Duncan Dundas of

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was

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of Scotland from 1450 until 1490. The second son of James Dundas of that Ilk, Duncan was much noted in his time and was frequently employed in embassies to

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. He is said to have discharged his duty in those negotiations "with integrity and honour". He acquired the

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, and founded a branch of the Dundas family there, the Dundases of Newliston. Duncan's arms were the arms of his father (Argent, a Lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure), with the addition of a crescent in the dexter-chief corner, as the mark of a second son.

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References

* Burke, John, ''History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland'', vol.1, London, 1833, p. 643. 15th-century births Scottish diplomats Lord Lyon Kings of Arms Year of death unknown {{heraldry-stub