Richard Saunders Dundas R.N.
Richard Saunders Dundas R.N.
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| Richard Saunders Dundas R.N. | Explanation |
| Second son of Robert Saunders Dundas (1771-1851), second Viscount Melville, First Lord of the Admiralty 1812-1827 and 1828-1830 |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 11 April 1802 | | Born |
| 29 June 1841 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath), for service in China |
| 5 February 1856 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
| 3 June 1861 | | Died (London) |
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| Date | Rank |
| 15 June 1817 | Entered Navy |
| 16 June 1821 | Lieutenant |
| 23 June 1823 | Commander |
| 17 July 1824 | Captain |
| 4 July 1853 | Rear-Admiral |
| 24 February 1858 | Vice-Admiral |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 24 August 1823 | 17 October 1824 | Commander in Sparrowhawk, Halifax |
| 13 September 1825 | 20 December 1826 | Captain in Volage, South America |
| 21 December 1826 | 2 November 1827 | Captain in Warspite, Australia |
| 1828 | 1830 | Private Secretary to his father, Viscount Melville, First Lord of the Admiralty |
| 29 November 1830 | 7 December 1833 | Captain in Belvidera, Mediterranean, and off Portugal |
| 1 September 1837 | 21 August 1841 | Captain in Melville, flagship of Rear-Admiral George Elliot, Cape of Good Hope, and later East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) |
| January 1845 | January 1846 | Private Secretart to Lord Hadington, First Lord of the Admiralty |
| 25 January 1848 | 8 March 1851 | Captain in Powerful, Mediterranean |
| 5 January 1853 | 10 February 1855 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (3rd Naval Lord) |
| 19 February 1855 | 4 April 1856 | Commander-in-chief, the Baltic during the Russian War, flag in Duke of Wellington |
| 4 April 1856 | 23 March 1857 | Second-in-command, Mediterranean, flag in Duke of Wellington |
| 2 April 1857 | 15 June 1861 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (2rd, 1st, 2nd, 1st Naval Lord) |