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LESLIE, Andrew 5th of New Leslie
(About 1548-Before 1623)
LESLIE, Janet
(About 1560-)
LESLIE, John 6th of New Leslie
(About 1600-)
LESLIE, George SJ, Reverend Mr
(About 1625-1687)

 

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LESLIE, George SJ, Reverend Mr 1

  • Born: About 1625
  • Died: 1687 1

   Another name for George was JOHNSTONE, George.2

  General Notes:

"GEORGE LESLIE, only son of John Leslie, sixth Laird of New Leslie, finding that all the family property was spent and gone, went abroad and entered the Society of Jesus. He afterwards returned to Scotland, where he was provincial of the Society of Jesus, and superior of the Scotch missions. He lived thirty years in Scotland, chiefly at Balquhain, under the name of Johnston. He died in 1687, and with him ended the line of the family of Leslie of New Leslie." 1


Sources


1 e-books, Historical Records of the Family of Leslie 1067-1869 by Col. Leslie of Balquhain (1869).

2 Innes Review, 1983 "Three Documents Relating to St John Ogilvie" by Mark Dilworth.

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