David Melville | |
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Born | 5 February 1813 Bloomsbury |
Died | 8 March 1904 Worcester |
Nationality | English |
Occupation | don, cleric, |
David Melville was awarded a scholarship to Brasenose College, Oxford, where after graduating he was ordained as a clergyman. He became a University don, and one of his scholars was William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley. In 1846 he left Oxford and moved to Durham where he founded Bishop Hatfield's Hall. He married Emma Hill at Kilcoo, County Down on 28 July 1848.