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He was joint-clerk and keeper of the general registers for seisins and other writs in Scotland from 1799 until on 1 June 1801 he was appointed chief baron of the exchequer in Scotland, but in 1801 and 1811 he turned down offers of the lord presidency.
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as Solicitor General for Scotland in 1784 and became lord advocate in 1789. At this time he was living at Adam Square near
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He appeared for the crown in the great prosecutions for sedition at Edinburgh in 1793. In 1796 he was elected
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Hamilton, J. A.; Fry, Michael (reviewer) (2004). "Dundas, Robert, of Arniston (1713–1787)".
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In May 1787 Robert Dundas married his first cousin, Elizabeth Dundas, daughter of his uncle
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Part of a Scottish legal and political dynasty, Dundas was the son of
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of Arniston (6 June 1758 – 17 June 1819) was a Scottish judge.
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and his father Robert Dundas, of Arniston, the younger.
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Chief Baron of the Exchequer
George III
Sir James Montgomery
Sir Samuel Shepherd
British
Robert Dundas of Arniston, the younger
Alma mater
University of Edinburgh

Solicitor General for Scotland
Lord Advocate
Member of Parliament
Edinburghshire
Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Scotland
Arniston House
Edinburgh
Robert Dundas of Arniston, the younger
William Grant, Lord Prestongrange
University of Edinburgh
Hamilton 1888
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
Alexander Wight
Greyfriars Kirk
Edinburghshire
Dundas Riots
Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Dean of the Faculty of Advocates
George Square, Edinburgh
Robert Dundas, of Arniston, the younger

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