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    Earldoms is styled Lord Balgonie. The family seat is Glenferness House, near Nairn, Highland. Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven (c. 1580–1661) Alexander...
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    became Lord General in command of the Army of the Covenanters, a privy councillor, captain of Edinburgh Castle, Lord Balgonie and Earl of Leven. In England...
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  • 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...
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  • captured over one hundred of the Scots. The attack caused Lord Leven to take action. On 22 February, Leven ended the siege and began to move his army across the...
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    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 Melville...
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  • 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...
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  • he inherited the earldoms of Leven and Melville, though he did not use the latter title. Lord Leven served as a Lord of Session from 1734 to 1754; Grand...
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    Ben Houchen, Baron Houchen of High Leven (born 9 December 1986), is a British Conservative politician and life peer. He has been Tees Valley Mayor since...
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  • was elected a Senator of the college of justice in place of the late Lord Leven. His house in Edinburgh stood on the Royal Mile with a long garden siding...
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    when many refused to serve, including their most experienced generals, Lord Leven and David Leslie. The inexperienced Duke of Hamilton was given command...
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    conspiracies abounded. With the "country party" in disarray, Lord Melville, Lord Leven, and Lord Shaftesbury, leader of the opposition to Charles's rule,...
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    to the throne. July 30 – English Civil War: Scottish Covenanters under Lord Leven begin the Siege of Hereford, a Royalist stronghold. August 23 (August...
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    Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (category Lord-lieutenants of Staffordshire)
    sides became inevitable. On 2 July 1644, Parliamentary commanders Lord Fairfax, Lord Leven and the Earl of Manchester defeated Royalist forces at the Battle...
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  • 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...
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    Russian service under Alexander Leslie of Auchintoul (not to be confused with Leven) in 1632 to participate in the Smolensk War and was mentioned by name in...
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  • 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...
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  • John Thornton Leslie-Melville, 9th Earl of Leven, 8th Earl of Melville DL JP (18 December 1786 – 16 September 1876) was a Scottish peer and soldier. John...
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    English Parliamentarians under Lord Fairfax and the Earl of Manchester and the Scottish Covenanters under the Earl of Leven defeated the Royalists commanded...
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    Earl of Angus's Foot 1689 Cameronians, 26th Foot 1751 Amalgamated 1881 Lord Leven's Foot 1689 Semphill's Foot c. 1745, 25th Foot 1751, King's Own Borderers...
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  • returning to become a governess to aristocratic families including that of Lord Leven. In 1815, she wrote her first book on education, drawing on the ideas...
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