Norman Leslie, 19th Earl of Rothes

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Colonel 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 Study.

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)

Rothes was commissioned into a Militia battalion of the Devonshire Regiment in 1895. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1897 and resigned his commission in 1899. In 1905 he was appointed Captain in the Fife Royal Garrison Artillery, another Militia regiment. He resigned his commission in 1909. In 1911 he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the Highland Cyclist Battalion, which was badged to the Black Watch.

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. Rothes was promoted Colonel in 1918. He 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.

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Mary Gwyther-Leslie	Earl of Rothes	Succeeded by Malcolm Dyer-Edwards Leslie