James Cosmo Melvill

Sir James Cosmo Melvill KCB FRS (8 June 1792 – 23 July 1861) was a British administrator who served as the last secretary of the East India Company.

For the botanist and malacologist, see James Cosmo Melvill (naturalist).

Sir James Cosmo Melvill

KCB FRS
James Cosmo Melvill by Eton Upton Ellis, c.1853.
Born(1792-06-08)8 June 1792
Guernsey, United Kingdom
Died23 July 1861(1861-07-23) (aged 69)
Tandridge Court, Godstone, Surrey
NationalityBritish
OccupationAdministrator
SpouseHester Jean Frances
Children9, including:
William Henry Melvill
ParentPhilip Melvill (father)
RelativesHenry Melvill (brother)
Philip Melvill (brother)
Sir Peter Melvill (brother)
James Cosmo Melvill (grandson)
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