Alexander Melville, 5th Earl of Leven

Alexander Melville, 5th Earl of Leven

Alexander Melville, 5th Earl of Leven (died 2 September 1754) was the son of David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven.

On 23 February 1721, he married Mary Erskine and they had one child:

*David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven (1722–1802)

The marriage only lasted two years after Mary's death in 1723 and on 10 March 1726, he married Elizabeth Monypenny. They had four children:

*Lady Mary Melville
*General Lord Alexander Melville (1731–?)
*Lady Anne Melville (d. 1779)
*Lady Elizabeth Melville (d. 1788)


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