GORDON, Elspet 1 2
Another name for Elspet was GORDON, Elizabeth of Newton, Lady Leslie. User ID: B489. Elspet married Sir John LESLIE 6th of Wardis, Baronet, son of John LESLIE 5th of Wardis and Jane CRICHTON.1 2 (Sir John LESLIE 6th of Wardis, Baronet was born about 1575 and died on 29 November 1640 2.) Marriage Notes: "Elspet or Elizabeth. She figures under both names. The Newton MS. calls her Elizabeth. She was twice married, (1) to Sir John Leslie, VI. of Wardes, 1st Bart., and (2) Sir Alexander Gordon of Cluny." Elspet next married Sir Alexander GORDON elder, Baronet of Cluny, son of Sir Thomas GORDON of Cluny and Elizabeth DOUGLAS, on 22 June 1641.1 (Sir Alexander GORDON elder, Baronet of Cluny was born about 1581 and died about 1644 in Abroad 3.) Marriage Notes: "Elspet or Elizabeth. She figures under both names. The Newton MS. calls her Elizabeth. She was twice married, (1) to Sir John Leslie, VI. of Wardes, 1st Bart., and (2) Sir Alexander Gordon of Cluny." |
1 e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 2 ed. John Malcolm Bulloch (1907) Cadets of Lesmoir: Newton by J.M. Bulloch assisted by D. Wimberley.
2 e-books, Historical Records of the Family of Leslie 1067-1869 by Col. Leslie of Balquhain (1869).
3 e-books, Cluny Castle, Aberdeenshire by H. Gordon Slade (1981) Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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