David Leslie, 3rd Earl of Leven
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David Leslie, 3rd Earl of Leven
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David Melville, later Leslie, 3rd Earl of Leven and de jure 2nd Earl of Melville was a Scottish aristocrat, politician, and soldier. The third son of George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville and his second wife Catherine, he shared the Whig political and the Presbyterian religious sympathies of his father. In 1681, with the death of the rival claimant, John Leslie, 1st Duke of Rothes, he was permitted to enter into the Earldom of Leven. In 1683, Leven and his father were suspected of complicity in
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Scottish aristocrat, politician, and soldier
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2023-12-23T13:04:06Z
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