Individual Details
Sir George Leslie
(Abt 1318 - 1351)
[[Category: Baron of Balquhain]][[Category: Balquhain Castle]]
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== Biography ==George Leslie was born, likely about 1315, the 4th son of Sir [[Leslie-687|Andrew Leslie]], 6th Lord of that Ilk, and his wife [[Abernethy-204|Mary Abernethy]], one of the daughters and co-heiresses of Sir [[Abernethy-188|Alexander Abernethy]], Lord of Abernethy.
Sir George is reported[[#S-26]] Leslie, Charles Joseph; Volume 3, page 1; an assertion which is not fully supported but not disputed by Balfour Paul in ''The Scots Peerage'' to be the ancestor of the Barons of Balquhain. Morison is specific in his work[[#S-28]] Morison, Alexander, page 36 where he states that "It (Balquhain) has been in the possession of the Leslie family ever since Sir George Leslie, the first of Balquhain, received it from his father, Sir Andrew de Leslie, the sixth of that Ilk, some time prior to 1340". He must have been a minor when he received the estates of Balquhain, Syde and Braco, in the Garioch, from his father as this must have happened prior to his father's death in 1324 and likely part of the distribution of his estates at his death. He was seemingly of age in 1340 when he received a Royal Charter, from David II., to the lands which were likely held in ward until that time.
Contrary to what is stated by the family historian there is no record of an award of supporters. Stoddart[[#S-82]] Stoddart, Robert Riddle; Volume 2, page 189 provides the arms of Leslie of Balquhain; Argent, on a fess azure three buckles or, in base a crescent gules; no supporters, although two griffins were borne by Counts Leslie. It would seem that the griffins were adopted later.
The family historian does not record any events in his lifetime and he is said to have died in 1351. It is not known how he died although, given his youth, it cold be speculated that he died of the plague as it hit Scotland (Black Death) and was widespread through 1348 to 1350 killing as many as 200,000 people.
He is said to be buried in the churchyard of Logydurno.[[#S-26]] Leslie, Charles Joseph; Volume 3, page 1 This is, presumably, Logie Durno in the Garioch. The dilema is that Logie Durno was a Parish. There was a church, now a ruin, standing north of the Urie from Pitcaple. However, in 1350, Christian Bruce, sister to King Robert Bruce, founded and endowed the Chapel of our Lady of the Garioch on the heights of Drumdurno so that masses might be said for the souls of the Founder, her brother and her husband. So began the Chapel of the Garioch and this was also called Logie Durno. It is this chapel that provides the resting ground for many of Balquhain and it seems probable that he was buried here.
=== Family and Legacy ===Sir George Leslie, first Baron of Balquhain, is said to have married Elizabeth Keith, daughter of the Baron of Inverugie.[[#S-26]] Leslie, Charles Joseph; Volume 3, page 3 This is clearly incorrect and likely the reason for Balfour Paul's scepticism. John Keith married Mariota de Cheyne, the heiress to the Cheynes of Inverugie, and from whom the Keiths acquire Inverugie (estates near Peterhead in Aberdeenshire), with Papal dispensation dated 12 March 1369. There were no daughters of Keith of Inverugie until well after 1370. This is upwards of 20 years after Sir George is dead.
The "Elizabeth" he married, if of Inverugie, must have been a Cheyne.
They are know to have had one son:
: [[Leslie-688|Hamelin Leslie]], who succeeded him as second Baron of Balquhain.
''This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress. Can you contribute information or sources?''
== Footnotes ==
== Sources ==
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* Source S-28 }
* Source S-82 }
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== Notes ==
=== Acknowledgments ===
Thank you to [[Wood-6682 | Gilly Wood]] for [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Leslie-562 creating] Leslie-562 on 9 Sep 13. [[Straiton-4|Doug Straiton]] for adding to the bio.
Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Gilly and others.
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== Biography ==George Leslie was born, likely about 1315, the 4th son of Sir [[Leslie-687|Andrew Leslie]], 6th Lord of that Ilk, and his wife [[Abernethy-204|Mary Abernethy]], one of the daughters and co-heiresses of Sir [[Abernethy-188|Alexander Abernethy]], Lord of Abernethy.
