About Francis Dawes Melville
Lived 1836 – 1881 (aged 44). Francis Dawes Melville was an Indian diplomat.
Francis Dawes Melville (20 August 1836 – 9 February 1881) was a British civil servant who served in Bombay during British rule. He was the Commissioner in Sind from 1877 to 1879.
Melville was born in Camberwell, London, the fourth son of Rev. Henry Melville. He entered the Bombay Civil Service of the East India Company on the last day of 1855. He died in Cairo in 1881, aged 46.
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British Colonial administrator
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Francis Dawes Melville was born on 20 August 1836.
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Francis Dawes Melville died on 9 February 1881.
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Francis Dawes Melville was a diplomat.
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Francis Dawes Melville was Indian.
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