George LESLIE, First Baron of Balquhain^[1]

Bef 1310 - 1351  (~ 41 years)

• Name	George LESLIE
  Suffix	First Baron of Balquhain
  Born	Bef 1310
  Gender	Male
  Died	1351	Balquhain, Aberdeen, Scotland
  Buried	Churchyard of Logydurno, Balquhain, Scotland
  Person ID	I14538	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Andrew de LESLIE,   b. Abt 1290, Leslie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 28 Nov 1324  (Age ~ 34 years)
  Mother	Maria ABERNETHY,   b. 1298,   d. 1355  (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F3932	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth KEITH,   b. 1316, of Inverugie, , Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Hamelin LESLIE, Second Baron Of Balquhain,   b. Bef 1338, Of Balquhain, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F3931	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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 title First 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2352] 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.).