"In 1817, 101 convict women were transported from England to the new colony of New South Wales on board of the Lord Melville. "[42] Approximately a month later they were divorced. By the late 20th century his reputation had been restored. And gave me a hearty shake by the hand. [13], In July 1593 he was ambassador in London and had an audience with Elizabeth I of England. Earl of Melville is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. Also, fictional references were made to Sir Henry Dundas in Chapter 24 of L.A. Meyer's third book in the Jacky Faber series, which was titled "Under the Jolly Roger" as well as the former Lord Dundas in Meyer's sixth book, which was titled, "My Bonny Light Horseman". for Hastings. There were demonstrations against the statue during the Black Lives Matter protests in June 2020. [7] Subsequently, he joined his nephew William Kirkcaldy of Grange who held Edinburgh Castle for Mary. In 1643, he succeeded his father as Lord Melville. [49], A monument to him, modeled loosely on Trajan's Column in Rome, stands in the centre of St Andrew Square, Edinburgh. She served on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812, and was renamed HMS … Dundas Street, Hong Kong, was also named for him. In 1802 a commission of inquiry was appointed into alleged misappropriation of public funds while Dundas was treasurer of the British Navy, and produced a report in 1805. In the United Kingdom the main branch of Melville family is the Leslie-Melville family, Earls of Leven and (since 1690) of Melville as well. The crisis of the system came in 1827 on the resignation of Liverpool and the succession of George Canning, who was set on Catholic emancipation. Lord Melville may refer to: . He was Deputy Lieutenant of Nairn, from 1961 to 1969. [23] Michael Fry said that Dundas's earlier success in Knight v Wedderburn was "instrumental in prohibiting not only negro slavery but also native serfdom in Scotland. I never saw him afterwards" — William Wilberforce. Henry Dundas, 3rd Viscount Melville GCB (25 February 1801 1 Feb 1876)1 was a British military leader. See also pp 249-359", https://books.google.ca/books?id=MQJcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP3#v=onepage&q&f=false, https://books.google.ca/books?id=5xHejAhwH0oC&dq=%22Debate%20on%20a%20Motion%20for%20the%20Abolition%20of%20the%20Slave-trade%22&pg=PA169#v=onepage&q=%22Debate%20on%20a%20Motion%20for%20the%20Abolition%20of%20the%20Slave-trade%22&f=false, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/553bfcda-f828-45c6-8abe-34a19e10011d, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/51ac0037-8501-495e-abdd-715e4cfda55a, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/f774affa-febd-4543-b2b2-0912c976e00a, https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rewording-of-henry-dundas-plaque-bad-history-says-sir-tom-devine-2bc5f3jw8, "BBC News for Scotland Edinburgh-East-Fife", https://books.google.ca/books?id=xkAm6BKNU9MC&pg=PT112&dq=Henry+Dundas+obstructed+end+slavery&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjBsIrbnfHrAhWJPM0KHcQbB2MQ6AEwAnoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q=Henry%20Dundas%20obstructed%20end%20slavery&f=false, https://books.google.ca/books?id=3PXNBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA99&dq=Henry+Dundas+obstructed+end+slavery&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi11YHjoPHrAhXIXM0KHXpDCRkQ6AEwAHoECAYQAg#v=onepage&q=Henry%20Dundas%20obstructed%20end%20slavery&f=false, https://www.thenational.scot/news/18506771.henry-dundas-scotsman-kept-slavery-going/, https://books.google.ca/books?id=sS_gDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT23&dq=Henry+Dundas+GRADUAL+slavery&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiklu-crPHrAhXiUd8KHUs5D8wQ6AEwA3oECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=Henry%20Dundas%20GRADUAL%20slavery&f=false, https://nationalpost.com/news/world/who-was-henry-dundas-and-why-do-two-cities-no-longer-want-to-honour-his-memory, https://archive.org/details/cu31924088024314, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1750-0206.12295, "Yonge Street and Dundas Street: The Men after whom they were named", "St Andrew Square, Melville Monument...  (Category A Listed Building) (LB27816)", "RBS plan to share historic Edinburgh HQ", https://doi-org.