Edward Mellish (priest) explained

Edward Mellish (b Blyth, Nottinghamshire 21 June 1766  - d Tuddenham 11 December 1830)^[1] was an Anglican priest in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.^[2]

Mellish was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[3] He held livings at Tuddenham,^[4] Honingham and Reymerston. He was Dean of Hereford from 1827 until his death.^[5]

His grandson was a notable British diplomat.^[6]

Notes

1. 'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' Berrow's Worcester Journal (Worcester, England), Thursday, August 02, 1827; Issue 6500
2. [The Gentleman's Magazine]
3. [Alumni Cantabrigienses|“Alumni cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900”]
4. http://apling.freeservers.com/Villages/EastTuddenham36.htm White's Directory of Norfolk, 1836
5. 'The Deanery of Hereford is now vacant, by the death of the Rev. Edward Mellish.' The Times (London, England), Saturday, Dec 18, 1830; pg. 4; Issue 14413
6. http://www.thepeerage.com/p7980.htm#i79797 thePeerage.com