John (1st Duke of Rothes) Leslie^[1]

Abt 1630 - 1681  (51 years)

• Name	John (1st Duke of Rothes) Leslie
  Birth	Abt 1630
  Gender	Male
  Death	1681
  Person ID	I126178	First tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	John (6th Earl of Rothes) Leslie,   b. Abt 1600   d. Aug 1641 (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Anne (of Mar) Erskine   d. 2 May 1640
  Marriage	Abt 1614
  Family ID	F6002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Lindsay   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1648
  Children	1. Margaret (Countess of Rothes) Leslie   d. 1700   2. Christian ( of Rothes) Leslie   d. 21 Apr 1710
  Family ID	F13596	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  John Leslie (c. 1630 – July 27, 1681), son of John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes, was the 7th Earl of Rothes and 1st Duke of Rothes. He was a descendant of Princess Beatrix, sister of King Malcolm III of Scotland. His family had intermarried with both the Stuarts and the Bruces. King Charles II made him the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, Lord Chancellor of Scotland for life, and President of the Privy Council of Scotland. He carried the sword of state at the coronation of Charles II. He was captured at the Battle of Worcester in 1651, returned to Scotland in 1655 and, on a payment of a fine to Oliver Cromwell, was set free. He married Anne Crawford-Lindsay, the daughter of John Lindsay, 17th Earl of Crawford. He built the Palace of Leslie (also known as Leslie House), which nearly burnt completely in a fire on Christmas Day 1763. John died at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh on July 27, 1681. He was awarded a state funeral. The funeral procession was more elaborate and impressive than either Wellington's or Churchill's. It stretched over seventeen miles (27 km) long. The cost of whole regiments of ceremonial guards, soldiers, banners, trumpets, heralds and coaches effectively ruined the family finances forever, and he left behind a huge debt to his daughter, Margaret Leslie. As he had no male issue, the Dukedom of Rothes became extinct, the Earldom only being passed to his daughter.

  
  

• Sources

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