LESLIE, Alexander 5th (7th) Earl of Leven, 4th Earl of Melville, Lord of Session ¹

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  General Notes:

LEVEN

The numbering of the Earls of Leven appears to depend on whether you count the two countesses as 'earls' in the numbering.

Alexander married Elizabeth MONEYPENNY 'of Pitmilly' on 10 March 1726.^{1 2} (Elizabeth MONEYPENNY 'of Pitmilly' was born about 1699 and died on 15 May 1783 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (Alexander Leslie) married, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of David Monypenny of Pitmilly, and had issue [....]

III. Lady Elizabeth, married to John, second Earl of Hopetoun."

from Family of Leslie




"He (Alexander Leslie) married, secondly, 10 March 1726, Elizabeth Monypenny, daughter of Alexander Monypenny of Pitmilly, with whom he received a dowry of 9000 merks. She survived him, and died at Edinburgh 15 May 1783, aged eighty-four."

from Scots Peerage (vol 6) ¹