Sir George is reported[[#S-26]] Leslie, Charles Joseph; Volume 3, page 1; an assertion which is not fully supported but not disputed by Balfour Paul in ''The Scots Peerage'' to be the ancestor of the Barons of Balquhain. Morison is specific in his work[[#S-28]] Morison, Alexander, page 36 where he states that "It (Balquhain) has been in the possession of the Leslie family ever since Sir George Leslie, the first of Balquhain, received it from his father, Sir Andrew de Leslie, the sixth of that Ilk, some time prior to 1340". He must have been a minor when he received the estates of Balquhain, Syde and Braco, in the Garioch, from his father as this must have happened prior to his father's death in 1324 and likely part of the distribution of his estates at his death. He was seemingly of age in 1340 when he received a Royal Charter, from David II., to the lands which were likely held in ward until that time.
Contrary to what is stated by the family historian there is no record of an award of supporters. Stoddart[[#S-82]] Stoddart, Robert Riddle; Volume 2, page 189 provides the arms of Leslie of Balquhain; Argent, on a fess azure three buckles or, in base a crescent gules; no supporters, although two griffins were borne by Counts Leslie. It would seem that the griffins were adopted later.
The family historian does not record any events in his lifetime and he is said to have died in 1351. It is not known how he died although, given his youth, it cold be speculated that he died of the plague as it hit Scotland (Black Death) and was widespread through 1348 to 1350 killing as many as 200,000 people.
He is said to be buried in the churchyard of Logydurno.[[#S-26]] Leslie, Charles Joseph; Volume 3, page 1 This is, presumably, Logie Durno in the Garioch. The dilema is that Logie Durno was a Parish. There was a church, now a ruin, standing north of the Urie from Pitcaple. However, in 1350, Christian Bruce, sister to King Robert Bruce, founded and endowed the Chapel of our Lady of the Garioch on the heights of Drumdurno so that masses might be said for the souls of the Founder, her brother and her husband. So began the Chapel of the Garioch and this was also called Logie Durno. It is this chapel that provides the resting ground for many of Balquhain and it seems probable that he was buried here.
=== Family and Legacy ===Sir George Leslie, first Baron of Balquhain, is said to have married Elizabeth Keith, daughter of the Baron of Inverugie.[[#S-26]] Leslie, Charles Joseph; Volume 3, page 3 This is clearly incorrect and likely the reason for Balfour Paul's scepticism. John Keith married Mariota de Cheyne, the heiress to the Cheynes of Inverugie, and from whom the Keiths acquire Inverugie (estates near Peterhead in Aberdeenshire), with Papal dispensation dated 12 March 1369. There were no daughters of Keith of Inverugie until well after 1370. This is upwards of 20 years after Sir George is dead.
The "Elizabeth" he married, if of Inverugie, must have been a Cheyne.
They are know to have had one son:
: [[Leslie-688|Hamelin Leslie]], who succeeded him as second Baron of Balquhain.
''This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress. Can you contribute information or sources?''
== Footnotes ==
== Sources ==
* Source S-26 }
* Source S-28 }
* Source S-82 }
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== Notes ==
=== Acknowledgments ===
Thank you to [[Wood-6682 | Gilly Wood]] for [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Leslie-562 creating] Leslie-562 on 9 Sep 13. [[Straiton-4|Doug Straiton]] for adding to the bio.
Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Gilly and others.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1318 | Leslie Castle, Auchleven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | |||
| Death | 1351 | Balquhain, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | |||
| Alt name | 1st Baron of Balquhain | ||||
| Reference No | 6443956 | ||||
| Reference No | 6651586 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | Sir Andrew Leslie (1280 - 1324) |
| Mother | Mary Abernethy (1285 - 1355) |
| Sibling | Sir Walter Leslie (1310 - 1382) |
| Sibling | Margaret Leslie (1315 - 1350) |
| Sibling | Sir Andrew Leslie (1300 - 1355) |
| Sibling | Norman Leslie (1305 - 1365) |
| Sibling | Norino Leslie (1313 - 1366) |
| Sibling | Margaret De Leslie (1315 - 1350) |