Sir William Dunbar, 7th Baronet (2 March 1812 – 18 December 1889) was a Scottish

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 Liberal

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 Member of Parliament

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 in the British House of Commons

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. He became the 7th Baronet

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 on 22 June 1841.

He was educated at the University of Edinburgh

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. He became a member of the Faculty of Advocates

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 in 1835, but did not practise law.

He was appointed a Lord of the Treasury

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 in 1859. He became Keeper of the Privy Seal to the Prince of Wales

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. Dunbar left Parliament in 1865 to become Commissioner for Auditing Public Accounts. He was Comptroller and Auditor General

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 1867-1888.

He represented Wigtown Burghs

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1857-1865.