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'''Francis Dawes Melville''' (20 August 1836<ref>''England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975''</ref> – 9 February 1881) was a British civil servant who served in [[Bombay]] during [[British Raj|British rule]].<ref>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</ref> <br />
He was the Commissioner in Sind from 1877 to 1879.<ref>[http://rulers.org/indprov.html Provinces of British India - Rulers]</ref><br />
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Melville was born in [[Camberwell]], London, the fourth son of Rev. Henry Melville.<ref>''1841 England Census''</ref> 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.<ref name="death">''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995''</ref><br />
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