Leslie, Earls of Rothes
Melville, and Leslie-Melville, Earls of Leven and
Melville
Leslie Baronets
The Grafen von Leslie
The two lines represented in Parts 1-A and 2, below, stem
from two sons of Sir Andrew Leslie (d.by 1324). The lines represented in Parts
4 and 5 are branches of the Leslies of Balquhain,
descended from the same son of Sir Andrew as the line in Part 2.
Part 1-A
Leslie, Earls of Rothes
The family of Leslie has many branches, including that of
the Earls of Leven (see Part 2), but this section will begin with the 1st
Earl of Rothes
George Leslie, cr 1445 Lord Leslie, cr 1457 Earl of
Rothes, d.1489/90; m.1st Margaret Lundin [Lundy?]; m.(div 1459) Christian Haliburton; m.3rd Elizabeth
Campbell
[by 1st m.]:
1a) Margaret; m.Alexander Cumming of Earnside
[by 2nd m.]:
2a) Sir Andrew, Master of Rothes, d.by
1b) John, of Balmain, Master of
Rothes, d.before
2b) George, 2nd Earl
of Rothes, d.between 24 Feb and
1c) Walter, Master of Rothes,
d.before
3b) William, 3rd Earl
of Rothes, k.a.Flodden
1c) George, 4th Earl
of Rothes, d.Dieppe 1558; m.1st by 1517
(div 1520) Margaret, nat. dau of 3rd Lord Crichton by Princess
Margaret Stewart; m.2nd Elizabeth (d.1526 [1527?]), dau of Andrew,
Lord Gray, and widow of Earl of Huntly and of Lord Glamis; m.3rd by
29 Jan 1530 Agnes (d.1541/3), dau of Sir John Somerville, and widow of Lord
Fleming; m.4th by 10 Apr 1543 Isabel, dau of ___ Lundy, and widow of
Earl of Crawford; he contracted to marry 5thly Christian, dau of ___ Wood,
widow of George Strang
1d) [ex 1] Norman, Master of
Rothes, d.Montreuil of wounds received at Renti
1e)
[illegitimate, legitimized 1554] Robert
2e)
[illegitimate, legitimized 1554] John
2d) [ex 1] William fl 1573; he
was bypassed for the titles, apparently because of limited involvement in the
murder of Cardinal Beaton, but was probably de jure 5th Earl
of Rothes
3d) [ex 1] Robert, probably de
jure 6th Earl of Rothes, d.22 Sep 1588; m.Hon. Janet Elphinstone
(16 Mar 1535-1598/9) à issue, Leslies of Findrassie,
who were probably de jure Earls of Rothes; Cokayne says he was from 1st
m.; Burke’s says he was from 4th m.; Scots Peerage says he was
certainly the son of Margaret Crichton, and notes that one source says he was
born 1541, during a brief reunion of his parents, but goes on to cite other
evidence that he must have been much older than someone born in 1541; per
Complete Baronetage, sub Gordon of Embo, Sir John
Gordon, 1st Bt., married Margaret, dau of Hon. Robert Leslie of Findrassie by Margaret Dunbar; Query whether this Robert is
too old to be the father, and maybe he is the grandfather of this Margaret
Leslie? Also note that her mother is said to be Margaret Dunbar, not the wife
sources say Hon. Robert married
4d) [ex 1, per Scots Peerage]
Janet, d.Kirkcaldy
5d) [ex 1, per Scots Peerage;
ex 3 per other sources] Helen, d.26 Oct 1594; m.1st Gilbert Seton;
m.2nd by
6d) [ex 3] Andrew, de facto
5th Earl of Rothes, d.ca 1611; m.1st ca 1547 Grizel
Hamilton; m.2nd after 3 Oct 1573 Jean (d.ca 1591), dau of Lord
Ruthven, and widow of Lord Methven; m.3rd 1592 Janet Durie; after the
forfeiture of his half-brother Norman he was called Master of Rothes, and was
acknowledged as Earl on his father’s death, though his other
half-brothers may have been de jure Earls
[by 1st m.]:
1e) James, Lord Leslie and Master
of Rothes, d.ca 1607; m.1st Margaret, dau of lord Lindsay of the
Byres; m.2nd 1594 Catherine, dau of Lord Drumond
[by 1st m.]:
1f) James, d.1604
2f) George, dvp
3f) Margaret, d.12 Jun 1620;
m.John Moray
4f) Isabel; m.1st
1597 Robert Lundie of that Ilk (d.Oct 1602); m.2nd Sir George
Hamilton
5f) Euphemia, d.by Jun 1613
6f) Agnes, d.by
7f) Grizel, d.6 Sep 1606;
m.1601 Alexander Seton, Earl of
[by 2nd m.]:
8f) [ex 2] John, 6th
Earl of Rothes (ca 1600-Richmond,
1g) Mary; m.1635 Hugh
Montgomerie, 7th Earl of Eglinton (
2g) Margaret, d.Feb 1688; m.1st
1636 Alexander Leslie, Lord Balgonie (d.soon after
3g) John, 7th Earl of
Rothes, cr 1680 Duke of Rothes, Marquess of Bambreich,
Earl of Leslie, Viscount of Lugtoun, Lord Auchmutye and Caskieberrie (ca
1630-Holyroodhouse 26 Jul 1681); m.1648 Lady Anne Lindsay; in 1663 he had
surrendered the earldom and barony and received a re-grant thereof, with
remainder after the heirs male of his body to the eldest heir female of his
body
1h) Margaret, 8th
Countess of Rothes and Baroness Leslie, d.20 Aug 1700; m.8 Oct 1674 Charles
Hamilton, 5th Earl of Haddington (1 Jul 1650-Leslie House, co Fife
May 1685); he executed a resignation of his titles and received a re-grant,
whereby the Earldom of Haddington would go to his younger sons, to keep his
titles separate from the Earldom of Rothes
1i) Anna (bap
2i) John Hamilton, later
Leslie, 9th Earl of Rothes and Lord Leslie (bap
1j) John, 10th Earl
of Rothes (ca 1698-10 Dec 1767); m.1st
1k) John, 11th Earl
of Rothes (
2k) Charles Howard, d.18 Aug
1762, aged 15
3k) Jane Elizabeth, 12th
Countess of Rothes (
4k) Mary (
2j) Charles, d.London
3j) Thomas (ca 1701-London
1k) Catherine
4j) James, d.Clapton
5j) David (
6j) William, d.London
7j) Jane (
8j) Mary, d. an infant
9j) Francis (
10j) Margaret (
11j) Andrew (
12j) Anne (
3i) Thomas, suc his father as
Earl of Haddington à issue
4i) Charles, d.young
2h) Christian (1661-Edinburgh
9f) Jean; m.Duncan
Menzies of that Ilk, and of Weem;
parents of Sir Alexander Menzies, Bt.
