Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet, JP, DL (16 December 1822 – 23 January 1916) was a British Conservative politician, landowner and painter. He was Member of Parliament for Monaghan between 1871 and 1880. He succeeded his elder brother, Charles Powell Leslie, in that role.[1]
Biography[edit]
He was the second son of Charles Powell Leslie and his second wife, the former Christiana Fosbery (died 1869). Among his siblings was Christiana, the Marchioness of Waterford.[2] He was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford. He obtained a commission as a Captain in the 1st Life Guards. However, after embarking on a Grand Tour in 1847 he resigned his Army commission and pursued artistic interests.[1]
He was a Justice of the peace and Deputy lieutenant for counties Monaghan and Donegal.[3] In 1876, at the recommendation of Disraeli, he was made 1st Baronet Leslie, of Glaslough. He built Glaslough House as a replacement for Castle Leslie.[1]
In 1854, he met at Hazelwood a distinguished Waterloo veteran, Colonel George Dawson-Damer (younger brother of the 2nd Earl of Portarlington), and his daughter, Lady Constance, whom Leslie married two years later at St George's, Hanover Square, London.[2]
He owned acres 44,000 acres, with 14,000 in Monaghan, 29,000 in Donegal and 1000 in Tyrone.[4]
Family[edit]
Sir John Leslie married Lady Constance Dawson-Damer, sister of the 4th Earl of Portarlington, and had one son and four daughters:
- Sir John Leslie, 2nd Baronet (1857–1944)[2]
- Mary Leslie (1858–1936)[2]
- Constance Christina Leslie (1861–1945)[2]
- Theodosia Leslie (1865–1940)[2]
- Olive Louisa Blanche Leslie (1872–1945)[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Dolan, Anne. "Leslie, Sir John | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie.
- ^ a b c d e f g Burke's Peerage (repr. 2003). p. 2307.
- ^ "Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) | nidirect". www.nidirect.gov.uk. 4 March 2016.
- ^ "The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland".
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