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Anne Dundas, Viscountess Melville

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Anne Dundas, Viscountess Melville (died 10 September 1841), formerly Anne Saunders (or Huck-Saunders),^[1] was the wife of Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, and was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz,^[2] wife of King George III of Great Britain, from 1813 to the queen's death in 1818.

Anne was one of the two daughters of Dr Richard Huck-Saunders (born Richard Huck) and his wife, the former Jane Kinsey. Her great-uncle was Admiral Sir Charles Saunders. Her elder sister Jane became Countess of Westmorland.^[3] Through the admiral, his wife's maternal uncle, Dr Huck-Saunders and his wife acquired a sizeable inheritance, which passed to their daughters.^[4]

Anne married the future viscount on 29 August 1796, when he was an MP. He inherited the viscountcy in 1811, making her a viscountess. The couple had six children, including:

Henry Dundas, 3rd Viscount Melville (1801-1876), who died unmarried
Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas (1802-1861), who died unmarried
Robert Dundas, 4th Viscount Melville (1803-1886), who married Mary Hamilton and died without heirs
Reverend Hon. Charles Dundas (1806-1883), who married Louisa Maria Boothby and had seven children, including Robert Dundas, 5th Viscount Melville, and Charles Saunders Dundas, 6th Viscount Melville

She died at Melville Castle in Scotland.^[5] Her husband outlived her.

References

1. ^Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 2663
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.history.ac.uk/office/queencharlotte.html|title=Household of Queen Charlotte 1761-1818 |website=Institute of Historical Research}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/lifeofadmiralsir00salm/lifeofadmiralsir00salm_djvu.txt|title=Life of Admiral Sir Charles Saunders|author=Edward Salmon|year=1914|access-date=5 August 2018}}
4. ^Dictionary of National Biography, volume {{{vol|50}}}, {{#if: {{{page|329}}}|page 329}} - entry by {{{contributor|William Wilfrid Webb}}}
5. ^{{cite book|title=The Gentleman's Magazine (London, England)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IGUdAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA445|year=1841|publisher=F. Jefferies|pages=445–}}

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