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Alexander Leslie-Melville, Lord Balgonie
Alexander Leslie-Melville
,
Viscount
Balgonie
was a
British soldier
.
He held the
title
of
Lord Balgonie
as a
courtesy title
; he was the
eldest
son of
David-Leslie Melville
,
8th
Earl of Leven
,
7th
Earl of Melville
. He served in the
Grenadier Guards
, and
died
in
1857
as a result of
hard
campaigning
in the
Crimean War
.