General Francis Dundas (c. 1759, Sanson, Berwickshire–15 January 1824, Dumbarton, Scotland was a British general and acting governor of the Cape Colony between 1798 and 1803. Berwickshire or the County of Berwick is a Registration county, a Committee area of the Scottish Borders Council, and a lieutenancy Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Dumbarton ( Gaelic Dùn Breatainn d̪̊unˈb̊ɾʲɛhd̪̊ɪɲ is a Burgh in Scotland, lying on the north bank of the River Clyde Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The Cape Colony, part of modern South Africa, was established by the Dutch East India Company in 1652 with the founding of Cape Town.
Francis Dundas was the second son of Robert Dundas of Arniston and Jean Grant, and the nephew of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville and War Secretary. Henry Dundas 1st Viscount Melville ( April 28, 1742 &ndash May 28 1811) was a Scottish lawyer and politician The position of Secretary of State for War, commonly called War Secretary, was a British Cabinet -level position first applied to Henry Dundas He was commissioned into the 1st Foot Guards in 1775. The Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS is the most senior Regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, and as such is the most senior regiment of infantry He transferred to the 45th Foot in 1783 and the 1st Foot in 1787. The 45th (Nottinghamshire Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment, once known as the Royal Regiment of Foot, was the oldest and therefore most senior Infantry Regiment of the line
He was ordered to the Cape in August 1796 after the first British occupation to become major-general and commander of the forces in May 1797. He first acted as governor from 21 November 1798 to 9 December 1799 and again from 20 April 1801 to 20 February 1803, when the Colony was returned to the Batavian Republic in accordance with the Treaty of Amiens signed on 27 March 1802. The Batavian Republic (Bataafse Republiek was the successor of the Republic of the United Netherlands. The Treaty of Amiens temporarily ended the hostilities between France and the United Kingdom during the French Revolutionary Wars. During his governorship the Graaff Reinet Revolt of 1798 and the Third Frontier War took place. His administration was seen to be autocratic but fair.
After the Cape he held several important military appointments in Britain. He commanded the Kent division of the army collected on the south coast of England under Sir David Dundas during part of the invasion alarms of 1804-5. General Sir David Dundas 1st Baronet, GCB (1735 &ndash 18 February, 1820) was a British General who served as Commander-in-Chief (Foster's Peerage under Melville)
Family
Francis Dundas was married to Eliza Cumming, daughter of Sir John Cumming, Bt. on 22 January 1800 in the Chaplaincy to the British Forces in Cape Town and had the following children
- Francis Dundas born 16 January 1801 in Cape Town
- Robert Dundas born 3 November 1805 in Berwick on Tweed
- Caroline Dundas born 21 January 1807 at St. Cape Town (Kaapstad Xhosa: Ikapa) is the second most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the Berwick-upon-Tweed ( ˈbɛrɪk- ( Scots: Berwick or historically South Berwick) situated in the county of Northumberland, is the northernmost John, Newcastle
- Wedderburn Dundas
- Henrietta Dundas
- Alexander Dundas
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| Preceded by Lord Macartney |
Governor of the Cape Colony, acting 1798–1799 |
Succeeded by Sir George Yonge |
| Preceded by Sir George Yonge |
Governor of the Cape Colony, acting 1801–1803 |
Succeeded by Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist as Governor-General of the Cape Colony (Dutch rule) |
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