Alexander Leslie-Melville, 7th Earl of Leven, 6th Earl of Melville (7 November 1749 – 22 February 1820) was a

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Whig politician and peer. As the eldest son of

David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven David Leslie, 6th Earl of Leven (4 May 1722 – 9 June 1802) was the son of Alexander Leslie, 5th Earl of Leven. Grand Master of Scottish Freemasons 1759–61; Deputy Governor of the Bank of Scotland; a Lord of Police 1772–82; High Commissi ...

, he succeeded his father as

Earl of Leven Earl of Leven (pronounced "''Lee''-ven") is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1641 for Alexander Leslie. He was succeeded by his grandson Alexander, who was in turn followed by his daughters Margaret and Catherine (who are u ...

and

Earl of Melville Earl of Melville is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1690 for the Scottish soldier and statesman George Melville, 4th Lord Melville. He was made Lord Raith, Monymaill and Balwearie and Viscount of Kirkcaldy at the same tim ...

on 9 June 1802. Between 1806 and 1807 he sat in the House of Lords as a

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Family

On 12 August 1784 he married Jane Thornton (11 February 1757 – 13 February 1818), daughter of John Thornton, and they had five sons and three daughters: *

David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven, 7th Earl of Melville (1785–1860) was a Scottish peer and admiral. He entered the Royal Navy c. 1800; he became Rear Admiral in 1846, and Vice Admiral in 1858. He was a Representative Peer (Tory), for S ...

(22 June 1785 – 8 October 1860), married Elizabeth Anne Campbell, daughter of

Sir Archibald Campbell, 2nd Baronet Sir Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Lord Succoth, 2nd Baronet (1 August 1769 – 23 July 1846) was a Scottish advocate and judge. His country house was Garscube House, succeeding to the estate in 1823, upon his father's death. He rebuilt the hou ...

, of Succoth, and had issue * John Thornton Leslie-Melville, 9th Earl of Leven (18 December 1786 – 16 September 1876), married firstly his first cousin Harriet Thornton, daughter of Samuel Thornton, and had issue, and secondly his first cousin Sophia Thornton, daughter of Henry Thornton, and had further issue * The Hon. William Henry Leslie-Melville (1788 – 1856) * The Hon. and Rev. Robert Samuel Leslie-Melville (d. 24 October 1826) * The Hon. Alexander Leslie-Melville (18 June 1800 – 19 November 1881) of

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, married Charlotte Smith, daughter of

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, and had issue * Lady Lucy Leslie-Melville (d. 23 December 1865), married Henry Smith, son of

, and had issue * Lady Jane Elizabeth Leslie-Melville (d. 25 April 1848), married Francis Pym, son of

Francis Pym Francis Leslie Pym, Baron Pym, (13 February 1922 – 7 March 2008) was a British Conservative Party politician who served in various Cabinet positions in the 1970s and 1980s, including Foreign, Defence and Northern Ireland Secretary, and ...

, and had issue * Lady Marianne Leslie-Melville (d. 22 March 1823), married Abel Smith, son of

, no issue.

References

*Burke's Peerage 107th edition *https://web.archive.org/web/20110105091532/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Leven1641.htm

External links

* (which uses a different system of

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