Melville, James, Sir, 1535 or 1536-1617
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Melville, James, Sir, 1535-1617
Melvil, Jacques, 1535-1617
Melvil, James, Sir, 1535-1617
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found: His Memoirs of his own life, 1827:t.p. (Sir James Melville of Halhill)
found: DNB(Melville, Sir James, 1535-1617; of Hallhill)
found: InU/Wing STC files(usage: Sir James Melvil; Jacques Melvil)
found: LC data base, 10/8/85(hdg.: Melville, James, Sir, 1535-1617)
found: Oxford dictionary of national biography WWW site, 17 Nov., 2016(Melville, Sir James, of Halhill (1535/6-1617), diplomat and autobiographer; he left Scotland in the entourage of Jean de Montluc, bishop of Valence, the French ambassador to the Scottish court, and in April 1550 arrived in Paris, where he spent the next three years in the bishop's household continuing his education--learning French, dancing, fencing, and playing the lute, as well as acquiring knowledge of current European affairs; Melville moved to the court of the elector palatine, Friedrich III, where he learned German; on the death of Henry Balnaves in February 1570, Melville inherited the estate of Halhill in Fife; commended in 1590 for his knowledge of Latin, Italian, and German; died on 13 November 1617, aged eighty-two, and was buried in the churchyard of Collessie) - http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18548
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1985-10-22: new
2016-11-18: revised
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