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

As the eldest son of David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven

David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven

David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven was the son of Alexander Melville, 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 Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1783-1801On 29 July 1747, he...

, he succeeded his father as Earl of Leven

Earl of Leven

Earl of Leven 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...

 and Earl of Melville

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 time, also in the Peerage of Scotland...

 on 9 June 1802. Between 1806 to 1807 he sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish representative peer

Representative peer

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Family

On 12 August 1784 he married Jane Thornton (11 February 1757 – 13 February 1818), daughter of John Thornton

John Thornton (philanthropist)

John Thornton was a merchant and Christian philanthropist.Thornton was the son of Robert Thornton of Clapham, Surrey, a merchant who became a director of the Bank of England....

, and they had five sons and three daughters:

• David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven
  David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven
  David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven, 7th Earl of Melville was a Scottish peer and admiral.He entered the Royal Navy c. 1800; he became Rear Admiral in 1846, and Vice Admiral in 1858....
  
   (22 June 1785 – 8 October 1860), married Elizabeth Anne Campbell, daughter of Sir Archibald Campbell, 2nd Baronet, of Succoth, and had issue
• John Thornton Leslie-Melville, 9th Earl of Leven
  John Leslie-Melville, 9th Earl of Leven
  John Thornton Leslie-Melville, 9th Earl of Leven, 8th Earl of Melville was a Scottish peer, and soldier.He succeeded his brother David Leslie-Melville, 8th 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 Branston Hall
  Branston Hall
  Branston Hall is a country house in the Lincolnshire village of Branston. The hall was built between 1884 and 1886 and is set in 3.56 square kilometres of wooded parkland and lakes....
  
  , married Charlotte Smith, daughter of Samuel Smith, and had issue
• Lady Lucy Leslie-Melville (d. 23 December 1865), married Henry Smith, son of Samuel Smith, and had issue
• Lady Jane Elizabeth Leslie-Melville (d. 25 April 1848), married Francis Pym, son of Francis Pym, and had issue
• Lady Marianne Leslie-Melville (d. 22 March 1823), married Abel Smith, son of Samuel Smith, no issue.

External links

• http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersL2.htm (which uses a different system of nomenclature
  Nomenclature
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• http://www.leighrayment.com/reppeers/reppeersscotland.htm