Peerage Record – 51180

     Hon. Robert Maldred St. John Melville Dundas was born on 25 November 1912.¹ He was the son of Henry Charles Clement Dundas, 7th Viscount Melville of Melville and Agnes Mary Florence Brouncker.² He married Margaret Connell Ross, daughter of Percy Cruden Ross, on 5 March 1936.¹ He died on 5 June 1940 at age 27, killed in action.¹
     He fought in the Second World War.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the 1st Lothian and Border Yeomanry.¹

     Percy Cruden Ross lived at Monkwood House, Ayrshire, Scotland.¹

     Margaret Connell Ross is the daughter of Percy Cruden Ross.² She married, firstly, Hon. Robert Maldred St. John Melville Dundas, son of Henry Charles Clement Dundas, 7th Viscount Melville of Melville and Agnes Mary Florence Brouncker, on 5 March 1936.¹ She married, secondly, Gerald Bristowe Sanderson on 14 November 1946.¹
     From 5 March 1936, her married name became Dundas. From 14 November 1946, her married name became Sanderson.¹

     Robert David Ross Dundas, 9th Viscount Melville of Melville was born on 28 May 1937.² He was the son of Hon. Robert Maldred St. John Melville Dundas and Margaret Connell Ross.² He married Fiona Margaret Stilgoe, daughter of Roger Kirkpatrick Stilgoe, on 23 July 1982.² He died on 21 July 2011 at age 74.³
     He was educated at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire, England.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Ayrshire Yeomanry.² He gained the rank of Captain in the Scots Guards.² He succeeded as the 9th Viscount Melville of Melville, co. Edinburgh [U.K., 1802] on 26 March 1971.² He succeeded as the 9th Baron Dunira, co. Perth [U.K., 1802] on 26 March 1971.² He lived in 2003 at Frith Wood, Far Oakridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England^G.²

     Hon. Isobel Mia Douglas Hamilton Dundas was born on 7 March 1900.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Charles Clement Dundas, 7th Viscount Melville of Melville and Agnes Mary Florence Brouncker.² She died in July 1945 at age 45, unmarried.¹

     Bache Thornhill married Elizabeth Coke, daughter of Rt. Hon. Thomas Coke and Lady Mary Stanhope.¹
     He lived at Stanton, Derbyshire, England^G.¹

     Hon. Richard Boyle Bernard was born on 4 September 1787.¹ He was the son of Francis Bernard, 1st Earl of Bandon and Lady Catherine Henrietta Boyle.¹ He died in 1850.¹
     He graduated with a Doctor of Divinity (D.D.)¹ He held the office of Dean of Leighlin.¹

     Hon. Melloria Southwell is the daughter of Thomas Southwell, 2nd Baron Southwell of Castle Mattress and Mary Coke.¹ She married Joseph Otway on 19 December 1758 at St. James’s, Westminster, London, England^G.¹
     From 19 December 1758, her married name became Otway.¹

     Hon. Ruth Hardie was born in 1977.¹ She is the daughter of Andrew Rutherford Hardie, Baron Hardie and Catherine Storray Elgin.¹

     Lady Ernestine Emma Horatia Edgcumbe was born in 1843 at St. George Hanover Square, London, England^G.² She was the daughter of Ernest Augustus Edgcumbe, 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe and Caroline Augusta Feilding.² She died on 20 May 1925 at Tavistock, Devon, England^G.^2,1
     She lived in 1901 at Cotehele House, St. Dominick, Cornwall, England^G.²