2e) Patrick, cr 1600 or 1606
Lord Lindores, d.1608; m.Jean (fl 1642), dau of Robert Stewart, Earl of Orkney
1f) Patrick, 2nd
Lord Lindores, d.Pitcairly 8 Aug 1649; actually he
seems to have been cr Lord Lindores ca 1600 but must have resigned the title before
1606 when his father was certainly so called
2f) James, 3rd Lord
Lindores, d.1665/7; m.1st Mary, dau of Lord Gray; m.2nd
___ Clepburn; per Cokayne, he may also have
m.Elizabeth Yorke; per Scots Peerage he may have also m. ___ Ormiston; Scots
Peerage says there is no positive evidence of any of these marriages
1g) [ex 1] John, 4th
Lord Lindores, bur
1h) David, 5th Lord
Lindores, d.Jul 1719; m.Margaret, dau of Hon. Archibald Stuart, widow of Sir
Archibald Stewart, Bt.
2g) [ex 2] Jean fl 1736; m.1st
John Stewart, of Innernytie; m.2nd by 1684
John Bruce, of Blairhall
3f) Robert; m.NN à
issue, extinct
4f) Ludovick
5f) David, cr 1661 Baron
Newark, d.Feb 1682; m.Anna [or Jane] Yorke (bur
1g) David, 2nd Lord
1h) Jean, d.21 Feb 1740; m.Sir
Alexander Anstruther; she assumed the title 3rd Baroness Newark, and
her descendants continued using it until even after it was ruled in 1793 that
the title expired with the 2nd Lord, apparently on the grounds of a
supposed re-grant which included her in the remainder; no such re-grant has
been found
2h) Mary
3h)
4h) Grizel; m.1722 Thomas
Drummond
5h) Christian, d.Edinburgh
2g)
3g) Helen
4g) Anna
5g) Joanna
6g) Mary, d.Edinburgh
7g) Margaret, d.19 Apr 1755;
m.1696 Hon. James Campbell
6f) Margaret [Helen?], d.1668;
m.1622 John Drummond, 2nd Lord Maderty
(d.1649/51)
7f) Elizabeth; m.1628 Sir James
Sinclair of Mey, Bt. (d.1662)
8f) Jean; m.John Forbes of
Leslie
9f) Janet; m.Sir John
Cunningham
10f) Euphemia [or Mary]; m.Sir
David Barclay
3e) Sir Andrew, d.Mar 1603
4e) Euphemia; m.ca 1573 James
Lindsay, 7th Lord Lindsay of the Byres (1554-5 Nov 1601)
5e) Margaret; m.25 Dec 1575
(div 1587) Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus (d.4 Aug 1588); note
that Cokayne has her as dau of 4th Earl of Rothes by 1st
m., and Burke’s has her as dau of 4th Earl of Rothes by 4th
m.; Scots Peerage has her as dau of the 5th Earl, and the dates make
that most likely
6e) Isabel; m.1577 James
Sinclair, Master of Sinclair (d.9 May 1593); note Burke’s says she is
from the 3rd m., but Cokayne says from the 1st
[by 2nd
m.]:
7e) Margaret; m.Sir William
Cunningham of Caprington
8e) Mary, d.Apr 1605; m.Robert
Melville, Lord Melville of Monymail (see Part 3
below)
[by 3rd
m.]:
9e) George, of Newton, d.Jan
1614
10e) Sir John, of
1f) John, k.a.Dundee
1g) John, dsp
2f) Andrew, d.1669; m.Margaret
Balfour
1g) John, d.29 Jul 1706; m. ___
Spital [Spittal]
1h) Alexander, 6th
Lord Lindores, bur 3 Sep 1765; m.Jean Campbell (d.London 25 Feb 1790); he
assumed the title on the death of the 5th Lord in 1719 on the
assumption that it had been created with remainder to heirs male whatsoever,
though there is no proof of that; nevertheless the title was accorded to him,
though since the title was disallowed by the next claimant, possibly his own
right to it was not good
1i) James Francis [or Francis
John], 7th Lord Lindores, d.27 Jun 1775 [per Cokayne, citing
sources; Scots Peerage says
2h)
3h) Jean
3f) James, d.Oct 1675; m.Janet
Dick
1g) John, d.Dec 1714; m.
