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Richard Saunders Dundas
Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, (11 April 1802 – 3 June 1861) was a Royal Navy officer. As a captain, he took part in the capture of the Bogue Forts in January 1841, during the First Opium War. He was appointed to the command of the Fleet in the Baltic Sea, in succession to Sir Charles Napier, in February 1855 and led the naval support during the latter stages of the Crimean War, enforcing a strict blockade and carrying out the bombardment of Sveaborg in August 1855. He was appointed First Naval Lord in the First Palmerston ministry in November 1857 and then, after stepping down to be Second Naval Lord during the Second Derby ministry, he stepped up again to become First Naval Lord in the Second Palmerston Ministry in June 1859 remaining in office until his death. The Prime-Minister (Viscount Palmerston) described Dundas as "a most distinguished officer".
==Early career==
Born the son of Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville and Anne Dundas (née Huck-Saunders) and educated at Harrow School, Dundas joined the Royal Navy in 1817. After initial training at the Royal Navy College at Portsmouth he joined the frigate HMS ''Ganymede'' in the Mediterranean Fleet.〔 Promoted to lieutenant on 16 June 1821 and to commander on 23 June 1823, he was given command of the sloop HMS ''Sparrowhawk'' on the North America and West Indies Station in June 1823.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=William Loney RN )〕
Promoted to captain on 17 July 1824, Dundas took command of the sixth-rate HMS ''Volage'' on the North America and West Indies Station in September 1825 and then of the third-rate HMS ''Warspite'' on the East Indies Station in March 1827.〔 He became secretary to his father, who was serving a second term as First Lord of the Admiralty, in 1828.〔 He went on to take command of the fifth-rate HMS ''Belvidera'' in the Mediterranean Fleet in November 1830 and the third-rate HMS ''Melville'', Flagship of the East Indies Station, in September 1837.〔 In HMS ''Melville'' he took part in the capture of the Bogue Forts in January 1841 during the First Opium War.〔 He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 29 June 1841.〔
Dundas returned to the Admiralty as Secretary to Lord Haddington, First Lord of the Admiralty, in January 1845 and became Captain of the second-rate HMS ''Powerful'' in the Mediterranean Fleet in January 1848.〔
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