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Earl of Leven (pronounced "Lee-ven") is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1641 for Alexander Leslie. He was succeeded by his grandson...

Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven (c. 1580 – 4 April 1661) was a Scottish army officer. Born illegitimate and raised as a foster child, he subsequently...

the earldom of Leven through his mother. The two earldoms have since remained united. For further history of the titles, see Earl of Leven. The title Lord...

Fairfax and the Earl of Manchester and the Scottish Covenanters under the Earl of Leven defeated the Royalists commanded by Prince Rupert of the Rhine and...

Leslie, 5th Earl of Leven (28 May 1695 – 2 September 1754) was a Scottish aristocrat. He was the son of David Leslie, 3rd Earl of Leven (1660–1728) and...

Leslie-Melville, 11th Earl of Leven and 10th Earl of Melville, KT, PC, DL (19 December 1835 – 21 August 1906) was a Scottish nobleman. The son of the John Thornton...

3rd Earl of Leven and de jure 2nd Earl of Melville (5 May 1660 – 6 June 1728) was a Scottish aristocrat, politician, and soldier. The third son of George...

David Leslie, 6th Earl of Leven (4 May 1722 – 9 June 1802) was the son of Alexander Leslie, 5th Earl of Leven. Grand Master of Scottish Freemasons 1759–61;...

Leven may refer to: Leven (name), list of people with the name Earl of Leven a title in the Peerage of Scotland Leven, Fife, a town in Scotland Leven...

1st Earl of Leven, fought on the Continent and then returned to Scotland to command the Covenanter army. His seat was Balgonie Castle or the Tower of Balgonie...

of England; 1744) 1741–1742: Alexander Melville, 5th Earl of Leven 1742–1743: William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock 1743–1744: James Wemyss, 5th Earl of...

9th Earl of Buchan 1730–1731: The Earl of Loudoun 1732–1738: The Marquess of Lothian 1739–1740: The Earl of Hyndford 1741–1753: The 5th Earl of Leven 1754:...

Archibald Alexander Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven, 12th Earl of Melville KT DL (6 August 1890 – 15 January 1947) was a Scottish soldier, and peer...

second son of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet of Keir and Pollok and his wife Lady Anna Maria, second daughter of the 10th Earl of Leven and Melville...

This is a list of the 189 present earls in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. It does not include extant...

David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven, 7th Earl of Melville (1785–1860) was a Scottish peer and admiral. He entered the Royal Navy c. 1800; he became...

John David Leslie-Melville, 12th Earl of Leven (5 April 1886 – 11 June 1913) (known as Lord Balgonie from 1889 to 1906) was a Scottish soldier and banker...

Leslie-Melville, 7th Earl of Leven, 6th Earl of Melville (7 November 1749 – 22 February 1820) was a Scottish Whig politician and peer. As the eldest son of David Melville...

Alexander Robert Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Leven DL (13 May 1924 – 7 April 2012) was a Scottish peer and soldier. He was educated at Eton College...

Leslie-Melville, 10th Earl of Leven, 9th Earl of Melville (1817–1889) He was the son of John Leslie-Melville, 9th Earl of Leven. He was a partner in Williams...