as a Junior until appointed Solicitor to the Board of Inland Revenue. Knighted for services in 1887. He married in 1862 the Honourable Elizabeth Theresa Lister, youngest daughter of Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale. Father to Russell Melvill, Harry Edward Melvill (Barrister of the Inner Temple and Private Secretary to Sir Edgar Vincent), Commander Francis William Melvill and Major James Lister Melvill. Henrietta (1816–1900), eldest daughter, married in 1844 Richard Beachcroft. Mother to Florence Henrietta Beachcroft, Sir Richard Beachcroft, Katherine Hester Beachcroft, Henry Audry Beachcroft, Emily Charlotte Beachcroft, the Rev. Charles Seward Beachcroft, Philip Edward Beachcroft and Annie Rachel Beachcroft. Marion (1826-1914), daughter, married in 1848 James Alexander Wedderburn Esq. of the Madras Civil Service. Mother to James Alexander Wedderburn and Marion Hester Wedderburn, who both died in infancy. Also mother to Alexander Dundas Ogilvy Wedderburn KC and Marion Hester Wedderburn. Fanny (1819-1894). The second daughter, married in 1854 the Rev. Henry Holme Westmore. Hester (1823-1911). Daughter and twin sister to Jean. Married in 1848 Col. Thomas Fenwick of the Royal Engineers. Jean, (1823-1911). Twin sister of Hester. Rachel (1831-1913). Youngest daughter. Married in 1862 the Rev. William Henry Brendon. Mother to Rachel Mary Brendon, who married in 1897 Henry Digby Cleaver Esq, himself descendant of Isabel Plantagenet, Countess of Essex. Grandmother to Ronald Melvill Digby Cleaver. References and sources References Sources External links Melvill Case Study: The Second Generation 1792 births 1861 deaths British East India Company civil servants Fellows of the Royal Society Guernsey people Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath James Cosmo