Robert Dundas | |
|---|---|
| Lord President of the Court of Session | |
| In office 1748–1753 | |
| Preceded by | Duncan Forbes, Lord Culloden |
| Succeeded by | Robert Craigie, Lord Glendoick |
| Lord Advocate | |
| In office 1720–1725 | |
| Preceded by | Sir David Dalrymple |
| Succeeded by | Duncan Forbes, Lord Culloden |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | |
| In office 1717–1720 | |
| Preceded by | Sir James Stewart |
| Succeeded by | Walter Stewart |
| Member of Parliament for Edinburghshire | |
| In office 1722–1737 | |
| Constituency | Edinburghshire |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 December 1685 Scotland |
| Died | 26 August 1753 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Watson Anne Gordon |
| Children | Robert Dundas of Arniston, the younger Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville |
| Parent(s) | Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston Margaret Sinclair |
Robert Dundas of Arniston, the elder, 2nd Lord Arniston (1685–1753) was a Scottish lawyer, and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1737. In 1728 he reintroduced into Scottish juries the possible verdicts of guilty or not guilty as against proven or not proven. He was Lord President of the Court of Session from 1748 to 1753.