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/8250, contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Melville, Chancellor of the University of St Andrews, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_Dundas,_1st_Viscount_Melville&oldid=1001344628, People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies, Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Edinburgh constituencies, Chancellors of the University of St Andrews, Members of the Privy Council of Great Britain, Members of Parliament for the Isle of Wight, Secretaries of State for the Home Department, Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, Peers of the United Kingdom created by George III, People expelled from the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Founder Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Brown, David. As a major official favourably disposed to Jack Aubrey, Lord Melville's political interest is often helpful to the captain. He spearheaded a vain attempt to capture the French colony of Saint-Domingue amidst the chaos of the Haitian Revolution. Pauline Melville (born 1948) is a Guyanese-born actress and writer. ", BBC Radio Scotland, Disposable Brides, episode 2, 6 April 2011. We first see Lord Melbourne in Doll 123. He was readmitted to the Privy Council in 1807. HMS Lord Melville (also known as HMS Melville) was a brig of the Royal Navy launched at Kingston, Ontario on 20 July 1813. While he did not prevent the French landing he did play a key role in defeating it, thus enhancing British security in India.[35]. "[50] It was designed in 1821 by William Burn, who was advised by Robert Stevenson after residents of the square expressed concern about the adequacy of the foundations to support a column of such height. General George Walpole (British Army officer) secured the surrender of the Jamaican Maroons of Cudjoe's Town (Trelawny Town), on condition they won't be transported off the island. It was created in 1690 for the Scottish soldier and statesman George Melville, 4th Lord Melville. [41], Lord Melville's first marriage was to Elizabeth Rannie, daughter of David Rannie, of Melville Castle, in 1765. He arrived in Edinburgh and reported back to Elizabeth and Cecil on the aftermath of the murder of David Rizzio. [9] On 19 October 1573 Melville was questioned about negotiations for the marriage of Mary Queen of Scots to John of Austria, her escape from Lochleven Castle, her good and jewels, her proposed marriage to Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, the siege of Edinburgh Castle and those who supplied it with silver or gave loans secured against pledges of Mary's jewels. [5] Melville worked for Regent Moray, and arranged with Sir Valentine Browne, treasurer of Berwick, for loans of money secured with pledges of Mary's jewels. Lord Melbourne (also known as Lord M to Queen Alexandrina Victoria) was the Prime Minister of England and Victoria's former private advisor. "[17] MPs voted in favour of ending the trade in slaves by the end of 1796, after defeating proposals to end the trade in slaves in 1795 or 1794. He was Aide-de-camp to the Governor-General of New Zealand, from 1951 to 1952. [1] He married Catharine Leslie, daughter of Alexander Leslie, Lord Balgonie and Lady Margaret Leslie, on 18 January 1655. O'Brian casts Melville's impeachment for malversation of public monies as a political attack using naval intelligence spending, the details of which cannot be disclosed for security and the safety of intelligence agents—such as Stephen Maturin. Dwyer, John, and Alexander Murdoch. After holding subordinate offices under William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne and Pitt, he entered the cabinet in 1791 as Secretary of State for the Home Department. Peter J. Kitson, Debbie Lee and Anne K. Mellor, Edward B. Jones, "Henry Dundas, India, and British Reactions to Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt, 1798-1801", Gary D. Hutchison, "‘The Manager in Distress’: Reaction to the Impeachment of Henry Dundas, 1805–7. Charles Melville McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway, was born 16 April 1913 to Henry Duncan McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway (1879-1953) and Christabel Mary Melville MacNaghten (1890-1974) and died 4 February 2003 inLondon, England, United Kingdom of unspecified causes. Late in life Dundas was frustrated and financially distressed. George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville (1636 – 20 May 1707) was a Scots aristocrat and statesman