LESLIE, William 13th of Balquhain 1
- Born: About 1581 1
- Died: 1671, Holland 1
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General Notes:
"William Leslie was a man of considerable abilities, and he entered into public life. He was a Privy Councillor, and a true and faithful servant of King Charles I. both in court and camp. He received several wounds in the king's service. After the execution of the king, he retired to Holland, where he settled with his family, and acquired some property. In his absence, his brother, Alexander Leslie of Tullos, managed his Scotch property."
"William Leslie, on succeeding to the estates of Balquhain, found that they were reduced to a low ebb, being much encumbered and involved by the extravagance of the tenth and eleventh barons, and having no son surviving to succeed him, he renounced his rights in the estates to his brother Walter, Count Leslie. But Walter, Count Leslie, having acquired large properties and high rank in Germany, also renounced his right in favour of his elder brother, Alexander Leslie, called the Goodman of Tullos, with whom William made an arrangement, on receiving an annuity, to give up the succession in his favour, about 1659. Alexander Leslie bound himself to pay an annuity of 700 merks out of the lands of Tullos to Walter, Count Leslie, during the lifetime of William Leslie, 24th June 1659; and by a letter, dated 17th February 1660, Walter, Count Leslie, desired Alexander Leslie to pay the said annuity to William Leslie,"
from Historical Records of the Family of Leslie 1
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