Francis Dawes Melville (20 August 1836[1] – 9 February 1881) was a British civil servant who served in
Bombay during
British rule.[2]
He was the Commissioner in Sind from 1877 to 1879.[3]
Melville was born in
Camberwell, London, the fourth son of Rev. Henry Melville.[4] 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.[5]
References
^England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
^Behram Sohrab, H.J. Rustomji, Karachi, 1839–1947: A Short History of the Foundation and Growth of Karachi, in Karachi During the British Era Two Histories of a Modern City, Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2007. Pg 104