David Dundas
Politician
1799 – 1877
Who was David Dundas?
Sir David Dundas QC was a Scottish lawyer and Liberal politician.
Dundas was educated at Westminster School and at Christ Church, Oxford. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1823, and appointed Queen's Counsel in February 1840.
He was elected to represent Sutherland in Parliament as a Liberal in March 1840. In July 1846 he was appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales. At the time, it was the normal practice that accepting ministerial office caused a by-election; he was re-elected on 28 July. In February 1846 he was knighted, a traditional perquisite of the office, but he resigned the position in March 1848 due to ill-health and returned to the backbenches. In May 1849 he was appointed Judge Advocate General, again re-elected in a by-election on 5 June, and made a member of the Privy Council on 29 June.
He retired from politics in the 1852 general election, and was succeeded by the Marquess of Stafford, also a Liberal.
In retirement he lived and worked in his chambers at the Inner Temple; among other work, he served as a Trustee of the British Museum.
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- Born
- 1799
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Christ Church, Oxford
- Westminster School
- Died
- 1877
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on July 23, 2013
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