Charles Whitley Deans Dundas

Charles Whitley Deans Dundas (18 January 1811 – 11 April 1856) was a British soldier and politician.[1]

Background

Dundas was the son of Admiral Sir James Whitley Deans Dundas[2] and Janet Dundas, he was the heir of the Aston Hall estate in Flintshire.[3]

Military career

At 17 he joined the Black Watch Regiment as an ensign (promoted to lieutenant). In 1830 he moved to the Coldstream Guard where he served until 1837.[4] After retiring from the full-time army he served as Captain in the Militia of Lancashire County.[5]

Parliamentary career

In 1837 he was elected member of Parliament for Flintshire Boroughs, serving until 1841.[6]

Personal life

He married Janet Lindsey Jardine (his cousin) in 1837;[7][3] they had one son Charles Amesbury Whitley Deans Dundas,[1] who became the heir of Aston Hall on the death of his grandfather in 1862.[8]

Charles Dundas died in Edinburgh on 11 April 1856.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Dundas, Charles James Whitley Deans. "The Dundas Family". www.dundasfamily.co.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Sir James Whitley Deans Dundas (1785–1862), by Leslie Stephen's on Dictionary of National Biography(1891)".
  3. ^ a b c Deans Dundas, C J W (26 April 1856). "Obituary". Illustrated Times. No. XLIX & L. p. 23. Retrieved 23 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Black Watch Officers A to D". www.coghlan.co.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  5. ^ "No. 21686". The London Gazette. 30 March 1855. p. 1279.
  6. ^ "Mr Charles Dundas (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Marriages". John o' Groat Journal. No. XXIII. 31 March 1837. p. 3. Retrieved 23 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Death of Admiral Sir James Whitley Deans Dundas, G.C.B.". The Birmingham Daily Gazette. No. 108. 8 October 1862. p. 1. Retrieved 23 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Flint Boroughs
1837–1841 		Succeeded by