author
marquis de Melville Henry Massue Ruvigny et Raineval
1868–1921
A meticulous genealogist with a flair for grand historical lineages, he is best remembered for ambitious reference works that traced royal and noble descent. His books became lasting tools for readers fascinated by family history, heraldry, and the Jacobite world.
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The Roll of Honour, Volume 1 : A biographical record of all members of His Majesty's naval and military forces who have fallen in the war
by marquis de Melville Henry Massue Ruvigny et Raineval
About the author
Born in London in 1868, he wrote under the style of the Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval and built a reputation as a British genealogist and author. He is closely associated with large-scale works of noble and royal genealogy, including The Jacobite Peerage and The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal, books that aimed to map intricate family connections with unusual thoroughness.
Beyond his reference writing, he was also active in Jacobite circles and served twice as president of the Legitimist Jacobite League of Great Britain and Ireland. That mix of scholarship and political-romantic interest gave his work a distinctive character: exacting in detail, but rooted in a deep fascination with dynastic history.
He died in 1921. For readers today, his name still stands out in genealogy because his compilations remain part of the long tradition of trying to turn centuries of inheritance, marriage, and descent into something searchable and surprisingly readable.