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1855

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Alexander Leslie-Melville, Lord Balgonie

Alexander Leslie-Melville, Lord Balgonie — Unknown

Captain Alexander Leslie-Melville (1831-1857), of the Grenadier Guards. Eldest son of the 8th Earl of Leven, died only a couple of years after returning to Britain. At the time, his death was attributed to the hardships of the war. In a make-shift studio he looks unkempt and shaken, as if he has rec

Photograph by Roger Fenton