Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven

British peer

Date of Birth: 06-Aug-1890

Date of Death: 15-Jan-1947

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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. He was educated at Oxford and Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
He played for the Oxford University Polo on a Handicap of +3.
He served in World War I, where he was wounded.
He was Captain in the Royal Scots Fusiliers.
He was Lieutenant-Colonel, and Brevet Colonel in the Lovat Scouts. He was a Representative peer for Scotland, between 1927 and 1947.
He was made Knight of the Thistle in 1934; and was Lord Lieutenant of Nairnshire from 1935 to 1947.
He donated his collection of drawings and water-colours to the Bodleian Library in 1920.