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{{short description|Scottish Whig politician and peer}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name = The Earl of Leven and Melville
| image = Alexander, 7th Earl of Leven (1749-1820), by David Martin.jpg
| caption = Alexander, Earl of Leven (1749-1820) ([[David Martin (artist)|David Martin]])
| birth_name = Alexander Leslie-Melville
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1749|11|07}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1820|02|22|1749|11|07}}
| office = [[List of Scottish representative peers|Scottish representative peer]]
| term_start = 4 December 1806
| term_end = 29 April 1807
| monarch = [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]]
| predecessor = [[David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven|The Earl of Leven]]
| successor = [[David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven|The Earl of Leven]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Jane Thornton|1784|1818|end=d}}
| children = 8; including [[David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven|David]] and [[John Leslie-Melville, 9th Earl of Leven|John]]
| parents = [[David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven]]<br />Wilhelmina Nisbet
| party = [[Whig (British political party)|Whig]]
}}
'''Alexander Leslie-Melville, 7th Earl of Leven, 6th Earl of Melville''' (7 November 1749 &ndash; 22 February 1820) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[Whig (British political party)|Whig]] politician and [[Peerage of the United Kingdom|peer]].
As the eldest son of [[David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven]], he succeeded his father as [[Earl of Leven]] and [[Earl of Melville]] on 9 June 1802. Between 1806 and 1807 he sat in the House of Lords as a [[List of Scottish representative peers|Scottish representative peer]].
==Family==
On 12 August 1784 he married Jane Thornton (11 February 1757 &ndash; 13 February 1818), daughter of [[John Thornton (philanthropist)|John Thornton]], and they had five sons and three daughters:
* [[David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven]] (22 June 1785 &ndash; 8 October 1860), married Elizabeth Anne Campbell, daughter of [[Sir Archibald Campbell, 2nd Baronet]], of Succoth, and had issue
* [[John Leslie-Melville, 9th Earl of Leven|John Thornton Leslie-Melville, 9th Earl of Leven]] (18 December 1786 &ndash; 16 September 1876), married firstly his first cousin Harriet Thornton, daughter of [[Samuel Thornton (MP)|Samuel Thornton]], and had issue, and secondly his first cousin Sophia Thornton, daughter of [[Henry Thornton (reformer)|Henry Thornton]], and had further issue
* The Hon. William Henry Leslie-Melville (1788 &ndash; 1856)
* The Hon. and Rev. Robert Samuel Leslie-Melville (d. 24 October 1826)
* The Hon. Alexander Leslie-Melville (18 June 1800 &ndash; 19 November 1881) of [[Branston Hall]], married Charlotte Smith, daughter of [[Samuel Smith (1754–1834)|Samuel Smith]], and had issue
* Lady Lucy Leslie-Melville (d. 23 December 1865), married Henry Smith, son of [[Samuel Smith (1754–1834)|Samuel Smith]], and had issue
* Lady Jane Elizabeth Leslie-Melville (d. 25 April 1848), married Francis Pym, son of [[Francis Pym (1756-1833)|Francis Pym]], and had issue
* Lady Marianne Leslie-Melville (d. 22 March 1823), married [[Abel Smith (1788–1859)|Abel Smith]], son of [[Samuel Smith (1754–1834)|Samuel Smith]], no issue.
==References==
*Burke's Peerage 107th edition
*https://web.archive.org/web/20110105091532/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Leven1641.htm
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==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080608045342/http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersL2.htm leighrayment.com]}}  (which uses a different system of [[nomenclature]])
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022617/http://www.leighrayment.com/reppeers/reppeersscotland.htm leighrayment.com]}}
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|title=[[Earl of Leven]]<br />[[Earl of Melville]]
|before=[[David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven|David Leslie-Melville]]
|after=[[David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven|David Leslie-Melville]]|years=1802&ndash;1820 }}
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