“Mrs Mary Gibb, Lady Ormeston” [per Scots
Peerage]
1h) John; m.Janet Arnot
1i) John (1723-1771/4);
m.Antonia Barclay
1i) John (1750-4 May 1813);
m.22 Mar 1789 Jane Reeve (d.11 Nov 1837); he assumed the title as 8th
Lord Lindores in 1775, but his right thereto was apparently disallowed in 1790;
it has been unclaimed since his death
2i) David, drowned at sea
3i)
4i)
5i) Hughina
(
6i) Jane, d.an infant
7i – 9i) three other
children, d. as infants
4f) William; m.1644 Margaret
Leslie
5f)
6f) Jean; m.Andrew Dick
11e) Robert
12e) Elizabeth; m.1st
David Wemyss; m.2nd 1610 James Ogilvy, Lord Ogilvy of Deskford, 1638
Earl of Findlater (d.1652); note Burke’s has her as dau of the 1st
m., but Cokayne and Scots Peerage say she is from the 3rd
7d) [ex 3] Peter
8d) [ex 3] James à
issue
9d) [ex 3] Euphemia, d.Apr
1588; m.by
10d) [ex 3, per Cokayne and Scots
Peerage, ex 4, per Burke’s] Agnes; m.by 1565 William Douglas, 6th
Earl of Morton (d.1606)
11d) Beatrix; m.1561 David
Beaton of Creich
12d) [ex 3]
? 13d) Margaret, per some
sources, but she was likely dau of the 5th Earl (see above)
14d)
[illegitimate by Helen Forsyth] Katherine; m.(annulled
1550) Sir Alexander Oliphant of Kellie; her dau Janet m.Sir Walter Dundas of
15d)
[illegitimate] Walter; m.by Jun 1542 Elizabeth Wardlaw à issue
16d)
[illegitimate] Robert, legitimated 1557
17d)
[illegitimate, or ex 5] Christian; m.1571 James Kincaid (d.Jan 1606)
2c) John, d.1576; m.Euphemia
Moncreiff
1d) Joan, d.ca
2d) Euphemia, d.4 Mar 1588;
m.1572 Alexander Bruce of Earlshall
3d)
[illegitimate] James
3c) James, d.13 Oct 1576
4c) Grisel; m.1st ?
Walter Heriot; m.2nd ? Henry Wardlaw
3a)
4a) Christian, d.1500/1; m.1458 William Sinclair, 2nd
Lord Sinclair (d.shortly after
5a) Christian [possibly illegitimate]; m.George Leslie,
of that Ilk
Part 1-B
Jane Elizabeth Leslie, 12th Countess of Rothes
(
1a) George William EVELYN, later EVELYN-LESLIE, 13th
Earl of Rothes (
1b) Henrietta Anne, 14th
Countess of Rothes (
1c) Henrietta Anne (
2c) George William Evelyn
LESLIE, 15th Earl of Rothes (
1d) Henrietta Anderson
Morshead, 17th Countess of Rothes (
2d) George William Evelyn, 16th
Earl of Rothes (Leslie House 4 Feb 1835-Edinburgh 3 Jan 1859)
3c) Mary Elizabeth, 18th
Countess of Rothes (
1d) Martin Leslie HAWORTH,
later LESLIE (
Frances Studdy
(d.29 Jan 1934)
1e) Mary Eleanor (
2e) Norman Evelyn, 19th
Earl of Rothes (
1f) Malcolm George
Dyer-Edwardes, 20th Earl of Rothes (
1g) Ian Lionel Malcolm, 21st
Earl of Rothes (
1h) James Malcolm David, 22nd
Earl of Rothes, b.4 Jun 1958
2h) Alexander John, b.1962; m.1st
1990 Tina L Gordon; m.2nd 2008 Mrs Francesca Clare MacManaway; m.3rd 2014 Miranda Grant
2g) Jean (
3g) Evelyn (
1h) Angela Clare Mackworth-Young,
b.1951
2h) Susan Charlotte
Mackworth-Young; m.1987 (div 1996) Andrew Tribolini
3h) Lucinda Jane
Mackworth-Young; m.1st 1981 (div 1984) Charles Lumsden; m.2nd
1i) Hugo William Sells, b.1988
2i) Rosanna Mary Sells
4h) Tessa Natalie
Mackworth-Young; m.1986 Michael G Hardingham à
issue
2f) John Wayland (
1g) Alastair Pinckard (
2g) Amber Elizabeth (
3e) Mildred Emily (
4e)
2d) Edward Courtenay (
1e) Mary Henrietta (
2e) Edward Biddulph (
3e) Martin Tregenna
(
1f) Mary Haworth (
4e) Norman Evelyn (
5e) Alice Veronica (
3d) Henry (
4d) Lydston Horton (
5d) Raymond Evelyn (
6d) Mary Euphrasia
7d) Emily Louisa, d.21 Apr 1936;
m.25 Apr 1871 James Frederick Cherry (d.1883) à issue
8d) Alice Julia (
9d) Grace (
4c) Thomas Jenkins (
5c) Anna Maria (
6c) Catherine Caroline (
2b) Amelia (
3b) Mary (
4b) Elizabeth Jane (
5b) Charlotte Julia (
6b) Georgiana (2 May 1803-16 Nov
1814 [15 Nov per Scots Peerage])
2a) Hon. Sir Charles LESLIE, 2nd Bt. (Brighton
28 Sep 1774-4 Feb 1833)
3a) Lady Harriet LESLIE [or PEPYS] (
4a) Rev. Hon. Sir Henry LESLIE, 4th Bt.
