About Thomas Dundas
Lived 1708 – 1786 (aged 77–78). Thomas Dundas was a British politician.
Thomas Dundas ( – 30 April 1786) of Fingask and Carronhall, Stirlingshire was a Scottish merchant and politician.
Dundas was the oldest son of Thomas Dundas of Fingask. His father was a bailie of Edinburgh and a woollen draper in the Luckenbooths. The family's lands in Perthshire were lost in the 17th century, but the bailie bought lands in Stirlingshire. Young Tomas and his brother Lawrence left their father's ailing business, Thomas acting as agent for Lawrence's highly profitable business supplying the British Army.
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Who was Thomas Dundas?
Scottish landowner and politician (1708-1786)
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Thomas Dundas was born in 1708.
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Thomas Dundas died on 16 April 1786.
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