Thomas Melville (Southgate)

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.

[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.

[2][4][5] 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.

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