Tag: Leslies of Warthill
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The Leslies Down Under
This week I heard from a Leslie descendant who sent me a link to a website which has information about Patrick Leslie of the Warthill Leslies. The link to the blog post is: http://www.heritagewaikato.org/node/17 Here is a clip from the article: “One of the first estate owners in Matangi was Patrick Leslie, who with his Read more
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A Leslie “By Any Other Name”
One of the Foundation’s directors sent me a link to a blog posting on Leslie history. I thought the information would be of interest to Leslies, so here is the link to the blog. The Leslies: Just one Duke of Rothes but many generals in Scotland, Russia and Austria by Jonathan Spangler posted June 23, Read more
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Wardhill Estate Records Project
As you may know, the Leslie Global Diaspora Foundation is a research-preservation-publication and information sharing organization intended to benefit Leslies worldwide. The Foundation has investigated the location of numerous important Leslie documents. In keeping with our mission, The next significant project will be the digitizing and preservation of perhaps hundreds of Leslie documents related to Read more
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Leslies in Aberdeenshire Part 8: Before the Civil War
The lands of the Abbey of Lindores were secularized by King James and the sale of the lands created many new lairdships. One of these was the lands of Badifurrow, with the Leslies of Kincraigie of Tough becoming the first lairds of Badifurrow. (Note: Tough is an area near Alford.) According to the author, Patrick Read more