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Name: LESLIE-MELVILLE, John David 'Jock'



Nee: son of Hon. David William Leslie Melville 3rd son of 11th Earl of Leven and Melville
Birth Date: 28 Feb 1933 Kensington
Death Date: 30 Apr 1984 Nairobi, brain cancer
First Date: 1933
Profession: Betty and Jock bought Giraffe Manor, Nairobi in 1974
Married: 1. 14 July 1961 Lady Zinnia Rosemary Denison (née Comins) b. 25 Nov 1937 Marylebone, d. 13 July 1997 Westminster, dau. of 4th Earl of Londesborough (div. 1964); 2. 1964 Mrs Betty Bruce née McDonnell (American, prev. m. Francis Battle Bruce 1923-1986 and later m. Lloyd Leroy Anderson 1927-2010) b. 7 Mar 1926 Baltimore, d. 28 Sep 2005 Baltimore (later m. George Peabody Steele 1924-2018)
Book Reference: Debrett, Burke, Telegraph