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Robert Dundas of Arniston, the elder, 2nd Lord Arniston (1685–1753) was a Scottish lawyer, and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1737. In 1728 he reintroduced into Scottish juries the possible verdicts of guilty or not guilty as against proven or not proven.
Robert was born 6 June 1758 at Arniston House south of Edinburgh. He was the eldest son of Robert Dundas of Arniston, the younger and his second wife, Jean, daughter of William Grant, Lord Prestongrange. Around 1766 the family took additional accommodation at Adam's Court in Edinburgh.
Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston (1650–1726) was a Scottish politician and ordinary lord of session. Life. He was the eldest son of Sir James Dundas, Lord Arniston, by Marion, daughter of Robert, Lord Boyd.
7 de abr. de 2008 · Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston (also known as Robert Dundas the Elder), was the second son of Robert Dundas, the 2nd Lord Arniston (died 1726). He inherited the Arniston estate because his elder brother, James, died before their father.
Robert Dundas was the second son of Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston, a judge of the court of session, who died in 1726, by Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Sinclair of Stevenson. Robert Dundas of Arniston the elder followed his father in the legal profession.
- December 9, 1685
- August 26, 1753
Robert Dundas was a Scottish ordinary lord of session. By his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Sinclair of Stevenson, he had six sons, of whom the second, Robert Dundas of Arniston "the elder", became lord president of the court of session, and four daughters. Dundas died on 25 November 1726.
Robert was born 6 June 1758 at Arniston House south of Edinburgh. He was the eldest son of Robert Dundas of Arniston, the younger and his second wife, Jean, daughter of William Grant, Lord Prestongrange. Around 1766 the family took additional accommodation at Adam's Court in Edinburgh.
