Alexander Melville (also Alexander Leslie), 5th Earl of Leven (28 May 1695 – 2 September 1754) was the son of David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven.
A Lord of Session 1734-54; Grand Master of Scottish Freemasons 1741-42 ; High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1741-53; a Representative Peer for Scotland 1747-54; a Lord of Police 1754
On 23 February 1721, he married Mary Erskine and they had one child:
Mary died in 1723, and on 13 March 1726, he married Elizabeth Monypenny. They had four children: