Philip Melvill (East India Company officer)

Philip Melvill
Born 1796
Died 1882
Lostwithiel, Cornwall
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Bengal Army

Philip Melvill (1796–1882) was a Bengal Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary to the East India Company.

Military career

Born the fourth son of Captain Philip Melvill,[1] Melvill was commissioned into the Bengal Army in 1815.[2]

He was appointed Military Secretary to the East India Company in 1837[2] remaining there until 1858.[3]

He retired when the East India Company was nationalized in 1857 to Ethy near Lostwithiel in Cornwall where he died.[1]

Family

Melvill's son, Philip Sandys Melvill, became Agent to the Viceroy and Governor-General of India at Baroda.[1][4] His younger son, Teignmouth Melvill, won the Victoria Cross during the Anglo-Zulu War.[1]

References

Military offices
Preceded by
James Salmond
Military Secretary to the East India Company
18371858
Succeeded by
Sir William Baker
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