LESLIE, William 9th of Balquhain 1
- Born: About 1526
- Marriage (1): FORBES, Janet on 9 January 1547 1 2
- Marriage (2): LESLIE, Margaret 'of Balnamoon;
- Marriage (3): DRUMMOND, Margaret
- Died: 1571
General Notes:
"William Leslie was a man of great abilities, and acquired so much influence that he was held in great esteem by all the great nobility."
"William Leslie had the honour of receiving and entertaining Queen Mary in his castle of Balquhain...Queen Mary accepted the invitation, and passed the night at Balquhain Castle, 9th September 1562. During her stay there she attended Mass in the chapel of the Blessed Virgin of the Garioch."
"William Leslie was Sheriff of Aberdeen under the queen's Lieutenant of the North, the Earl of Huntly. In this capacity he afforded the utmost assistance in protecting the cathedral of Aberdeen from the ravages of the Reformers, and he preserved that ancient edifice from being demolished by the furious zealots in 1560. As a magistrate he defended from the attacks of the Reformers the Bishop of Aberdeen, William Gordon, brother of the Earl of Huntly, and supported him in his diocese by force of arms when all the other bishops of Scotland were persecuted." (As a result, the bishp bestowed on William the barony of Fetternear and many lands around it.) from Family of Leslie
Research Notes:
THIRD WIFE
William may also have been married to Margaret, daughter of Andrew Drummond.
William married Janet FORBES, daughter of John FORBES 6th Lord Forbes and Elizabeth BARLOW, on 9 January 1547.1 2 (Janet FORBES was born about 1527.)
Marriage Notes:
"William Leslie, ninth Baron of Balquhain, married, first, Janet Forbes, daughter of John, sixth Lord Forbes, and widow of John, Earl of Atholl, and by her had issue ... "
from Family of Leslie
"On 7 November 1545, he (Alexander Hay 5th Laird of Delgaty) granted a Charter of Auchinschogill to Janet Forbes Countess of Atholl (Great Seal, No. 3193). Janet was the daughter of John 6th Lord Forbes (Scots Peerage, IV. 55) and had married in 1542, John 3rd Earl of Atholl, who died within six months, and after the death of Alexander Hay, her second husband, she married as his first wife, John Leslie of Balquhain, 9 January 1547/8 (Great Seal, 20 Feb. 1547/8; Records of the Family of Leslie, III. 46)."
from Transactions
"Janet, married ... thirdly, to William Lesly of Balquhain. Janet Forbes, Countess of Atholl, had a charter of part of Balquhain from John Leslie of Balquhain, 9 January 1547-48."
from Scots Peerage (vol 4) 1 2 3
William next married Margaret LESLIE 'of Balnamoon;. (Margaret LESLIE 'of Balnamoon; was born about 1525.)
William next married Margaret DRUMMOND. (Margaret DRUMMOND was born about 1528.)
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