(Brighton 21 Sep 1783-Juniper Hill 8 Jul 1849); m.15 Feb 1816 Elizabeth Jane
Oakes (d.12 Dec 1816); on his death the Baronetcy passed, by special remainder,
to his paternal cousin, Lord Cottenham
5a) Mary, d.an infant
Part 2: Leslie, Earls of Leven
Alexander Leslie of Balgonie, cr 1641 Earl of Leven and Lord Balgonie
(ca 1580-Balgonie
1a) Gustavus, dvpsp
2a) Alexander, Lord Balgonie, d.soon after
1b) Alexander, 2nd
Earl of Leven (ca 1637-Balgonie 15 Jul 1664); m.Naworth
Castle 30 Dec 1656 Margaret Howard (d.Edinburgh 30
Sep 1664), sister of Earl of Carlisle; in 1663 he resigned his titles and
received a re-grant thereof, with a special remainder to 1) heirs male of his
body, then 2) to heirs female of his body, then 3) to the second son of the
Earl [later, Duke] of Rothes (who dspm), then 4) to the second son of his
sister Catherine and the heirs male of his body, then 5) to the second son of
his mother by the Earl of Wemyss and heirs male of his body, then 6) to his own
heirs male whatsoever, and finally 7) to his heirs and assignees whatsoever
1c) Margaret, 3rd
Countess of Leven, d.6 Nov 1674; m.1674 Hon. Francis Montgomerie (d.Jan 1729)
2c) Anna
3c) Catherine, 4th
Countess of Leven (1663/4-21 Jan 1676); on her death, with the first two remainders
in the re-grant of 1665 being exhausted, the titles went into dormancy until
the death of the Duke of Rothes in 1681 without male issue, when the 3rd
remainder expired; whereupon David Melville succeeded as 5th Earl of
Leven under the 4th remainder (see Part 3 below)
2b) Catherine, d.2 Apr 1713;
m.18 Jan 1655 George Melville, Earl of Melville (see Part 3, below); the
Earldom of Leven devolved on their son
3b) Agnes, d.young
3a) Barbara; m.Sir John Ruthven of Dunglass
4a) Margaret [Janet?], d.24 Nov 1640; m.1639 James
Crichton [later, 1642, Viscount Frendraught] (ca 1620-1664/5)
5a) Anne, bur 26 Nov 1696; m.1st by 30 Jun
1642 Hugh Fraser, Master of Lovat (d.1643); m.2nd
6a) Christian, d.Dec 1689; m.Walter Dundas, of that Ilk
7a) Mary; m.1643 William Cranstoun, 3rd Lord
Cranstoun (d.after 1664, but by 1680)
Part 3: Melville, Earls of Melville; and Leslie-Melville,
Earls of Leven and Melville
Sir John Melvile, of Raith, executed 1549; m.; m.1st 1503 ___ Wemyss;
m.2nd ca 1525 Helen Napier (d.ca 1588); he is said to have had
numerous issue by 1st m., of whom the sons dvp, but the sources do
not name most of them
[by 1st m.]:
William, dvp ca 1547; m.3 Apr 1541 Margaret Douglas
(f.1584)
[by 2nd m.]:
2a) John, of Raith, d.13 Jan
1605; m.1st 1563 Isobel Lundie; m.2nd 1570 Margaret Bonar
(d.Oct 1574); m.3rd Grisell Meldrum (d.Oct 1597)
[by 1st m.]:
1b) John, of Raith
(ca 1563/4-17 Jan 1626); m.Margaret Scott
1c) John, suc 1635 as 3rd
Lord Melville, d.22 May 1643; m.1627 Anne Erskine
1d) George, 4th Lord
Melville, cr 1690 Earl of Melville, Viscount of Kirkcaldy, Lord Raith, Monymaill and Balwearie (1636-20 May 1707); m.Wemyss
1e) Alexander, Lord Raith (
2e) John (
3e) Margaret (
4e) David (
1f) Mary (Jul 1692-1710);
m.1708 William Gordon, Lord Haddo, later 2nd Earl of
2f) George, Lord Balgonie (Jan 1695-20 Aug 1721); m.Aug 1716 Lady Margaret
Carnegie (
1g) David, 6th Earl
of Leven and 3rd Earl of Melville (
2g) Anne (
3f) Alexander, 7th
Earl of Leven and Melville (ca 1699-Balcarres
1g) David, 8th Earl
of Leven and Melville (
1h) Alexander, from 1805 took
surname Leslie-Melville, 9th Earl of Leven and Melville (
1i) David, 10th Earl
of Leven and Melville (Spring Gardens 22 Jun 1785-Melville House 8 Oct 1860); m.Edinburgh
1j) Elizabeth Jane (
2j) Anna Maria (
3j) Susan Lucy (1828-8 Jun
1910)
4j) a son, b.and d.16 Oct 1829
5j) Alexander, Lord Balgonie (Melville House 19 Nov 1831-Roehampton House,
Surrey 29 Aug 1857)
6j) David Archibald (
7j) Emily Eleanor (May 1840-11 Nov
1882); m.28 Mar 1864 John Glencairn Carter Hamilton, later Lord Hamilton of
Dalzell (
2i) John Thornton, 10th
Earl of Leven and Melville (
1j) Harriet Jane (
2j) Emily Maria (
3j) Alexander, 11th
Earl of Leven and Melville (
4j) Henry John (
5j) Anna Maria (
6j) Harriet Rosa (
7j) Alfred John (
8j) Julia Louisa (
9j)
10j) Ronald Ruthven, 13th
Earl of Leven and Melville (Roehampton 19 Dec 1835-Glenferness 21 Aug 1906);
m.London 7 May 1885 Hon. Emma Selina Portman (London 5 Apr 1863-1 Mar 1941)
1k) John David, 14th
Earl of Leven and Melville (
2k) Constance Betty (
3k) Archibald Alexander, 15th
Earl of Leven and Melville (
1l) Jean Elizabeth (
2l) Alexander Robert, 16th
Earl of Leven and Melville (
1m) David Alexander, Lord Balgonie (
1n) Alexander Ian, 17th
Earl of Leven and 14th Earl of Melville, b.29 Nov 1984
2n) Louisa Clare, b.1987
2m) Jane Catherine, b.1956;
m.1977 Philip Mark Gurney
3m) Archibald Ronald, b.1957;
m.1987 Julia Mary Greville Fox à 3 daus
3l) George David (
1m) James Hugh, b.1960; m.1987
Clare Jean Heywood-Lonsdale à issue
2m) Annabel Clare, b.1956;
m.1979 Nigel Rudolph Savory
