Henry Dundas: Last News

Plans have been approved to remove a slavery information plaque under Edinburgh’s Melville Monument dedicated to Henry Dundas after a battle from his descendants to get rid of it.

Edinburgh to protest against existing ones linked with the country’s role in the slave trade.Activists erected new names for streets and buildings in the capital along with “call to action” signs urging that racism is tackled.Dundas Street - named after Henry Dundas who is best known for delaying the abolition of slavery in 1792 - was renamed Emancipation Street.A sign reading 'Teach Colonial History' was installed at James Gillespie High School and another with 'Honour Black Lives' at Regent Terrace.Gillespie made his fortune selling Virginia tobacco which came to Scotland from slave plantations and left money for the school to be founded.Queensberry House - a 17th century building which was incorporated into the Scottish Parliament

Comrie monument to explain links between the prominent landmark and the slave trade.The 22m Melville Monument sits on Dunmore, overlooking the village, and was erected to honour Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville.Fiona's van-tastic salon planDundas delayed William Wilberforce’s parliamentary motion to abolish the slave trade in 1792 by winning an amendment to have the word “gradually” inserted into the document, which saw slavery legalised in the UK for another 15 years.Strathallan councillor Tom Gray spent a lot of his youth in Comrie but conceded he only had a “nodding awareness” of the monument.He said: “The statues of Colston, Dundas and many more were invariably erected by a divided society, commemorating the heroes of a divided

Perthshire soldiers will be among the thousands remembered in a nationwide pipers’ tribute to commemorate those who fought and gave their lives during the WWII conflict at the French alcove.The likes of Corporal George Nicoll, Alexander Anderson, Jack Kidd and James Watt of the 51st Highland Division will be among those remembered.All four were involved in the battle which took place 100 miles along the coast from Dunkirk just a few days after the successful evacuation.Author wants plaque at landmark explaining Henry Dundas's links to slaveryBut for Corporal Kidd, St Valéry was merely the start of an astonishing ordeal which forced him to travel over 1000 miles to where he was held captive as a POW for five harrowing years.Originally from

Civil rights campaigners are calling for one of Scotland’s tallest statues to be removed as it ‘glorifies’ the country’s role in the slave trade.The 150-foot high Melville Monument was erected in 1821 in memory of the First Viscount Melville, Henry Dundas - who is best known for delaying the abolition of slavery in 1792.Dundas, who was Home Secretary at the time, believed that slavery should be abolished gradually in three stages over a decade, which many historians say cost thousands of lives.The man nicknamed as “the Great Tyrant” was later impeached for the misappropriation of public money in 1806.His large statue continues to tower in St Andrew’s Square over Edinburgh city centre almost 200 years after it was first constructed.The