Earl of Melville
Earl of Melville is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Scotland .
The Earls' family seat was Melville House near Monimail in Fife and is now Glenferness House near Nairn in the Highland .
Award, subordinate and other titles
The title was awarded on April 8, 1690 to the military and politician George Melville, 4th Lord Melville . Along with the Earldom, he was awarded the subordinate titles Viscount of Kirkcaldy and Lord Raith, Monymaill and Balwearie . As early as 1643 he had inherited the title Lord Melville , of Monymaill, from his father , which had been bestowed on his ancestor Robert Melville on April 30, 1616.
His son, who later became 2nd Earl, inherited the titles of 5th Earl of Leven and 3rd Lord Balgonie through his mother in 1681 . The Earldoms of Melville and Leven have since been united.
List of Lords and Earls of Melville
Lords Melville (1616)
- Robert Melville, 1st Lord Melville (1547-1621)
- Robert Melville, 2nd Lord Melville († 1635)
- John Melville, 3rd Lord Melville († 1643)
- George Melville, 4th Lord Melville (1636–1707) ( elevated to Earl of Melville in 1690 )
Earls of Melville (1690)
- George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville (1636–1707)
- David Melville, 5th Earl of Leven , 2nd Earl of Melville (1660-1728)
- David Leslie, 6th Earl of Leven , 3rd Earl of Melville (1717–1729)
- Alexander Leslie, 7th Earl of Leven , 4th Earl of Melville († 1754)
- David Leslie, 8th Earl of Leven , 5th Earl of Melville (1722–1802)
- Alexander Leslie-Melville, 9th Earl of Leven , 6th Earl of Melville (1749-1820)
- David Leslie-Melville, 10th Earl of Leven , 7th Earl of Melville (1785–1860)
- John Leslie-Melville, 11th Earl of Leven , 8th Earl of Melville (1786–1876)
- Alexander Leslie-Melville, 12th Earl of Leven , 9th Earl of Melville (1817-1889)
- Ronald Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven , 10th Earl of Melville (1835-1906)
- John Melville, 14th Earl of Leven , 11th Earl of Melville (1886–1913)
- Archibald Leslie-Melville, 15th Earl of Leven , 12th Earl of Melville (1890–1947)
- Alexander Leslie-Melville, 16th Earl of Leven , 13th Earl of Melville (1924–2012)
- Alexander Leslie-Melville, 17th Earl of Leven , 14th Earl of Melville (* 1984)
The alleged heir to the title ( Heir Presumptive ) is the uncle of the current title holder Hon. Archibald Ronald Leslie-Melville (* 1957).
See also
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- Melville, Earl of (S, 1690) at Cracroft's Peerage