Background
He inherited the Hodsock Priory estate in 1864 upon the death of his father William Leigh Mellish.
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Henry Mellish
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He was educated at Eton and at Balliol College, Oxford.
Career
Mellish was called in 1882 to the Bar at the Inner Temple. Instead of practicing law, he had a career in Nottinghamshire County government and served as a magistrate. Mellish was President of the Royal Meteorological Society in 1909–1911 and maintained a weather recording station at Hodsock Priory for many years.
Henry Mellish School and Specialist Sports College was named in his honour.
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1927 (aged 70)