry, Richard, and Robert
Parent(s)	Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville Elizabeth Rannie
Alma mater	University of Göttingen University of Edinburgh Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, KT, PC, FRS (14 March 1771 – 10 June 1851) was a British statesman, the son of Henry Dundas, the 1st Viscount. Dundas was the Member of Parliament for Hastings in 1794, Rye in 1796 and Midlothian in 1801. He was also Keeper of the Signet for Scotland from 1800. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1807,^{[citation needed]} a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1817,^{[citation needed]} a Knight of the Thistle in 1821,^{[citation needed]} and was Chancellor of the University of St Andrews from 1814. Melville filled various political offices and was First Lord of the Admiralty from 1812 to 1827 and from 1828 to 1830.