Alexander Robert Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Leven (born 13 May 1924) is a Scottish peer, and soldier.

He was educated at Eton College

Eton College

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. He was Captain in the Coldstream Guards

Coldstream Guards

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. He fought in World War II

World War II

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, and was wounded.

He was Aide-de-camp

Aide-de-camp

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 to the Governor-General of New Zealand

Governor-General of New Zealand

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, from 1951 to 1952. He was Deputy Lieutenant of Nairn, from 1961 to 1969. He was Lord Lieutenant of Nairn

Lord Lieutenant of Nairn

The Lord Lieutenant of Nairn, is the British monarch's personal representative in an area which has been defined since 1975 as consisting of the local government district of Nairn, in Scotland, and this definition was renewed by the Lord-Lieutenants Order 1996...

, from 1969 to 1999. He was Chairman of the Nairn County Council, from 1970 to 1974.
He was president of the British Ski and Snowboard Federation (BSSF).

Family

He married Susan Steuart-Menzies, on 30 April 1953, daughter of Lt Col Ronald Steuart-Menzies of Culdares; they had children:

• David Alexander Leslie Melville, Lord Balgonie (26 January 1954 - 14 February 2007),
• Lady Jane Catherine Leslie Melville (born 5 May 1956),
• Hon. Archibald Ronald Leslie Melville (born 15 September 1957).

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is his grandson, Alexander Ian Leslie-Melville, Lord Balgonie (born 1984).