Richard Saunders Dundas
From Biocrawler, the free encyclopedia.
Richard Saunders Dundas (1802 - 1861) was a British naval officer.
Son of Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, he was educated at Harrow College and became a captain in the Royal Navy in 1824. He was awarded a Companion of the Bath in 1841 for his services in the First Opium War. He was a Lord of the Admiralty from 1853 to 1861. He was Commander in Chief of the Baltic fleet from 1855 to 1861, rising from Third to First Naval Lord. He was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1856 and was made a grand officer of the Legion of Honour and a Vice Admiral in 1858.