4l) Ronald Jocelyn (
5l) Alan Duncan (
4k) David William (
1l) Gillian Mary (
2l) John David (
5k) Ian (
1l) Judith Betty (
2l) Michael Ian (
1m) Ian Hamish (
2m) Pamela (6 Sep 1947-5 Dec
2022)
3m) Fiona Evelyn, b.1950;
m.1973 James Campbell David Brodie (d.2006)
3l) Helen (
4l) Elizabeth Marion (
11j)
1k) Galfrid
John (
1l) Norman Victor (
1m)
2m) Joan Frances Ruth (
3m) Anne (
2l) Sylvia Beryl (1899-1989);
m.6 Sep 1924 René Lara (d.194_)
3l) Kenneth (
2k)
3k) Kathleen Mabel, d.8 Jan
1958; m.16 Jan 1894 Charles Henry Farrer (
12j) Clara Sophia [Anna Sophia,
per Lodge] (
13j) Ernest (
14j)
3i) William Henry (
4i) Lucy (
5i) Rev. Robert Samuel (1793-24
Oct 1826)
6i) Lucy (
7i) Jane Elizabeth (
8i) Marianne (
9i) Alexander (
1j) Charlotte Elizabeth (
2j) Marianne (
3j) Alexander Samuel (
1k) Emma Charlotte (
2k) Albinia Harriet (27 Oxct 1861-22 Jan 1956); m.25 May 1886 Edward Henry Evans
Lombe (
3k) Lucy Victoria (
4k) Edith Mary (
5k) Constance Alice (
6k) Alexander Brodrick (
1l) Alexander Ronald (
7k) Charles le Despencer (
4j) William David (
5j) Caroline (
6j) Henry (
7j) Charles (
8j) Lucy Sophia (
9j) Rev. Frederick Abel (
1k) Annie Louisa (
2k) Lucy Mabel (
3k) Eleanor (
4k) Ruthven Wardlaw (
5k) Henry William (
6k) Malcolm Alexander (
1l) Eleanor Constance (
2l) Margaret Wardlaw (
7k)
10j) Emily (
11j) Arthur Henry (
12j) Louisa Jane (Jul 1846-31
Jan 1897)
2h) William (
3h) Jane (
4h) David (
5h) Mary Elizabeth (
6h) John, took surname Cuming (
7h)
8h) George (
1i) Mary Christiana (
2g) [ex 2] George, d.young
3g) Anne (
4g) Alexander (1731-Beechwood,
nr
1h) Mary Anne; m.30 Apr 1787
John Rutherford
5g)
6g)
7g) Mary fl 1818; m.James
4f) James fl 1738
5f) Margaret (Mar 1696-d.young)
5e) Mary (
6e) George (
7e) James, of Balgarvie (
1f) George, of Balgarvie
2f) Margaret; m.Mar 1719 John
Erskine of Carnock and Cardross (d.1 Mar 1768)
8e) Anna (
9e) John (
10e) Katherine (
11e) Charles (
12e) John (
2d) John, d.by 1675
3d) James, d.ca 1706; m.1673
Anne Burnett
4d) Isabel, d.young
5d) Jean, d.1645/50
6d) Anna; m.Thomas Boyd
7d) Catherine, bur
2c) James; m.Mrs Jean Seton,
née Sinclair
3c) David, d.by
4c) Thomas, of Murdocairnie (ca 1602-
); m.Jean Gourlay à 3 sons (at least one of whom had issue), 3 daus, of
whom:
1d) Jane; m.John Whyte, of Bennochy
5c) Jean; m.1623 Michael
Balfour
6c) Elspeth/
7c) Bethia, d.Kinglassie
Jul 1652; m.1634 JohnTraill
8c) Eupheme
9c) Margaret; m.1632 James
Scrimgeour
2b) Margaret; m.1585 James
Wemyss of Bogie
3b) Isobel, d.Dec 1593; m.1588
George Auchinleck
[by 2nd m.]:
4b) Thomas, d.ca 1642/3
5b) Agnes; m.1604 John Ramsay
6b) Janet; m.George Boswell
7b) a dau
[by 3rd m.]:
8b) James, d.1642/52 à
2 daus
9b) Alison; m.David Barclay of
Touch
10b) Margaret
11b) Christian
12b) Katherine
3a) Robert, of Murdocairnie (ca
1527-Dec 1621) , cr 1616 Lord Melville of Monymail
[with special remainder failing heirs male of his body to those of his older
brother John]; m.1st by 14 Feb 1564 Catherine Adamson; m.2nd
by 1593 Lady Mary Leslie (d.Apr 1605); m.3rd Jean, dau of Robert
Stewart, Earl of Orkney, and widow of Lord Lindores (see Part 1 above)
1b) Robert, 2nd Lord
Melville, d.Edinburgh
2b) Christian; m.Thomas Oliphant
4a) Sir James, d.13 Nov 1617; m.Christine Boswell à
issue
5a) David, d.Oct 1594; m.1589 Margaret Douglas
6a) Walter
7a) Sir Andrew, d.May 1617; m.1st Jane Kennedy
(drowned 1589); m.2nd Elizabeth Hamilton (fl 1626) à
issue
8a) William, d.30 Oct 1613; m.by Jul 1594 Anna Lindsay à
issue
9a) Janet; m.Sir James Kirkaldy
10a) Katherine; m.1st Robert White; m.2nd
John Brown
11a) Janet [or Margaret], d.Sep 1603; m.Sir James
Johnstone
12a) [illegitimate] John
Part 4: Leslie of Wardis, Leslie of Glaslough, and Leslie
of Tarbet Baronets
William Leslie, 4th of Wardis, d.before 13 Apr
1602; m.Janet, dau of Robert Innes of Innermarkie
1a) John, of Wardis, d.1620; m.Jane, dau of Sir James Crichton
of Frendraught
1b) Sir John, of Wardis, cr
Baronet [S] 1625, with remainder to heirs male whatsoever, d.29 Nov 1640; m.Elspeth Gordon (d.2 Dec 1642), later wife of Sir
Alexander Gordon of
1c) Sir John, 2nd
Bt., d.3 Feb 1645
2c) Francis, k. in German wars
3c) Alexander, k. in German
wars
4c) Janet; m.1st
John Gordon, of Avochie; m.2nd George
Gordon, of
5c) Elizabeth; m.Sir John
Gordon, of Cluny, 2nd Bt. (d.by 1668), her mother’s stepson
6c) Marjory; m.1st
Sir Alexander Bannerman; m.2nd Sir John Fletcher
2b) Sir William, 3rd
Bt., d.ca 1660; m.Helen Gordon; he inherited none of the family estates and
possibly never assumed the title; on his death the Baronetcy became dormant;
his sons are said to have dsp, and at any rate they likely would not have
claimed the title since William himself had probably not done so; the title
remained unclaimed until 1800, as below
1c) John, dsp in
2c) William
3c) Patrick, k.a. Kilsyth
4c) Alexander; m. the widow of
5c) dau; m.Sir George Johnston,
of Caskieben, 2nd Bt.
