Sir John Leslie of Newton (-1 September 1651) |
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| Father:1 | Andrew Leslie (-1611), 5. Earl of Rothes | ||
| Mother:2 | Janet Durie (-) | ||
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| Married:3 | 1616 | Elizabeth Gray (-) | |||
| Contract dated 28 April 1616. | |||||
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| Children with Elizabeth Gray: | ||
| John Leslie (-1 September 1651)4 | ||
| Andrew Leslie (-1669)5 | ||
| James Leslie of Lumquhat (-October 1675)6 | ||
| William Leslie (-)7 | ||
| Elizabeth Leslie (-)8 | ||
| Jean Leslie (-)9 | ||
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| Died:10 | 1 September 1651 | Dundee [city/town], Angus [county], Scotland [country], United Kingdom [country] | ||
| He was killed at the storming of Dundee. | ||||
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| He succeeded in 1614 to the estate of Newton on the death of his brother George. He had charters of the lands and barony of Newton and others 16 June 1596, of the teind sheaves of Newton 18 January 1634 ; and of the lands of Lochmylne in the barony of Abernethy, Fife, 7 August 1643. He was one of the Lords of the Articles in the Parliament of 1663, was appointed an Ordinary Lord of Session 13 November 1641, and two days afterwards was knighted by Charles I at Holyrood. He was one of the Commissioners of Exchequer in February 1645, but, being involved in the 'Engagement,' he was deprived of his offices by the Act of Classes on 12 March 1649.11 | ||
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