during the reigns of William and Mary. "Henry Dudas--Harry the Ninth. [14] He proposed ending slavery and the slave trade together. "[9] Dundas concluded his remarks by stating: "Human nature, my Lords, spurns at the thought of slavery among any part of our species." He is also a supporting character in the legal drama Garrow's Law. [13] He then went on to affirm his agreement in principle with Wilberforce's motion: "My opinion has been always against the Slave Trade." He was baptised at the Monimail Parish Church on the 11th of the same month. Family. Hamish MacPherson, "Henry Dundas: The Scotsman who kept slavery going", "Henry Dundas' private papers bought for Scots archive", https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000nrpb#:~:text=Scotland%2C%20Slavery%20and%20Statues%20The%20Melville%20Monument%20in,follows%20the%20debate%20over%20how%20controversial%20politician%20, "The University of Edinburgh Belles Lettres Society (1759-64) and the Rhetoric of the Novel", "Obliterating our history by removing statues is path to repeating mistakes", "The Parliamentary History of England, From the Earliest Period to the Year 1803, Vol XXIX, (First Session of the Seventeenth Parliament; Second Session of the Seventeenth Parliament, 1791-1792), at 359. In 1776, Dundas acted as counsel to Joseph Knight, who had been purchased as a slave in Jamaica and was later taken to Scotland. [42], After this divorce Dundas was married again, to Lady Jane Hope, daughter of John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun, in 1793. Walpole was disgusted with the governor's actions, pointing out that he had given the Maroons his word that they would not be transported off the island. He was educated at the Edinburgh High School, and entered parliament when aged twenty-three, in 1794, as M.P. Within days she confessed in a letter to Dundas, saying she was "undeserving of being your wife or the mother to your unhappy children. Some historians [22] say that Dundas's role in the abolition of slavery has been misunderstood. ), Fry, Michael. Alexander Robert Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Leven DL (13 May 1924 – 7 April 2012) was a Scottish peer and soldier. He stated: "this trade must be ultimately abolished, but by moderate measures". In 1778, Dundas made an attempt at proposing a Bill to relieve Scottish Catholics of their legal disabilities, but in response to severe riots in Edinburgh and Glas… In 1681 their son David Leslie-Melville inherited the title of Earl of Leven. The fourth Lord Melville, a staunch Protestant, supported an unsuccessful rebellion by James, Duke of Monmouth, the illegitimate son of King Charles II. Fandom Apps Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Walpole resigned his commission, and went back to England, where he became an MP and protested in vain in the House of Commons how Balcarres had behaved in a duplicitous and dishonest way with the Maroons. Suspicion had arisen, however, as to the financial management of the Admiralty, of which Dundas had been treasurer between 1782 and 1800. HMS Lord Melville (also known as HMS Melville) was a schooner of the Royal Navy launched at Kingston on 20 July 1813. The case went to Scotland's highest civil court, where Dundas led Knight's legal team, in the case of Knight v. Wedderburn..[6] Dundas was assisted by prominent members of the Scottish Enlightenment, and also Samuel Johnson, whose biographer James Boswell later wrote: "I cannot too highly praise the speech which Mr. Henry Dundas generously contributed to the cause of the sooty stranger. While a student he was a member of the Edinburgh University Belles Lettres Society, participating in its meetings and gaining his first experience of public speaking at the society's debates.[5]. He was Lord … [16], During the 1590s Melville's apartment at Rossend Castle was decorated with a painted ceiling now displayed at the National Museum of Scotland. [47], The District of Dundas in New South Wales was named after the Colonial Secretary, Henry Dundas. Additionally, Heneage 'Hen' Dundas, a real-life naval officer son of Thomas Dundas, appears as a younger son of Lord Melville. Until 1785 he served also as Dean of the Faculty of Advocates. [11], In the late 1580s James VI of Scotland asked him to help the printer Robert Waldegrave who was in trouble in England. Lord Melville, as First Lord of the Admiralty, is present or a background character in several of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey–Maturin novels. In this role, Dundas was responsible for organising several British expeditions to the Caribbean to seize vulnerable French and Spanish possessions, the largest being that led by Sir Ralph Abercromy in 1795-6. He promptly met the challenge of Napoleon's attack on Egypt with actions which were vigorous and pivotal. He opposed her marriage to Henry, Lord Darnley and joined the rebellion called the Chaseabout Raid. Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville by Sir Thomas Lawrence.jpg 2,400 × 2,896; 966 KB Lord Melville Monument - geograph.org.uk - 1616580.jpg 480 × 640; 101 KB Malagrida, Driving Post.jpg 750 × 540; 185 KB As a major official favourably disposed to Jack Aubrey, Lord Melville's political interest is often helpful to the captain. [20] The motion and resolutions later failed to win the necessary support of the House of Lords, which deferred consideration until after it heard evidence and then dropped the issue altogether. The District of Dundas was abolished in 1889 although the name still survives in the Sydney suburb of Dundas. The fourth holder of the lordship of Melville was George (c. 1634–1707), a son of John, the 3rd lord (d. 1643), and a descendant of Sir John Melville. Gold was discovered there in 1893, the Dundas Field was proclaimed, and the town of Dundas established (ca. A reference was made to Henry Dundas and his role in the abolition of the Slave Trade in the motion picture Amazing Grace (2006) where he was played by Bill Paterson.[56]. He was promoted to captain of the 83rd Regiment in 1824, … She was 15 at the time of the marriage. As a leading figure of the establishment, he is a bitter enemy of the radical hero, William Garrow. [37] Although his transactions caused no loss of public money,[38] but rather the loss of interest on that money, impeachment proceedings were taken against Dundas in 1806 for misappropriation, given that the transactions had occurred under his watch. Years of research has uncovered the truth about what became of the women of the Lord Melville. In 1792 Dundas County was named in his honour. He was appointed Lord Advocate in 1775. [4], When Mary was captured at the battle of Carberry, Melville took Elizabeth's letters to her at Lochleven Castle and brought her requests to the Confederate Lords and her supporters. )[8], While awaiting his "examination", a kind of interrogation, in September 1573, he wrote to the English diplomat Henry Killigrew and Cecil for help. On the day that James VI of Scotland was crowned he wrote to Elizabeth that her ambassador Nicolas Throckmorton had helped defuse the situation and save Mary's life. Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, PC, FRSE (28 April 1742 – 28 May 1811) was a Scottish advocate and "independent Whig" politician. In 1774 Dundas was returned to Parliament for Midlothian, and joined the party of Frederick North, Lord North; he was a proud Scots speaker and he soon distinguished himself by his clear and argumentative speeches. His name appears in the 1776 minute book of the Poker Club. [10], In 1582 Melville was rehabilitated and gained a role in the Scottish exchequer as Treasurer-Depute. He anticipated, in particular, that merchants from other countries would step in to fill the gap left by the British. Dundas is buried in a vault in Old Lasswade Kirkyard, with most of his descendants. Charles Saunders Melville Dundas, 6th Viscount Melville: Hon. During the Scottish Reformation, Robert Melville sided with the Protestant Lords of the Congregation. As the effective Minister for War as part of his Home Department responsibilities at the outbreak of the Wars of the French Revolution, he was Pitt's closest advisor and planner for Britain's military participation in the First Coalition. The Whigs in Canning's coalition now persuaded him tha… [1] He was the son of John Melville, 3rd Lord Melville of Monymaill and Anne Erskine. Dundas had already left the Privy Council, in 1805, but he remained in the House of Lords. [29][30], A few years after passage of the Slave Trade Act 1807, Wilberforce and Dundas made their peace with each other: "We saw one another, and at first I thought he was passing on, but he stopped and called out, ‘Ah Wilberforce, how do you do? He was portrayed as 'bookish', although a sweet and sincere man otherwise. David Melville was born the third son to George Melville, first Earl of Melville, and his countess, Catherine Leslie at Monimail on the 5th May 1660. "[7][8] Arguing that "as Christianity gained ground in different nations, slavery was abolished", and appealing to the earlier ruling in Somerset v Stewart in England, Dundas said "he hoped for the honour of Scotland, that the supreme Court of this country would not be the only court that would give its sanction to so barbarous a claim. The motion as amended then passed 230 in favour, 85 opposed. [12] He was Chancellor when James VI sailed to meet Anne of Denmark. Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1–20, 22, Cobbett's Parliamentary History, Vol 29 (supra) at p. 1268. Melville Jones at the Internet Movie Database He became Solicitor General for Scotland in 1766; but after his appointment as Lord Advocate in 1775, he gradually relinquished his legal practice to devote his attention more exclusively to public affairs. [31], From June 1793, Dundas was appointed President of the Board of Control, generally responsible for overseeing the conduct of the East India Company and British affairs in India, a post he would hold until 1801. By inserting the word "gradual" into the motion, Young says Dundas ensured a successful vote for the ultimate abolition of the trade in slaves. "Dundas, Henry, first Viscount Melville (1742–1811)", Hutchison, Gary D. "‘The Manager in Distress’: Reaction to the Impeachment of Henry Dundas, 1805–7. [36] Pitt's ministry left office in 1801. Appointed a governor of the Bank of Scotland, he was elected chancellor of the University of St Andrews in 1814, and made a Knight of the Thistle in 1821. [51] The garden surrounding the Melville Monument was opened to the public in 2008. In 1616 he was made Lord Melville of Monimail. Dundas is also featured in Joseph Knight, by James Robertson (Fourth Estate, 2003) - a fictional account of the true story of the former slave for whom Dundas successfully appealed to two levels of Scottish courts, ultimately winning a declaration of Knight's emancipation, and the emancipation of all purported slaves on Scottish soil. 40 km south of Norseman, later abandoned), which eventually led to the present Shire of Dundas. He married Catherine Leslie, daughter of Alexander Leslie, Lord Balgonie, and granddaughter of Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven. He was made Lord Raith, Monymaill and Balwearie and Viscount of Kirkcaldy at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland. Although Dundas was replaced as Home Secretary by the Duke of Portland in July 1794, Pitt nonetheless wished to maintain direction of the war effort in Dundas' trusted hands, and so created for him the new office of Secretary of State for War. The governor of Jamaica, Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres, used a contrived breach of treaty as a pretext to deport most of the Trelawny Town Maroons to Nova Scotia. Ownership of slaves, however, remained legal in most of the British Empire until passage of the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833. He offers his services as an adviser to Victoria, and at first she refuses. |date= }} He joined the Army as a lieutenant in the 3rd (or Scots) Guards in 1819. Earl of Melville, a title in the Peerage of Scotland; Viscount Melville, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; HMS Lord Melville (1813), a schooner of the British Royal Navy Lord Melville (ship), one of several ships of that name Furthermore, the Melville Monument, an obelisk erected in 1812 on Dunmore hill, overlooking the scenic village of Comrie in Perthshire, commemorates his life.[55]. He was educated at Eton College. Melville portrayed Mrs. Scratchit in Blackadder's Christmas Carol. The statue has proven to be controversial, because of the role Dundas played as Secretary of State for War in delaying the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade during the 1790s. [40] He declined an offer of an earldom in 1809. William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC, PC (Ire), FRS (15 March 1779 – 24 November 1848), in some sources called Henry William Lamb, was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary (1830–1834) and Prime Minister (1834 and 1835–1841). Melville said that, while he personally supported it, he could not approve of a policy which would split the outgoing cabinet. On 2 April 1792, abolitionist William Wilberforce sponsored a motion in the