Background
He was the son of Alexander Leslie-Melville, 7th Earl of Leven, 6th Earl of Melville (1749–1820).
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David Leslie
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He entered the Royal Navy c. 1800; he became Rear Admiral in 1846, and Vice Admiral in 1858. He was a Representative Peer (Tory), for Scotland from 1831 to 1860.
Captain Honorary Alexander Leslie-Melville, Lord Balgonie (19 November 1831 – 29 August 1857),
Honorary David Archibald Leslie-Melville (14 October 1833 – 20 October 1854),
Lady Elizabeth Leslie-Melville (died 25 January 1892), who married on 2 November 1858, Thomas Robert Brook Cartwright (died 23 January 1921), son of Sir Thomas Cartwright GCH, and had issue,
Lady Susan Lucy Leslie-Melville, Lady of the Bedchamber to His Royal Highness the Princess Christian from 1868 to 1883 (died 8 June 1910)
Lady Emily Eleanor Leslie-Melville (22 May 1840 – 11 November 1882), who married on 28 March 1864, John Glencairn Carter Hamilton, 1st Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, and had issue.
