Henry Francis Mellish

(1782-1817)

LBT ID: HeMelli1817	B/BAP: 1782 DIED: 1817-07-24
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (August, September 1817) 184, 275-76; University of Nottingham Special Collections (web)
Son of Charles Melish of Blyth (1737-1797); he was a dandy, gambler, and friend of the Prince Regent who kept a large stable of horses; in the Peninsular War he was aide-de-camp to General Ronald Ferguson.
REFERENCES TO Henry Francis Mellish: Isaac D’Israeli to John Murray, [1805?] in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Found 1: ¶ 2 Charles Lamb to William Ayrton, 12 May 1817 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Verse 1: p. 498c Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chapter II. Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1817 Found 1: ¶ 4