House of Commons "that the trade carried on by British subjects, for the purpose of obtaining slaves on the coast of Africa, ought to be abolished." He said he had never been happy to receive help from Flanders. He married Deirdre Knewstub (bef1941-) 6 December 1941 . He had introduced a similar motion in 1791, which was soundly defeated by MPs, with a vote of 163 opposed, 88 in favour. [15] In 1594 he was made a judge as Lord Murdocairnie. [48], In 1848, John Septimus Roe, the government surveyor (in the then colony of Western Australia), was searching for pastoral land and discovered the area around Norseman which he named Dundas Hills, after the colonial secretary. Lord Melville was succeeded upon his death in 1707 by his eldest survi… After Mary fled to England he brought jewels, clothing, and horses to her at Bolton Castle. It was created in 1690 for the Scottish soldier and statesman George Melville, 4th Lord Melville. [11] ", Letters and memoranda (1792-1812) of Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville and Robert Dundas, Viscount Melville (1771-1851) are held by, This page was last edited on 19 January 2021, at 08:05. [53][54] The statue is a controversial figure, because of the role Dundas played in preventing the immediate abolition of slavery. She was altered to 14-gun brig in 1813. Any slaves then abiding in Scotland could thus claim their freedom.[10]. He was praised for his military policies, for giving Scotland a cohesive government and for making it a major player in imperial affairs.[46]. Earl of Melville is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. Melville Jones appeared in two Doctor Who stories: as a guard in The Time Monster and the First Cyberman in Revenge of the Cybermen. Their speeches and manner of mediation was said to have been counter-productive. Lord Melville, as First Lord of the Ad­mi­ralty, is pre­sent or a back­ground char­ac­ter in sev­eral of Patrick O'Brian 's Aubrey-Ma­turin nov­els. "Paradigms and Politics: Manners, Morals and the Rise of Henry Dundas, 1770-1784," in John Dwyer, Roger A. Mason, and Alexander Murdoch (eds. His pleading in Scotland's highest court was successful, and the Court ruled: "the dominion assumed over this Negro, under the law of Jamaica, being unjust, could not be supported in this country to any extent". Mary Amanet was a passenger aboard The Ship Lord Melville I which sailed from England on Sunday, 15 September 1816 and arrived in Sydney, NSW Australia on 24 February 1817. In winning the case for Knight’s emancipation, Dundas achieved a landmark decision in which the Court declared that no person could be a slave on Scottish soil. [21] The Slave Trade Act was enacted in 1807, and prohibited the trade in slaves in the British Empire. In 1778, Dundas made an attempt at proposing a Bill to relieve Scottish Catholics of their legal disabilities, but in response to severe riots in Edinburgh and Glasgow abandoned the project. Object type: painting. His deft and almost total control of Scottish politics during a long period when no monarch visited the country, led to him being nicknamed King Harry the Ninth, the "Grand Manager of Scotland" (a play on the masonic office of Grand Master of Scotland), the "Great Tyrant" and "The Uncrowned King of Scotland". [15] For the first time, Parliament voted to end the slave trade. Genealogy profile for David Alexander Leslie-Melville, styled Lord Balgonie. The trial attracted considerable notice because of "dislike of patronage and the Pittite ‘system’, anti‐Scottish bias, and advocacy of financial and parliamentary reform. view all 18 Mary Gilbert, Free Settler "Lord Melville… In 1774 Dundas was returned to Parliament for Midlothian, and joined the party of Frederick North, Lord North; he was a proud Scots speaker and he soon distinguished himself by his clear and argumentative speeches. The cost of the Melville Monument was "met by contributions from officers and men of the Royal Navy. However at his death the immediate reaction was one of widespread praise from most quarters (apart from the whigs in Scotland). In 1675 the lands of Hallhill, belonging to James Melville, son and heir of the late Sir James Melville of Burntisland and Hallhill, were adjudged to Lord Melville for debt, and transferred by him to his son James, who became James Melville of Hallhill; but in 1699 he regranted the lands to his father. 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