David Leslie Melville, 6th Earl of Leven

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“VIII. David, eighth Earl of Leven and fifth Earl of Melville, born 4th March 1722. He married at Edinburgh, 29th July 1747, Willhelmina, posthumous daughter of William Nisbet of Dirleton, with whom he lived upwards of fifty years, and had issue-

“ I. Alexander, his successor. “ II. William, who was killed in a engagement with the Americans at Princetown, in New Jersey, 3d January 1777, while serving under Lord Cornwallis. “ III. David, a Major-General, married, 16th January 1787, Rebecca, daughter of the Rev. John Gillies, D.D., and died without issue 21st October 1838. “ IV. John, a Lieutenant-General, born 20th November 1759; married, 13th September 1816, Jane, eldest daughter and heir of T. Cuming, Esq., and assumed the surname of Cuming. He died without issue in 1824. “ V. George, born 21st April 1766; married, 27th November 1802, Jacomina Gertrude, only daughter of William Jacob van der Graaff, and died 8th march 1812, leaving a daughter, Mary Christina. “ VI. Lady Jane, married to Sir John Wishart Belsches Stuart, Baronet, of Fettercairn. “ VII. Lady Mary Elizabeth, married to James, fifth Lord Ruthven, She died in 1820. “ VIII. Lady Charlotte, died unmarried in 1830.

“David, eighth Earl of Leven and fifth Earl of Melville, died in 1802, and was succeeded by his eldest son"

Grand Master of Scottish Freemasons 1759–61; Deputy Governor of the Bank of Scotland; a Lord of Police 1772–82; High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1783–1801.

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