Background
As the eldest son of David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven, he succeeded his father as Earl of Leven and Earl of Melville on 9 June 1802.
As the eldest son of David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven, he succeeded his father as Earl of Leven and Earl of Melville on 9 June 1802.
Between 1806 to 1807 he sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish representative peer. David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven (22 June 1785 – 8 October 1860), married Elizabeth Anne Campbell, daughter of Sir Archibald Campbell, 2nd Baronet, of Succoth, and had issue
The Honorary William Henry Leslie-Melville (1788 – 1856)
The Honorary and Review
Robert Samuel Leslie-Melville (d 24 October 1826)
The Honorary
Alexander Leslie-Melville (18 June 1800 – 19 November 1881) of Branston Hall, married Charlotte Smith, daughter of Samuel Smith, and had issue
Lady Lucy Leslie-Melville (d 23 December 1865), married Henry Smith, son of Samuel Smith, and had issue
Lady Jane Elizabeth Leslie-Melville (d 25 April 1848), married Francis Pym, son of Francis Pym, and had issue
Lady Marianne Leslie-Melville (d 22 March 1823), married Abel Smith, son of Samuel Smith, no issue.