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 72 LEVEN — LEXINGTON. XI. ItiGO. 11. John Tiii unton (Leslie-Melville), Eaisl ok Lkvkn, Karl ok Mki.vii.i.k, 4c. [S.], hr. and h. male, 6. 18 Dec. 17S6 ; Dep. Paymaster to tlie Forces in the Peninsula, ]>09 ; an urig. partner in Che Banking house ol Williams. Deacon, Liibonuliere, 'I'll- riitoii, anil Co., London ; sue to the peerngt [S.]. 8 Oct.. lS6o ; Hep. Pi-ek [S j, 1S65-76. He m. (fatty, IS Sep. 1S12, at St. James, Westm., Harriet, <la. of Samuel Thornton, of Albury Park. Surrey (I"'- to Jane, Countess of Leven aboveiiamed), by Klizalieth. da. of Uobert Mll.NKS, of Wakefield. She d. -Jo July IS S2. He m. secondly. 23 April 18:i I, Sophia, 4th 7u. 12. Alexander ( Leslie-Melville I, Earl < v Leven, Eari. ok Melville, ftq, (S ], s. and h.. by first wife, h. 11 Jan. 1817; cd. at Eton and at Trin. Coll., Cambridge; styled VlSWUfST Iviiikoaldii: from IStiO till he MIC. t'i the fCtVOiit [S ], 16 Sep. 1876; was a partner ill the London banking house of " Williams. Deacon, ami Co."; Uki>. Peek [S.J. 13>0 89. lie unm, at Glenferuess afsd. 22 Oct. 1SS0 from the ctltets of a carriage accident on the 10th) aged 72. Personalty sworn at £525, 0J0. XIII. 1S89. 1-j. Ronald Rutuven (I.f.si.ikMei.vili.e). Eaul a? Lkvkn [loll], E.wu. w Mki.vii.i.k [1690], Viscount Kikkcalhik [1690], Loud Melville ok Monv.maii.l [1616], Lonn BalohNIK [1641], and Loru KaitH, Monv.maii.l, and BaLWKaIUK [1690]. in the peerage of Scotland, hr. (of the half blooil) ami h., being s. of the penultimate Karl, by his second wife. He was b. 19 Dec. 1835; ed. at Eton and at Ch. Ch., Oxford; H.A.. 1858; M.A., 1865; is a partner in the banking house of " Melville, Evans, ami Co."; mm. to the peevnip [S.J, 22 Oct. 1SS9. He „>., 7 May 1S85, Emma Selina. 1st da of William Henry Berkeley (Port.Ma.n), 1st Viscount Port.MaN, by Mary Selina Charlotte, da. of William Charles Wkntworth-Fitzwillia.m, stylul VISCOUS! Milton. She was A. 5 April 1S63. [John David Leslie Melville, tstijM Lord Balgoxiu, 1st s. and h. ap., 6. 5 April 1SS6, at Poitman hom-e, London.] Family Eitatet. — These, in 1SS3, Consisted of 7,805 acres in Nairnshire and 1,019 in Fifeshire. Total. 8,824 acres, worth £3 078 a year. Principal Resiliences. Glen- ferness, near Dunphail, Nairnshire (purchased in 18'i9) ; llabhill, co. Fife (one of the ancient estates of the Melville family ), ami lioehampton House, Surrey. LEVESON OF STONE. i.e., " Leveson ok Stone, erf. Stafford," Barony (Leceson-Gower), er, 1833, with the Earldom ok Granville, which see. LEWES. i.e., "Lkwes, co. Sussex," Earldom (Neuill), en. 1876, with the Marqukssate ok Abergavenny, which see. LEWISHAM. i.e., " Lewisijam, co. Kent," Viscountcy (Legge), cr. 1711, with tho Eahldum ok Dartmouth, which see. LEYR MARNEY. See " Mahney of Leyr Mabney, co. Essex," Barony (Marncy), cr. 1523 ; ex. 1525. LEXINGTON, alias LAXTON. See "Eveeinghaji de Laxton, alias Lexington, Notts," Barony (_Svtriagham), cr. 1309 ; in abeyance 1372.