LESLIE, David Baron Newark ^{1 2}

   Cause of his death was apoplexy.¹

   User ID: M840.

  General Notes:

"David Leslie, Lord Newark, started his military career as a captain in Alexander Leslie's [SSNE 1] recruited regiment about 1630. He was the fifth son of Patrick Leslie of Pitcairly and thus a brother of Ludovick Leslie [SSNE 396]. His mother was Jean, daughter of Robert Stewart, Earl of Orkney. Patrick had been one of the gentlemen adventurers of Fife engaged in the plantation of Lewis, along with James Spens [SSNE 1642]. It is possible that it was through this connection that young David obtained a position in a Scottish regiment in the Swedish army. He was certainly a captain in John Ruthven's [SSNE 191] recruited regiment the following year. There is a record of a Captain David Leslie who appears in Russian service under Alexander Leslie of Auchintoul [SSNE 2916] in 1632, and it is probable he served at Smolensk. He bore testimonials from Charles I which honoured him as a Commander in wars of France, Germany, Sweden and Low Countries".

from ISHR website ³

David married Anna YORKE.¹ (Anna YORKE was born about 1632.)

  Marriage Notes:

"David, Lord Newark, bought the lands of Abercrombie and St Monance in Fife, from Lord Abercrombie, in 1649. He married Jane, daughter of Sir John Yorke, knight, and had issue"

from Family of Leslie

Note:

The OPR Index of Baptisms list the wife of David Leslie, Lord Newark, as Anna, not Jane, Yorke. ^{1 4}