David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven
David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven, 7th Earl of Melville was a Scottish peer and admiral.
He entered the Royal Navy c. 1800; he became Rear Admiral in 1846, and Vice Admiral in 1858.
He was a Representative Peer, for Scotland from 1831 to 1860.Family
He was the son of Alexander Leslie-Melville, 7th Earl of Leven, 6th Earl of Melville.
He married on 21 June 1824, Elizabeth Anne Campbell, 2nd daughter of Sir Archibald Campbell of Succoth, 2nd Baronet, by his wife Elizabeth Balfour, 1st daughter of John Balfour of Balbirnie; they had children:
- Capt Alexander Leslie-Melville, Lord Balgonie,
- David Archibald Leslie-Melville,
- Lady Elizabeth Leslie-Melville, who married on 2 November 1858, Thomas Robert Brook Cartwright, son of Sir Thomas Cartwright GCH, and had issue,
- Lady Anna Maria Leslie-Melville, who married on 26 April 1865, as his first wife Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet KT MP, and had issue,
- Lady Susan Lucy Leslie-Melville, Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess Christian from 1868 to 1883
- Lady Emily Eleanor Leslie-Melville, who married on 28 March 1864, John Glencairn Carter Hamilton, 1st Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, and had issue.
He was succeeded by his brother John Thornton Leslie-Melville, 9th Earl of Leven, 8th Earl of Melville.
