Alexander Leslie-Melville, 7th Earl of Leven
Alexander Leslie-Melville, 7th Earl of Leven 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
On 12 August 1784 he married Jane Thornton, daughter of John Thornton, and they had five sons and three daughters:
- David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven, married Elizabeth Anne Campbell, daughter of Sir Archibald Campbell, 2nd Baronet, of Succoth, and had issue
- John Thornton Leslie-Melville, 9th Earl of Leven, 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
- The Hon. and Rev. Robert Samuel Leslie-Melville
- The Hon. Alexander Leslie-Melville of Branston Hall, married Charlotte Smith, daughter of Samuel Smith, and had issue
- Lady Lucy Leslie-Melville, married Henry Smith, son of Samuel Smith, and had issue
- Lady Jane Elizabeth Leslie-Melville, married Francis Pym, son of Francis Pym, and had issue
- Lady Marianne Leslie-Melville, married Abel Smith, son of Samuel Smith, no issue.
