John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes

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John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes (1600 – 23 August 1641) was a Scottish nobleman born in Leslie, Fife, Scotland to James Leslie, Master of Rothes and Katherine Drummond. On the 28 December 1614 he married Lady Anne Erskine, daughter of Sir John Erskine, 18th Earl of Mar and Mary Stewart, Countess of Mar. John and Anne had three children.

[edit] Children

  1. Lady Mary Leslie (born before 1625) married Hugh Montgomerie, 7th Earl of Eglinton
  2. John Leslie, 1st Duke of Rothes (1630 – 1681) married Lady Anne Crawford–Lindsay
  3. Lady Margaret Leslie (born before 1632 – died in February, 1688) married (1) Alexander Leslie (2) Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch (3) David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss

[edit] References

  • John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes Retrieved March 16, 2008
  • Cokayne, George E. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. (p. 435) London: G. Bell & sons, 1887.googlebooks Retrieved March 16, 2008
  • Leslie, Charles Joseph. Historical Records of the Family of Leslie from 1067 to 1868-9, Collected from Public Records and Authentic Private Sources. (pp. 80-82) Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1869. googlebooks Retrieved March 16, 2008
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