6c) dau; m. ___
7c) dau
3b)
1c) John, of New Raine; m.Janet Gordon
1d) Patrick, of New Raine; m.Margaret Gordon
1e) William; m.NN
1f) William, dsp
2e) John; m.NN
1f) Sir John, 4th
Bt. (ca 1750-30 Sep 1825); m.15 Jul 1794 Caroline Jemima (d.1810), dau of
Abraham Leslie of Findrassie; he claimed the
Baronetcy 1800 with the pedigree shown here, and though his claim seems not to
have undergone the usual scrutiny he and his successors have generally been
accorded the title; note that he is called 4th Bt. because it is
unknown how many persons were entitled to the Baronetcy between the death of
the 3rd Bt. 1800
1g) Sir Charles Abraham, 5th
Bt. (
1h) Sir Norman Robert, 6th
Bt. (
1i) Sir Charles Henry, 7th
Bt. (
1j) Sir Norman Roderick
Alexander David, 8th Bt. (
1k) Sir [Henry John] Lindores,
9th Bt. (
1l) Elizabeth Jean (1952- ); m.1972 Sir Richard William Hyde Parker,
12th Bt. (1937-2022)
2k) Nancy Jean (
2j) Marjory Scott, d.1903; m.31
Jan 1901 A E Sealy (d.Feb 1920)
3j) Margaret Jean; m.5 Mar 1903
Albert Elijah Walter (d.11 Jan 1933)
4j) Jessie Helen May; m.14 Sep
1905 Gilbert Lewis
5j) Rothes Beatrix, d.9 May
1939; m.29 Feb 1908 Sir Charles James Colebrooke Little
2i) Annie Josephine; m.27 Jul
1871 Bradford Smith
3i) Ada Mary Susan, d.27 Jun
1889; m.30 Mar 1872 John Arthur Barlow
4i)
5i) Catherine Louisa, d.1926;
m.26 Dec 1872 Frederick Whitworth Russell Jones (d.1894)
6i) Emily Helen, d.28 May 1933;
m.1874 William Henry Gregg
2h) John Lloyd (
3h)
4h)
2g) John; m.NN
1h) Caroline; m.Thomas Jenkins
3g) Thomas (1800- ); m.1839 Penuel Grant
1h) John (1840-1913); m.1868
Elizabeth Myhill
1i) Frank Harvey (
1j) Percy Theodore (19 Nov
1915- ); he was listed as living in
the 1971 Debrett’s, but never made a claim to the title; if he survived
the 9th Bt. then he was entitled to be 10th Bt.;
presumably he has dsp, in which case the claim to the title rests with the
Leslie of Glaslough Baronets (below)
2i) Eliza Myhill
(1972-Apr 1946); m.1897 John Leslie Brown
3i) Josephine Ann (1873-23 Sep
1945)
2h) son
4g) Caroline Jemima; m.John
5g) Rothes Beatrix, d.14 Feb
1884; m.16 Jul 1831 Hugh Inglis
6g) Cecilia Margaret, d.6 Nov
1889; m.1st James Grant; m.2nd Claud Russell
2d) Alexander fl 1741; m. ___
2c) Alexander, of Overtulloch; m. ___ Morison à numerous issue,
including:
1d) Alexander, of Overtulloch; m.Jane Gordon
1e) George
2e)
3e) Christina
4b)
5b) Anne; m.ca 1570 John
6b) Mariot/Marjory;
m.Gilbert
7b) Christian; m.George Leslie
of Old Craig
2a) George, of Crichie; m.Marjory Leslie
1b) Rt. Rev. John, of Castle
Leslie [aka Glaslough], Bp of the Isles, then of Raphoe, and then of Clogher
(ca 1571-4 Sep 1671); m.Katherine Conyngham [or Cunningham], heiress of
Glaslough
1c) John (
2c) Alexander (
3c) John (5 Jan1645- dvpsp );
m. ___
4c) George (
5c) Albert (
6c) Rev. Charles, of Glaslough
(
1d) Robert, of Glaslough, d.17
Dec 1742; m.1730 Frances Ludlow [Rogerson, per Historical Record of the
Leslies]
1e) Charles Powell, of
Glaslough, d.Aug 1800; m.1st 22 May 1765 Hon. Prudence Penelope
Hill; m.2nd 9 May 1785 Mary Anne Trench (d.Mar 1830)
[by 1st m.]:
1f) Charles Powell, of
Glaslough, d.15 Nov 1831; m.1st Anne Ryder (d.Jan 1819); m.2nd
[by 1st m.]:
1g) Alicia Maria
2g)
3g) Anne, d.29 Oct 1877; m.3
Jun 1828 John Gordon (d.1869)
[by 2nd m.]:
4g) Charles Powell, of
Glaslough (
5g) Sir John, of Glaslough, cr
Baronet 1876 (
1h) Sir John, 2nd
Bt. (
1i) Sir John Randolph Shane, 3rd
Bt. (
1j) Sir John Norman Ide, 4th Bt. (
2j) Desmond Arthur Peter (
1k) Sir Shaun Rudolf
Christopher, 5th Bt. (
2k) Christopher Mark, b.7 Dec
1952; m.1982 Cliona Manahan
1l) Luke Daniel, b.1987
2l) Leah, b.1992
3k) Antonia Kelvey
Oriel, b.1963; m.1995 Colm Nolan
4k) [ex 2] Samantha Helen,
b.1966
5k) [ex 2] Camilla Patricia,
b.1968; m.1994 (div 1998) Craig Woodgate
2j) Anne Theodosia Moira
“Anita” (
2i) Norman Jerome Beauchamp (
3i)
1j) Jennifer Constance (
4i) Lionel Alistair David (
1j) Leonie Deirdre Elise (
2h) Mary (
3h) Constance Christina (
4h) Theodosia (
5h) Olive Louisa Blanche (
6g) Thomas, 1869 SLINGSBY (
7g) Christiana, d.19 May 1905;
m.20 Feb 1943 John de la Poer Beresford, 4th Marquess of
8g) Prudentia
Penelope (
9g) Julia
10g) Emily, d.16 Apr 1909
