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date: 23 January 2021

Melville, George, fourth Lord Melville and first earl of Melvillelocked

(1636–1707)
  • John R. Young

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Melville, George, fourth Lord Melville and first earl of Melville (1636–1707), politician, was the eldest son of John Melville, third Lord Melville (d. 1643), and Anna (d. after 1643), elder daughter and coheir of Sir George Erskine of Innerteil.

On 6 May 1651 the king wrote to ...

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