Ronald Leslie-Melville, 11th Earl of Leven

Ronald Ruthven Leslie-Melville, 11th Earl of Leven and 10th Earl of Melville KT PC DL (19 December 1835 – 21 August 1906) was a Scottish nobleman.

The son of the John Thornton Leslie-Melville, 9th Earl of Leven and his second wife, Sophia, daughter of Henry Thornton MP, he was educated at Eton College and at Christ Church, Oxford. He succeeded his half-brother Alexander Leslie-Melville, 10th Earl of Leven in 1889.

He was a Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company and of the Bank of England.

He was a Scottish representative peer from 1892 until his death, Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland from 1900 until his death, and Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for nine successive years 1898–1906.[1][2] Director of the Bank of England 1884-94. He was Deputy Lieutenant for the City of London. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in the 1902 Coronation Honours list,[3] and was sworn a member of the council at Buckingham Palace on 11 August 1902.[4] He was appointed a Knight of the Thistle in 1905.

Family

In 1885 he married Honourable Emma Selina Portman, eldest daughter of Henry Portman, 2nd Viscount Portman; they had children:

References

  1. "No. 27310". The London Gazette. 3 May 1901. p. 3033.
  2. "No. 27428". The London Gazette. 25 April 1902. p. 2789.
  3. "The Coronation Honours". The Times (36804). London. 26 June 1902. p. 5.
  4. "No. 27464". The London Gazette. 12 August 1902. p. 5173.
  5. http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Leven1641.htm
Political offices
Preceded by
Schomberg Henry Kerr
Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
1900–1907
Succeeded by
Gavin Campbell
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
Alexander Leslie-Melville
Earl of Leven
Earl of Melville

18891906
Succeeded by
John David Melville


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