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Philip Melvill | |
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| Born | 26 October 1795[1] Topsham, Devon, England[2][3] |
| Died | 4 October 1882 (aged 86) Lostwithiel, Cornwall |
| Allegiance | Error creating thumbnail: File missing United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Bengal Army |
Philip Melvill (26 October 1795 – 4 October 1882) was a British Bengal Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary to the East India Company.
Military career[edit | edit source]
Born the fourth son of Captain Philip Melvill,[4] Melvill was commissioned into the Bengal Army in 1815.[5] His elder brothers included Sir James Cosmo Melvill and Henry Melvill. Sir Philip Melvill was his younger brother.[6]
He was appointed Military Secretary to the East India Company in 1837[5] remaining there until 1858.[7]
He retired when the East India Company was nationalized in 1857 to Ethy near Lostwithiel in Cornwall where he died.[4]
Family[edit | edit source]
Melvill's eldest son, Philip Sandys Melvill, became Agent to the Viceroy and Governor-General of India at Baroda.[4][8] His younger son, Teignmouth Melvill, won the Victoria Cross during the Anglo-Zulu War.[4]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975
- ↑ 1871 England Census
- ↑ 1881 England Census
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The Roll of Honour of the Melvill Family
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cambridge South Asian Archive
- ↑ "Memoirs of the Late Philip Melvill, Esq. Lieut. Gov. of Pendennis Castle, Cornwall : With an Appendix Containing Extracts From His Diaries and Letters Selected by a Friend...together with Two Letters and a Sermon, Occasioned by His Death". London: Hatchard. 1812.
- ↑ Heathcote, T.A. (1995). The Military in British India: The Development of British Land Forces in South Asia, 1600-1947. Manchester history of the British army. Manchester University Press. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-7190-3570-8.
- ↑ "No. 24303". The London Gazette. 7 March 1876. p. 1787.
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by James Salmond |
Military Secretary to the East India Company 1837–1858 |
Succeeded by Sir William Baker |