Tag: Balquhain Leslies of Scotland
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The 2025 Leslie Heritage Tour
Tuesday Evening The tour began on Tuesday evening with a “meet and greet” and dinner with anyone who wished to go to the pub near the host hotel. Wednesday At 9 am, the 12 members of the tour group departed Edinburgh on the bus with Amy Tomlins, the tour consultant, and traveled north to Dunkeld.… Read more
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The Leslies in Aberdeenshire Part 10: The Counts Leslie
Walter was the second son of John Leslie, the 10th Baron of Balquhain, by his third wife. Walter entered the Austrian army (Bohemia) and by 1632 he held the rank of major in a body of soldiers made up of Scottish and Irish musketeers under Colonel Gordon. This was the army of King Ferdinand II’s… Read more