Alexander Leslie, 5th Earl of Leven

Alexander Melville (also Alexander Leslie), 5th Earl of Leven (28 May 1695[1] – 2 September 1754) was the son of David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven.[2]

A Lord of Session 1734–54; Grand Master of Scottish Freemasons 1741-42 ; High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1741–53; a Representative Peer for Scotland 1747–54; a Lord of Police 1754

Family

On 23 February 1721,[3] he married Mary Erskine and they had one child:

• David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven (1722–1802)[4]

Mary died in 1723, and on 13 March 1726,[5] he married Elizabeth Monypenny. They had four children:

• Lady Mary Melville[6] (also Lady Mary Leslie who became a novelist, b. 8 May 1736[7])
• General Alexander Leslie (1731–1794)
• Lady Anne Melville (d. 1779)
• Lady Elizabeth Melville (b. 1737, d. 1788), who married John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun

References

1. OPR Births 685/001 0120 0234
2. Bellucci, Antonio (Italian painter (26 June 2008). "Alexander, 5th Earl of Leven (d 1754)" – via www.tara.tcd.ie. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. OPR Marriages 685/001 0460 0255
4. "Archived item". Archived from the original on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
5. OPR Marriages 685/001 0460 0333
6. "Hamilton, Mary" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
7. OPR Births 448/0020 0041

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by David Melville	Earl of Leven	Succeeded by David Melville
Masonic offices
Preceded by The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne	Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland 1741–1742	Succeeded by The Earl of Kilmarnock
Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Hyndford	Lord High Commissioner 1741–1753	Succeeded by The Earl of Hopetoun