Norman Leslie, 19th Earl of Rothes

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Norman Evelyn Leslie, 19th Earl of Rothes (13 July 1877-29 March 1927), a Scottish representative peer, was the son of Martin Leslie Leslie (fka Martin Leslie Haworth) and Georgina Frances Studdy.

He married Lucy Noël Martha Dyer-Edwardes, daughter of Thomas Dyer-Edwardes, Jr, on 19 April 1900. They had two children:

• Malcolm George Dyer-Edwardes Leslie, 20th Earl of Rothes, (8 February 1902–1975), married Beryl Violet Dugdale, daughter of Captain James Lionel Dugdale and Maud Violet Woodroffe, on 17 July 1926 and had issue.
• John Wayland Leslie (b. 1909–1991)

During the First World War he fought gallantly, and Leslie House, the ancestral head seat of his family, became a hospital for the injured. His wife worked ceaselessly during the wartime, both at Leslie House and elsewhere, acting as nurse. Norman sustained injuries during the war, from which he never fully recovered. He sold the House in 1919.

In 1927 he died, leaving behind the earldom to his eldest son and provisions for the former, his wife and younger son.

Preceded by Mary Gwyther-Leslie

Earl of Rothes

Succeeded by Malcolm Dyer-Edwards Leslie