Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven
Archibald Alexander Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven, 12th Earl of Melville KT DL was a Scottish soldier, and peer.
He was educated at Oxford and Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He played for the Oxford University Polo on a Handicap of +3. He served in World War I, where he was wounded. He was Captain in the Royal Scots Fusiliers. He was Lieutenant-Colonel, and Brevet Colonel in the Lovat Scouts.
He was a Representative peer for Scotland, between 1927 and 1947. He was made Knight of the Thistle in 1934; and was Lord Lieutenant of Nairnshire from 1935 to 1947. He donated his collection of drawings and water-colours to the Bodleian Library in 1920.Family
He married Lady Rosamond Sylvia Diana Mary Foljambe, on 3 September 1918; they had children:
- Lady Jean Elizabeth Leslie Melville
- Alexander Robert Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Leven
- Hon. George David Leslie Melville
- Hon. Ronald Joscelyn Leslie Melville
- Hon. Alan Duncan Leslie Melville
