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Thomas Melville (Southgate)

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Thomas Melville
Thomas Melville's grave at Southgate Cemetery

Thomas Melville (7 October 1852[1][2] – 13 November 1942) was a Scottish Presbyterian resident in London who was a member of Southgate Urban District Council and chairman of the council during the First World War.

Early life and family

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Thomas Melville was born in Edinburgh to Thomas Melville and his wife, Agnes Allan.[1] He moved to London, where he married Mary Elizabeth Turner (died 20 October 1925) in 1881.[3] They lived in Tottenham before moving to Southgate prior to 1891. He worked as a tobacco merchant.[2][4][5]

Local affairs

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Melville was instrumental in establishing the Presbyterian Church in Fox Lane, Palmers Green, which opened in 1914,[6] and attracted a large number of emigrant Scots to the area.[7] The church was demolished in the 1980s. He was a member of Southgate Urban District Council and chairman of the council during the First World War.[8] He resided at Old Park House, built for the Dowcra family in 1833 and part of the Old Park Estate.

Death

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Melville died on 13 November 1942 and is buried along with his wife at Southgate Cemetery.

References

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  1. ^ a b Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
  2. ^ a b 1939 England and Wales Register
  3. ^ London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932
  4. ^ 1881 England Census
  5. ^ 1891 England Census
  6. ^ "Edmonton: Protestant nonconformity" in A history of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5. T.F.T. Baker & R.B. Pugh (Eds.) London: Victoria County History, 1976, pp. 188-196. British History Online. Accessed 30 September 2016.
  7. ^ Palmers Green: A history. London Borough of Enfield, Enfield, 2010. p. 2.
  8. ^ "A brief history of Broomfield Park" by Tony Elliott in Palmers Green & Southgate Life, No. 21 (November 2014), p. 14-15.
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