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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R

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Date transcribed	2011-08-00
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Melville
	First Name(s)	Henry
	Titles, Honours, etc.	Third Viscount Dundas,
	Birth Year	1801
	Death Year	1876
	Entry	General : born Feb. 25, 1801 : son of the second Viscount and grandson of the first Viscount Melville {q.v.) : entered the Army, 1819 : commanded the 83rd regt. in Canada, 1837-81 and the Bombay column of the Panjab Army, at the siege of Multan and at Gujarat, 1848-9: C.B. and thanks of Parliament and the E. I. Co. : succeeded as Peer, 1851 : commanded in Scotland, 1856 : Governor of Edinburgh Castle, 1860 : G.C.B. 1865 : A.D.C. to King William IV and Queen Victoria ; died Feb. 1, 1876.

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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each

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