Francis Dawes Melville (20 August 1836[1] – 9 February 1881) was a British civil servant who served in Bombay during British rule.[2] He was the Commissioner in Sind from 1877 to 1879.[3]
Melville was born in Camberwell, London, the fourth son of Rev. Henry Melville.[4] He entered the Bombay Civil Service of the East India Company on the last day of 1855. He died in Cairo in 1881, aged 46.[5]