Alexander Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Leven

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

Ancestors 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

1. "Daily Telegraph Announcements". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
2. CALUM MacDONALD (16 February 2007). "Earl's son killed in accident at Swiss ski resort". The Herald.
3. http://thepeerage.com/p3893.htm#i38922
4. http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Leven1641.htm

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Leven