Alexander Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Leven

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Alexander Robert Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Leven DL (13 May 1924 – 7 April 2012)[1] was a Scottish peer and soldier.

He was educated at Eton College. A captain in the Coldstream Guards, he fought in World War II, and was wounded.

He was Aide-de-camp to the Governor-General of New Zealand, from 1951 to 1952. He was Deputy Lieutenant of Nairn, from 1961 to 1969. He was Lord Lieutenant of Nairn, 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),[2]
  • Lady Jane Catherine Leslie Melville (born 5 May 1956),
  • Hon. Archibald Ronald Leslie Melville (born 15 September 1957).[3][4]

He was succeeded in the titles by his grandson, Alexander Ian Leslie-Melville, Lord Balgonie (born 1984).

Ancestry

Family of Alexander Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Leven
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Alexander Leslie-Melville, 7th Earl of Leven
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. John Leslie-Melville, 9th Earl of Leven
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Jane Thornton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Ronald Leslie-Melville, 11th Earl of Leven
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Henry Thornton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Sophia Thornton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Marianne Sykes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Henry Portman, 2nd Viscount Portman
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Lady Emma Lascelles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Hon. Emma Portman
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. William Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Hon. Mary Fitzwilliam
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Lady Selina Jenkinson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Alexander Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Leven
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. John Foljambe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. George Foljambe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Elizabeth Willoughby
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Cecil Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Charles Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Lady Selina Jenkinson (= 23.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Julia Shuckburgh-Evelyn
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Lady Rosamund Foljambe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Hon. Henry Cavendish
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. William Cavendish
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Sarah Fawkener
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Susan Cavendish
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Lady Emily Lambton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Lady Louisa Grey
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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  3. ↑ http://thepeerage.com/p3893.htm#i38922
  4. ↑ http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Leven1641.htm

External links

Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Nairn
1969–1999		 Succeeded by
Ewen Brodie
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Earl of Leven
Earl of Melville
1947–2012		 Succeeded by
Alexander Ian Leslie-Melville


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