Alexander Leslie-Melville, Lord Balgonie

Alexander Leslie-Melville, Lord Balgonie

soldier.

He held the title of Lord Balgonie as a courtesy title; he was the eldest son of David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven, 7th Earl of Melville. He served in the Grenadier Guards, and died in 1857 as a result of hard campaigning in the Crimean War.

References

* [http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/families/leslies_leven.htm The Great Historic Families of Scotland: the Leslies of Leven]


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