Dundas baronets of Arniston (1898)

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The Dundas baronetcy, of Arniston in the County of Midlothian, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 18 June 1898 for Robert Dundas, Chairman of the Midlothian County Council. [2] The title became extinct on the death of the 7th Baronet in 1970.

Dundas baronets, of Arniston (1898)

Notes

  1. Burke, Bernard (1903). Ashworth P. Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage (65th ed.). London: Harrison and Sons. p. 506.
  2. "No. 26979". The London Gazette . 21 June 1898. p. 3769.
  3. "Dundas, Sir Robert" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. "Dundas, Lt-Col Sir Robert" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. "Dundas, Sir Henry (Herbert Philip)" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. "Dundas, Sir Philip" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. "Dundas, Sir Henry Matthew" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. "Dundas, Sir James Durham" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  9. "Dundas, Sir Thomas (Calderwood)" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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