Ancestrees
George LESLIE, First Baron of Balquhain
Bef 1310 - 1351 (> 41 years)-
Name George LESLIE [1] Suffix First Baron of Balquhain Birth Bef 1310 Gender Male Death 1351 Balquhain, Aberdeen, Scotland Burial Churchyard of Logydurno, Balquhain, Scotland Person ID I10056 Ancestrees Last Modified 7 Sep 2024
Father Andrew de LESLIE, b. Abt 1290, Leslie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Bef 28 Nov 1324 (Age ~ 34 years) Relationship natural Mother Maria ABERNETHY, b. 1298 d. 1355 (Age 57 years) Relationship natural _MARRIED N Family ID F2335 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth KEITH, b. 1316, of Inverugie, , Scotland d. Yes, date unknown _MARRIED N Children 1. Hamelin LESLIE, Second Baron Of Balquhain, b. Bef 1338, Of Balquhain, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F2319 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Sep 2024
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Notes - In 1340, he received a royal grant for lands in Balquhain, Syde and Braco for his services in battle for Robert the Bruce and became the prognitor of the famous Leslie family in Scotland, Ireland, France, and Germany. He was given the titst Baron of Balquhain at that time. He had actually received the land in Balquhain from his father, but was given royal grant for it of higher rank in 1340. This was after Robert the Bruce had passed in 1329. Many of his descendants were named Sheriff-principal or chief magistrate in their home county of Aberdeen, titles only conferred upon the highest Barons and Earls at the time.
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Sources - [S806] Historical Records of the Family of Leslie from 1067 to 1868-9, Vol. III (https://books.google.ca/books?id=lyENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA335&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false, c1869.).
- [S806] Historical Records of the Family of Leslie from 1067 to 1868-9, Vol. III (https://books.google.ca/books?id=lyENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA335&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false, c1869.).