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Philip Melvill (7 April 1762 – 27 October 1811)〔''Memoirs of the Late Philip Melvill, Esq. Lieut. Gov. of Pendennis Castle, Cornwall : With an Appendix Containing Extracts From His Diaries and Letters Selected by a Friend...together with Two Letters and a Sermon, Occasioned by His Death''; London : Hatchard, 1812. 322 pages. It is available online at (Internet Archive ). The memoirs, by an anonymous evangelical friend run to page 178, Melvill's death being recorded on page 153, the deathbed scene being described on many pages before that. The list of Subscribers is 18 pages long.〕 was a nineteenth-century philanthropist of Falmouth, Cornwall.〔Gay, Susan E. ''Old Falmouth''; London, Headley Bros, 1903 p.28-30, portrait of Melvill, facing p. 29.〕 He was born in 1762 in Dunbar,〔 in East Lothian on the southeast coast of Scotland. ==Military service== He served in India, as a lieutenant in the 73rd regiment 〔The first battalion of the Regiment was raised in 1778, according to an (Account of the start of the Regiment ), which lists Melvill's name as a First battalion Lieutenant.〕 in the war against Hyder Ali's forces. In 1780, he was wounded and captured. He was held prisoner for four years under bad conditions.〔 On his release, he was promoted to Captain. However, he was still very ill and stayed with his brother in Bengal until 1786, when he was much recovered.〔 On his return to England in 1797, he was appointed the commander of an invalid company based on Guernsey, where he married Miss Elizabeth Dobree. He set up a school for the children of soldiers in his command. He was then appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Pendennis Castle and served until 1811. He formed the Pendennis Volunteer Artillery, a local militia.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Philip Melvill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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