Sir David Dundas

(1735 c.-1820)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Dundas, David, Sir, 1735-1820 NRA: Dundas Sir David (1735-1820) Knight General DNB: Dundas, Sir David (1735?–1820), army officer and military writer LBT ID: DaDunda1820 VIAF ID: 50673285 LOC ID: n85246271	B/BAP: 1735 DIED: 1820-02-18
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Scottish military officer, the author of several books on drilling and tactics adopted by the British Army. He was temporary commander-in-chief of the army (1809-11).
REFERENCES TO Sir David Dundas: Sir Walter Scott to Walter Scott, jun., 16 June 1825 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 7 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter II 1825 Charles Macfarlane, Reminiscences of a Literary Life (London: John Murray, 1917) SPENCER PERCEVAL Found 1: ¶ 4