Family
Part of a remarkable Scottish legal and political dynasty, Dundas was the son of Robert Dundas, of Arniston, the younger. His great-great-grand-father James Dundas, Lord Arniston (died 1679), great-grandfather Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston had been an MPs and judges, as were his grandfather Robert Dundas, of Arniston, the elder and his father Robert Dundas, of Arniston, the younger.
Robert Dundas married in May 1787 Elizabeth (his cousin), daughter of his uncle Henry Dundas; she died 18 March 1852. By her he had three sons and two daughters. Robert, his heir, died in 1838. Henry, the second son, was vice-admiral in the navy, and died 11 September 1863.
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