2f) Rt. Rev. John, Bp of
Dromore, and then of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh (
1g) Rt. Rev. Charles, Bp of
Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh (1810-8 Jul 1870); m.1st
2g) John
3g) Thomas
4g) Arthur
5g)
6g) Emma, d.Sep 1878; m.4 Jul
1837 Rev. Nicolas Toke (
7g)
8g) Isabella
9g) Harrier
3f) Cecil Alexander
4f) Anne
5f)
6f) Julia
7f)
[by 2nd m.]:
8f) Rev. Edward (
1g) Angelica; m.Rev. James
Galbraith Pooler (1826-5 Mar 1896)
2g) Agnes Amelia; m.1st
Rev. Henry Maturin Finny (
3g) Christina, d.28 Jul 1916;
m.23 Apr 1857 Rev. Charles Beresford Knox (22 Apr 1825-Feb 1910)
9f) Emily Jane; m. Rev. J Hallward
10f) Harriet; m.Rev. William Hallward
11f) Mary Anne
12f) Isabella Frances; m.23 Jun
1821 Anthony Cliffe
2e) Amabella;
m.Robert Leigh
2d) Henry; m. a Spanish lady
7c) Mary (
8c) Jane (
2b) George
3b) Henry; m.NN
1c) Rt. Rev. John, Bp of
Dromore and Clogher [per Historical Record of the Leslies]; m.NN
1d) Jane; m.Rev. Charles Leslie
4b) Janet; m.Alexander Leslie
3a) William, d.1606; m.Elizabeth Ogilvie à
1 son (d.young)
4a) James, of Miltown, d.1620;
m.Margaret Erskine
1b) John, d.26 Dec 1648; m.Catherine
Cunningham
1c) Rev. John, d.1700; m.Marian
Galbraith
1d) John, “was
killed”
2d) James; m.Sarah Kelly
1e) John
2e) Rt. Rev. James, Bp of
1f) Sir Edward, of Tarbert, cr Baronet [I] 1787
(1744-21 Nov 1818); m.29 Jul 1773 Anne Cane (d.26 Jul 1825)
1g) Catherine Louisa, d.2 Oct
1851; m.16 Jun 1807 Lord Douglas Gordon-Hallyburton (
2f) Ven. Richard, Archdeacon
3f)
4f) Joyce
5f) Barbara
6f) Eliza
7f) Maria
8f) Catherine
9f) Martha
3e) George
4e) Robert; m.Sophia Babbington
3d) George
4d)
5d) Isabella
6d) Letitia
7d) Catherine
2c) Catherine; m. ___
2b) Rev. James
5a) Francis
6a) Walter
7a)
8a) Peter
9a) Grizel; m.James Arbuthnot of Lentusch
10a) Bessie; m.John Collison
11a) dau; m.Sir George Meldrum of Fyvie
12a) dau; m.George Chalmers
Part 5: Leslie of Balquhain and
The Grafen von Leslie
[Much of the information on the Austrian Grafen von Leslie
is the result of research by Sam Dotson; much of the information about the
Scots forbears comes from “Historical Record of the Family of
Leslie.”]
John Leslie, 10th [territorial] Baron of Balquhain, d.Jun 1622; m.1st
1564 (div) Elizabeth Grant, dau of Grant of Grant; m.2nd 1582 (div
1598) Lady Elizabeth Hay (d.before 1627); m.3rd 1598 Mrs Jean
Auchinleck, née Erskine, sister of 1st Earl of Kellie; in
“Historical Record” is an assertion that “all the three wives
of John Leslie of Balquhain were alive at the same
time, and that on one occasion they were all in the same kirk
of Chapel of Garioch.”
[by 1st m.]:
1a) John, 11th Balquhain,
d.1638; m.1st Mrs Marjory Duguid, née
Gordon; m.2nd Janet Innes; issue by 2nd m.:
1b) John, 12th of Balquhain, k.a. Igolwitz
2b) Alexander (bap
3b) Jean; m.1641 James
Elphinstone of Glack
2a) William Leslie, 13th of Balquhain, d.1671; he renounced his rights to Balquhain 1659 in favor of his half-brother Walter, who had
previously renounced his rights in favor of their brother Alexander; William
Leslie m. Marjory Bernard
1b) Mary; m.Sir Elias Lechton
2b – 10b) five sons, four
more daus, all d.young
[by 2nd m.]:
3a) Isabella; m.Alexander Hay of Dalgety
[by 3rd m.]:
4a) Alexander, suc as 14th [territorial] Baron
of Balquhain on the renunciation by his half-brother
William 1659; cr 1662 Graf von Leslie; he d.3 Mar 1677; m.ca 1634 Jean
Elphinstone, dau of James Elphinstone of Glack
1b) John, d.at
2b) James [Jakob] Gf v. Leslie
(b. in the 1630s in
3b) Patrick, 15th of Balquhain (1640-1710); he m.1st 24 Nov 1661
Elizabeth Douglas (d.21 Nov 1678), described in “Historical Record of the
Leslie Family” as dau of Gavin Douglas, of Bridgeford;
however, Gavin, a son of the 9th Earl of Angus, is said to have died
before 1 October 1616, and is thus unlikely to have had a daughter who married
Patrick Leslie in 1661; Burke’s LG describes her as dau of Robert
Douglas, of Bridgeford, who may have been Gavins’s son; Patrick Leslie m.2nd 3 Aug
1679 Mary, dau of Irvine of Drum, and maternal gdau of 2nd Marquess
of Huntly; he left Balquhain to his youngest son,
George
1c) Marjory (1663- ); m.ca 1693 Alexander Leslie of Pitcaple; her son contested for the Balquhain
