Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven
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. He played for the Oxford University Polo on a Handicap of +3.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
Family
He married Lady Rosamond Sylvia Diana Mary Foljambe (died 12 April 1974), on 3 September 1918; they had children:
- 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)[4]
References
- "Polo Monthly" (PDF). 1912: 436. Retrieved 10 August 2013. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- "19th-century Drawings and Water-colours". www.bodley.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
| Honorary titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Ian Brodie |
Lord Lieutenant of Nairn 1935–1947 |
Succeeded by John Grahame Buchanan Allardyce |
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
| Preceded by John David Melville |
Earl of Leven Earl of Melville 1913–1947 |
Succeeded by Alexander Robert Leslie-Melville |