Background
The third son of George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville and his second wife Catherine Leslie-Melville, he shared the Whig political and the Presbyterian religious sympathies of his father.
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David Melville
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Here Leven was used by William to obtain the support of German princes for his invasion of England in 1688, Leven himself having raised a regiment for that invasion, in the course of which he received the surrender of the town of Plymouth in south Devonshire. In 1706 he was appointed as one of the Commissioners for the Union of England and Scotland. Privy Councillor 1689.
Fought at the Battle of Killiecrankie 1689.
Constable of Edinburgh Castle 1689-1702 and 1704-1712. A Commissioner for the Pacification of the Highlands 1689.
A Commissioner of the Scottish Exchequer 1689. Governor of the Bank of Scotland 1697-1728.
Brigadier General 1702; Major General 1704.
Master of the Scottish Ordnance 1705. Commander in Chief of the forces in Scotland 1706. Lieutenant General 1707; a Commissioner for the Union 1707.
One of the original Representative Peers for Scotland 1707-1710.
Dismissed from all offices 1712
He succeeded his father as Earl of Melville 20 May 1707, but did not use the title.