estates
2c) Anna Francisca (ca
1664- ); m.Nov 1689 John Grant of Ballindalloch; her grandson:
1d) son
1e) Peter Leslie-Grant; contested successfully the inheritance of the Balquhain estates under the entail,and dsp 1775; he was in turn succeeded by Patrick Leslie Duguid (see below)
3c) James Ernest [Jakob Ernst]
Gf v. Leslie (born in
1d) Joseph Patrick Sigismund
Ignatz Franz [sometimes called Joseph Sigismund or Sigismund Joseph] (
1e) Jakob Carl Cajetan Joseph
Franz Innocenz Ignatz (
2e) Charlotta Maria Emerentiana
Josepha Franziska Eva Innocentia Anna (
2d) Carl Hartmann Sigefrid Cajetan Laurenz [called Carl Cajetan] (
1e) Jakob Carl Cajetan Joseph
Franz Innocentius Ignaz (
2e) dau, b. and d.Graz
3e) Maria Josepha (1722-Graz
4e) Carl Hartmann Maximilian
Cajetan Johann Nepomuk Franz de Paula Joseph Albin (
5e) Franz Leopold Joseph Ignaz Seraphinus Marius (
6e) Joseph Cajetan Gundaccar
Felix Matthäus Johann Nepomuk Innocentius (
7e) Maria Cajetana Crescentia
Anna Theresia Anna Josepha (Graz 18 May 1730-Graz 5 Jun 1800); m.Graz
8e) Maria Eleonora Anna
Francisca Clara Margaretha (
9e) Maria Anna Rosalia Euphemia
(Graz 17 Sep 1732-Graz 2 Feb 1804); m.Graz
10e) Anton Joseph Gabriel
Ignatz Franz (Graz 20 Feb 1734-Pettau 22 Feb 1802); m.1st Prague 18
Jan 1778 Marie Henrica Anna Josepha Camilla Melchior Theonesta
Gfin von Mansfeld (Dobříš
30 Oct 1754-Graz 30 Jan 1784); m.2nd Graz 20 Feb 1786 Maria
Wilhelmina Rosalia Vincentia Gfin von Wurmbrand-Stuppach (Graz 2 Sep 1764-Burg Ankenstein, Lower Styria, now Slovenia 20 Feb 1851); after
numerous lawsuits he was eventually declared to be 19th laird of Balquhain, but on his inheriting the German estates he was
obliged to give Balquhain up to the next heirs,
descended from female Leslies
1f) Heinrich Anton Joseph
Leopold Franz de Paula Ignatz Franz Xaver (Graz 9 Mar 1779-Graz 12 Mar 1784)
2f) Maria (
11e) Maria Anna Carolina
Theresia (
12e) Maria Theresia Eva
Walburgis Josepha Aloysia (
13e) Carl Albert Franz Xaver
Theodatus Franz de Paula Vinzenz Ferrerius (
4c) Alexander (1670-d.young in
5c) Teresa (ca 1672- ); m.1699 Robert Duguid
of Auchinhove
1d) Patrick Leslie Duguid, of Auchinhove, succeeded 1775 to Balquhain estates; he d.1777
1e) John LESLIE, of Balquhain (1751-1828); m.1774 Violet Dalyell;
some of his children moved to
1f) Ernest Patrick, of Balquhain (1775-Frankfurt
1g)
2g) Mary (Aberdeen 17 Jan 1817 [18 Jan 1818, per 1849 GGT]-Baden-Baden 3 Feb 1895 [though 1871 GGT Frhr Nekrolog says she d.Vienna 16 Jan 1870]); m.Prague 21 Oct 1838 [per SD and 1854-89 GGT, sub Stillfried; 31 Oct 1838, per 1849 GGT; 1839, per Burke’s] Eduard Victor Maria Frhr Stillfried von Rattonitz (Prague 21 Apr 1809-Baden-Baden 19 May 1896)
3g) John Edward, of Balquhain (Brussels 1820-Scotland 19 Aug 1844)
2f) John, lost at sea 1803
3f) James Michael, of Balquhain,d.1849
4f) Charles Joseph, of Balquhain (1785-Slindon House
1g) Charles Stephen, of Balquhain, of Hassop and of Slindon (28 Apr 1832-1916); m.1853 Jane Rounding (d.1893) à issue
5f) Anthony Andrew
6f) Edward Henry
7f) Francis Robert
8f) Louis Xavier
9f) Amelia Mary, d.27 Aug 1860; m.1801 Alexander Fraser, of Strichen (d.28 Oct 1803); parents of 1st Lord Lovat
10f) Harriet Ann
11f) Teresa Frances
12f) Helen
13f) Margaret Catherine
14f) Violet Winefrede
6c)
7c) George, 16th of Balquhain (
1d) James, 17th of Balquhain (
2d) Ernest, 18th of Balquhain (1714-Edinburgh 20 Nov 1739)
3d) son, d.an infant
8c) Margaret (1683-17 Jun
1744); m.ca 1709 George Leslie of Iden
9c) Jean (1685- ); m.3 Nov 1713 Patrick Gordon of Aberlour
10c) Henrietta, d.young
11c) Mary, d.young
4b) William Aloysius, a Jesuit
5b) Alexander, k.a.
1c) Francis James [Franz
Jakob?], dsp 1700
6b – 8b) three daus, d.young
5a) Walter (Fetternear House,
Aberdeenshire 1606-dsp Vienna 4 Mar 1667); his half-brother William had
renounced his own rights to Balquhain in favor of
Walter, but apparently Walter, having great estates in Austria, had previously
renounced his rights in favor of his older brother, Alexander; Walter was cr
Graf Leslie in 1637; he m.Vienna 23 Apr 1647 Anna Franziska Gfn von
Dietrichstein (1620/1-16 Sep 1685)
6a) Jean; m.Sir Patrick Leslie of Iden
7a)