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Alexander Leslie-Melville, 7th Earl of Leven

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The Earl of Leven and Melville
Alexander, Earl of Leven (1749-1820) (David Martin)
Scottish representative peer
In office
4 December 1806 – 29 April 1807
MonarchGeorge III
Preceded byThe Earl of Leven
Succeeded byThe Earl of Leven
Personal details
Born
Alexander Leslie-Melville

(1749-11-07)7 November 1749
Died22 February 1820(1820-02-22) (aged 70)
Political partyWhig
Spouse
Jane Thornton
(m. 1784; died 1818)
Children8; including David and John
Parent(s)David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven
Wilhelmina Nisbet

Alexander Leslie-Melville, 7th Earl of Leven, 6th Earl of Melville (7 November 1749 – 22 February 1820) was a Scottish Whig politician and peer.

As the eldest son of David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven, he succeeded his father as Earl of Leven and Earl of Melville on 9 June 1802. Between 1806 and 1807 he sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish representative peer.

Family

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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:

References

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Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Earl of Leven
Earl of Melville

1802–1820
Succeeded by