Alexander Melville, 5th Earl of Leven
British politician
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| Intro | British politician | |||
| A.K.A. | Alexander Leslie | |||
| A.K.A. | Alexander Leslie | |||
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |||
| was | Politician | |||
| Work field | Politics | |||
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| Birth | 28 May 1695 | |||
| Death | 2 September 1754 (aged 59 years) | |||
| Star sign | Gemini | |||
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Biography
Alexander Melville (also Alexander Leslie), 5th Earl of Leven (28 May 1695 – 2 September 1754) was the son of David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven.
A Lord of Session 1734–54; Grand Master of Scottish Freemasons 1741-42 ; High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1741–53; a Representative Peer for Scotland 1747–54; a Lord of Police 1754
Family
On 23 February 1721, he married Mary Erskine and they had one child:
- David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven (1722–1802)
Mary died in 1723, and on 13 March 1726, he married Elizabeth Monypenny. They had four children:
- Lady Mary Melville (also Lady Mary Leslie who became a novelist, b. 8 May 1736)
- General Alexander Leslie (1731–1794)
- Lady Anne Melville (d. 1779)
- Lady Elizabeth Melville (b. 1737, d. 1788), who married John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun