Dundas/[Christopher]/[Nisbet-Hamilton], Robert Adam

Education

Student United College 1821-1822 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Log. 1822-1823 Lat. Prov.; Ethics; Chem. (Secondar).

Birth/childhood

Born 9.2.1804 son of Philip Dundas, governor of Prince of Wales Island and Margaret Wedderburn.

Career

Assumed name of Christopher on succeeding to estate of Bloxholm and in 1855 added Nisbet - Hamilton on succeeding to estate of Dirleton. [Landowner]

M.P. for Lincoln south 1837-1857. Privy Councillor and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1852. [Politician]

Death

Died 9.6.1877.

Sources

  • Burke, Landed Gentry