General Henry Dundas, 3rd Viscount Melville, GCB was a British Army officer.
Henry Dundas, 3rd Viscount Melville
The grave of General Henry Dundas, 3rd Viscount Melville, Dundas Vault, Old Lasswade Kirkyard
Rebellions of 1837–1838
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The Rebellions of 1837–1838 were two armed uprisings that took place in Lower and Upper Canada in 1837 and 1838. Both rebellions were motivated by frustrations with lack of political reform. A key sha
Henry Dundas, 3rd Viscount Melville
…1819. He was promoted to captain of the 83rd Regiment in 1824, major in 1826 and lieutenant-colonel in 1829. In 1837 he was active in suppressing the Canadian rebellion at the Battle of the Windmill, after which he was appointed colonel and aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria in 1841. He played a distinguished part in India…
The Battle of Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada
A Punch political cartoon depicts a baby Canada "delighted with responsible government", 1849. The establishment of responsible government was recommended in a report on the rebellions.