National Records of Scotland buys Dundas papers for £1.35m - Scottish Headlines - Fife Today
To some he was "the uncrowned king of Scotland" while others saw him as "the great tyrant".
Now, the papers of Henry Dundas and his son Robert have been bought for the National Records of Scotland (NRS) for £1.35 million.
Henry Dundas, the 1st Viscount Melville, was Scotland`s foremost political figure in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and is commemorated with a 150-foot high column in Edinburgh's St Andrew Square.
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