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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 <l.t. of Henry Thornton, of Battera<m, Surrey (another hr. to Jane, Countess of Leven .ibovename-U, hy Anne, da. of Joseph Svkks, of West Klla, co. York. He tt. HI Sep. 1S76, in his 90th year, at (ilenferness, CO, Nairn, and was Imr. at Hroinpton cemetery. His widow if. at Koehainpton House afsd., 23 June 1Ss7, and was bur. with him. Will pr. 12 Dec. 18S7, over ££7,000. XII. lt>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.