Richard Saunders Dundas
British Royal Navy officer (1802-1861) · Died at 59
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Something wrong?Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, was a Royal Navy officer. As a captain, he took part in the capture of the Bogue forts in January 1841, during the First Opium War.
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The fifth-rate HMS Belvidera (left) which Dundas commanded
HMS Duke of Wellington, Flagship of the Baltic Fleet, which Dundas commanded during the Crimean War
The Dundas Vault in old Lasswade Kirkyard, containing the first five Viscounts Melville
The simple grave of Vice Admiral Richard Saunders Dundas, in the Dundas Vault, Old Lasswade KirkyardAwards
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Father: Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount MelvilleAbout this person
Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, was a Royal Navy officer. As a captain, he took part in the capture of the Bogue forts in January 1841, during the First Opium War. He was appointed to the command of the Fleet in the Baltic Sea, in succession to Sir Charles Napier, in February 1855 and led the naval support during the latter stages of the Crimean War, enforcing a strict blockade and carrying out the bombardment of Sveaborg in August 1855. He was appointed First Naval Lord in the first Palmerston ministry in November 1857 and then, after stepping down to be Second Naval Lord during the second Derby-Disraeli ministry, he stepped up again to become First Naval Lord in the second Palmerston ministry in June 1859, remaining in office until his death. The prime minister described Dundas as "a most distinguished officer".
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