Archibald Alexander Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven, 12th Earl of Melville KT DL (6 August 1890 – 15 January 1947) was a Scottish soldier, and peer.

He was educated at Oxford and Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[1] He played for the Oxford University Polo on a Handicap of +3.[2] He served in World War I, where he was wounded.[1] 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.[3] He was made Knight of the Thistle in 1934; and was Lord Lieutenant of Nairnshire from 1935 to 1947. He donated his collection of nineteenth century drawings and water-colours, which include scenes from Great Britain and Italy, to the Bodleian Library in 1920.[4]

Family

He married Lady Rosamond Sylvia Diana Mary Foljambe (died 12 April 1974), on 3 September 1918; they had five children:[1]

  • Lady Jean Elizabeth Leslie Melville (25 June 1921 – 8 March 2010)
  • Alexander Robert Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Leven (13 May 1924 – 7 April 2012)
  • Hon. George David Leslie Melville (13 May 1924 – 23 June 1997)
  • Hon. Ronald Joscelyn Leslie Melville (22 November 1926 – 1987)
  • Hon. Alan Duncan Leslie Melville (11 October 1928 – 26 October 2019)[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London, UK: Dean & Son. p. 556.
  2. ↑ "Polo Monthly" (PDF). 1912: 436. Retrieved 10 August 2013. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ↑ "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "19th-century Drawings and Water-colours". www.bodley.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "Leven, Earl of (S, 1641)". Archived from the original on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.


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