Alexander Leslie-Melville, 7th Earl of Leven

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

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

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