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3 unusual facts about George Melville


George Melville

George W. Melville (1841–1912), engineer, Arctic explorer and author

George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville

George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville (1636 – 20 May 1707) was a Scots aristocrat and statesman during the reigns of William and Mary.

Rye House Plot

With the "country party" in disarray, Lord Melville, Lord Leven, and Lord Shaftesbury, leader of the opposition to Charles's rule, fled to Holland where Shaftesbury soon died.



see also

Adventure in Manhattan

George Melville (Joel McCrea) is a know-it-all crime reporter who tracks down a robber.

Melville family

The family gained its surname from the 1655 marriage of George Melville, Fourth Lord Melville and First Earl of Melville to Catherine Leslie a descendant of Alexander Leslie, first Earl of Leven.