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{{short description|Scottish politician and judge (1620-1679)}}
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| name = Sir James Dundas, First Lord Arniston Dundas
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| birth_date = {{birth year|1620}}
| birth_place = Midlothian, [[Scotland]]
| death_date = {{Death year and age|1679|1620}}
| death_place = Arniston, [[Scotland]]
| nationalityother_names = British
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| occupation = Politician and jurist▼
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He| wasalma_mater educated at the= [[University of St. Andrews]]. ▼
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| children = 7, including [[Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston|Robert]]
'''Sir James Dundas, first Lord Arniston''' (died 1679) was a Scottish member of parliament, and judge.
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Sir '''James Dundas, Lord Arniston''' (1620–1679) was a Scottish politician and judge.<ref>Although styled Lord Arniston like his son this was not an hereditary title but one assumed by them on becoming an ordinary [[lord of session]] (judge).</ref> He served as a [[shire commissioner]] to the [[Parliament of Scotland|Scottish Parliament]].
 
==Life==
He was son of [[Sir [[James Dundas]] of Arniston]], Midlothian, [[governor of Berwick]] under [[James I of England|James I]], byand Marie, daughter of [[George Home (Comptroller of Scotland)|George Home]] of [[Wedderburn Castle|Wedderburn]]. He was educated at the [[University of St Andrews]]. In 1639, he signed the [[national covenant]]; in 1640 he was appointed an [[Elder of the Church of Scotland|elder of the church]], and on 16 November 1641, he was knighted by [[Charles I of England|Charles I]]. {{sfn|Rigg|1888|p=191}}
▲He was educated at the [[University of St. Andrews]].
In 1639, he signed the [[national covenant]]; in 1640 he was appointed an elder of the church, and on 16 November 1641, he was knighted by [[Charles I of England|Charles I]]. {{sfn|Rigg|1888|p=191}}
 
He represented [[Edinburghshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)|Edinburgh]] in parliament in 1648, and was commissioner for war within the sheriffdom of that city between 1643 and 1648, sat on a commission composed partly of lawyers and partly of laymen, to which the liquidation of the insolvent estates of the [[Earl of Stirling]] and [[Lord Alexander (fl. 1644)|Lord Alexander]] was referred in 1644; on a parliamentary committee of eighteen18 appointed to consider of dangers threatening religion, the covenant, and the monarchy, and how to meet them; on another "close and secret" committee of six empowered to take steps rendered necessary by the presence of garrisons of "malignants and sectaries" in [[Berwick-upon-Tweed|Berwick]] and [[Carlisle, Cumbria|Carlisle]] in March 1648; and on 11 May was appointed one of the "committee of estates" in which supreme power was vested during the adjournment of parliament. The same year he was also a member of a committee for considering of ecclesiastical matters in conference with the commissioners of the kirk, and was added to the "commission for the plantation of the kirks". He signed the [[solemn league and covenant]], apparently with some reluctance, in 1650. From that date his history is a blank until we find him again a member of the commission for the plantation of kirks in 1661, and also one of the commissioners for raising the sum of £40,000 granted to the king in that year. {{sfn|Rigg|1888|p=191}}
The same year he was also a member of a committee for considering of ecclesiastical matters in conference with the commissioners of the kirk, and was added to the "commission for the plantation of the kirks".
He signed the [[solemn league and covenant]], apparently with some reluctance, in 1650.
From that date his history is a blank until we find him again a member of the commission for the plantation of kirks in 1661, and also one of the commissioners for raising the sum of £40,000 granted to the king in that year. {{sfn|Rigg|1888|p=191}}
 
Though not a trained lawyer, he was nominated an ordinary [[Lord of session]], and assumed the title of [[Lord Arniston]], on 16 May 1662; and having satisfied the court of his knowledge of law was admitted to the [[College of Justice]] on 4 June. His tenure of office, however, was brief. {{sfn|Rigg|1888|p=191}} In 1663 a statute was passed requiring all public officials to subscribe a declaration, affirming the duty of passive obedience, and renouncing the [[solemn league and covenant]]. Being unable conscientiously to sign the declaration, Dundas sent in his resignation. It was signed by ten of the Judges on 10 November 1663, Dundas being absent. Though the time for signature was extended in his case until 8 January 1664, and then for a further period of 18 months, and though he was frequently pressed to reconsider the matter, Dundas steadily refused to sign unless he were permitted to qualify the clause in the declaration abjuring the covenant by the words, "in so far as it led to deeds of actual rebellion". The compromise was not accepted, but it was notified to him that if he would sign the declaration as it stood the king would permit him to make reservation in private audience. To this Dundas replied: "If my subscription is to be public, I cannot be satisfied that the salvo should be latent". On 28 August 1665, Sir [[John Lockhart of Castlehill|John Lockhart]] of Castlehill was appointed to succeed him.{{sfn|Rigg|1888|p=192}}
Though not a trained lawyer, he was nominated an ordinary [[lord of session]], and assumed the title of [[Lord Arniston]], on 16 May 1662; and having satisfied the court of his knowledge of law was admitted to the [[College of Justice]] on 4 June.
His tenure of office, however, was brief. {{sfn|Rigg|1888|p=191}}
In 1663 a statute was passed requiring all public officials to subscribe a declaration, affirming the duty of passive obedience, and renouncing the [[solemn league and covenant]].
Being unable conscientiously to sign the declaration, Dundas sent in his resignation.
It was signed by ten of the Judges on 10 November 1663, Dundas being absent.
Though the time for signature was extended in his case until 8 January 1664, and then for a further period of eighteen months, and though he was frequently pressed to reconsider the matter, Dundas steadily refused to sign unless he were permitted to qualify the clause in the declaration abjuring the covenant by the words, "in so far as it led to deeds of actual rebellion".
The compromise was not accepted, but it was notified to him that if he would sign the declaration as it stood the king would permit him to make reservation in private audience.
To this Dundas replied: "If my subscription is to be public, I cannot be satisfied that the salvo should be latent".
On 28 August 1665, Sir [[John Lockhart]] of Castlehill was appointed to succeed him.{{sfn|Rigg|1895|p=192}}
 
Dundas died at Arniston in October 1679. {{sfn|Rigg|1888|p=192}}
 
==Family==
He married, first, in 1641, Marion, daughter of [[Robert Boyd, 8th7th Lord Boyd]], bytogether whom hethey had onethree daughters and a son, [[Robert Dundas (Second, Lord Arniston)|Robert Dundas]], lordalso ofa session,[[Lord andof three daughters;Session]].

He secondly, Janet Hepburn, daughter of Sir [[Adam Hepburn]], ofLord Humbie]], andthe widow of Sir John Cockburn of Ormiston, bytogether whom hethey had three sons; thirdly, in 1666, Helen, daughter of Sir [[James Skene|Sir James Skene]], president of the courtCourt of sessionSession, and widow of Sir Charles Erskine of Alva.{{sfn|Rigg|18951888|p=192}}
 
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**Douglas's Baronage, page 180
**Omond's Arniston Memoirs.
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