Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston

Robert, Second Lord Arniston Dundas
Died	1726
Nationality	Scottish
Occupation	Scottish judge

Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston (died 1726) was a Scottish ordinary lord of session.^[1][2]

Life

He was the eldest son of Sir James Dundas, Lord Arniston, by Marion, daughter of Robert, lord Boyd. He was educated abroad, but returned to Scotland as an adherent of the Prince of Orange, and represented Midlothian in the parliaments of 1700–2 and 1702–7. ^[3]

He was appointed an ordinary lord of session, on 1 November 1689, assuming the title of Lord Arniston, and sat on the bench for thirty years. He was fond of retirement and study. Guarini's Pastor Fido was among his favourite books.^[3]

By his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Sinclair of Stevenson, he had six sons, of whom the second, Robert Dundas the elder, became lord president of the court of session, and four daughters. Dundas died on 25 November 1726.^[3]

Notes

1. Rigg 1888, p. 193.
2. Although styled Lord Arniston like his father this was not an hereditary title but one assumed by him on becoming a judge.
3. Rigg 1888, p. 194.

References

Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rigg, James McMullen (1888). "Dundas, Robert (d.1726)". In Stephen, Leslie. Dictionary of National Biography 16. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 193–194. ; Endnotes:
  • Collins's Peerage, ed. Brydges, vi. 407
  • Brunton and Haig's Senators of the College of Justice
  • Douglas's Baronage, page 187
  • Omond's Arniston Memoirs.