Person:Archibald Leslie-Melville (1)

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Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven
b.6 Aug 1890
d.15 Jan 1947
m. 1885
  1. Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven1890 - 1947
  1. Alexander Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Leven1924 - 2012
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Name Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven
Gender Male
Birth[1] 6 Aug 1890
Marriage to Rosamond Sylvia Diana Mary Foljambe
Death[1] 15 Jan 1947
Reference Number? Q4786401?


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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. He served in World War I, where he was wounded.[1] 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. 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.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.