LESLIE, George 4th of Iden 1
- Born: About 1690
- Marriage (1): LESLIE, Margaret in 1710 1 2
- Died: 1740 1 2
User ID: F744.
General Notes:
George Leslie sold the lands of Iden in King Edward parish Aberdeenshire, between Turriff and Banff, to Duff of Braco before 1740.
George married Margaret LESLIE, daughter of Patrick LESLIE 15th Baron of Balquhain and Mary IRVINE, in 1710.1 2 (Margaret LESLIE was born about 1693 and died on 3 February 1744 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"Margaret (Leslie), married to George Leslie of Eden."
from Family of Leslie
"George Leslie, fourth laird, married, in 1710, Margaret, sixth daughter of Patrick Count Leslie, fifteenth baron of Balquhain. In 1727 - when proprietor of the estate of Tyrie - he presented to King's College a curious manuscript in vellum relating to the Cathedral Church of Aberdeen. He died in 1740. Early in the century he had sold the estate of Eden to Sir Francis Grant of Cullen, afterwards of Monymusk, who, in 1712, parted with Eden to William Duff, son of Alexander Duff of Braco, and grandson of Alexander Duff of Keithmore, from whom also descends the Duuke of Fife."
from Epitaphs and Inscriptions 1 2
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