See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

LORD See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

DAVID See also:

• LESLIE
• LESLIE, CHARLES (1650-1722)
• LESLIE, CHARLES ROBERT (1794–1859)
• LESLIE, FRED [FREDERICK HOBSON] (1855–1892)
• LESLIE, SIR JOHN (1766-1832)
• LESLIE, THOMAS EDWARD CLIFFE (1827-1882)

LESLIE See also:

• NEWARK
• NEWARK (NEWARK-UPON-TRENT)
• LORD DAVID LESLIE NEWARK (1601-1682)

NEWARK (1601-1682)  , Scottish See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 16o1, the fifth son of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• PATRICK, SIMON (1626–1707)
• PATRICK, ST

Patrick See also:

• LESLIE
• LESLIE, CHARLES (1650-1722)
• LESLIE, CHARLES ROBERT (1794–1859)
• LESLIE, FRED [FREDERICK HOBSON] (1855–1892)
• LESLIE, SIR JOHN (1766-1832)
• LESLIE, THOMAS EDWARD CLIFFE (1827-1882)

Leslie of Pitcairly, Fifeshire, commendator of Lindores, and See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady See also:

• JEAN

Jean See also:

• STUART, ARABELLA (1575-1615)
• STUART, GILBERT (1755-x828)
• STUART, JAMES EWELL BROWN (1833-1864)
• STUART, JOHN
• STUART, MOSES (1780-1852)
• STUART, SIR JOHN, COUNT

Stuart, daughter of the 1st See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• ORKNEY, EARL OF
• ORKNEY, ELIZABETH HAMILTON, COUNTESS OF
• ORKNEY, GEORGE HAMILTON, EARL OF (1666–1737)

Orkney . In his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• LIFE

life he served in the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of Gustavus See also:

• ADOLPHUS, JOHN LEYCESTER (1795-1862)

Adolphus, where he See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel of See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry . In 164o he returned to his native See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country to take See also:

• PART

part in the impending See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war for the See also:

• COVENANT
• COVENANT (an O. Fr. form, later convenant, from convenir, to agree, Lat. convenire)

Covenant . In 1643, when a Scottish army was iormed to intervene in the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• CIVIL

Civil War (see See also:

• GREAT

GREAT See also:

• REBELLION

REBELLION) and placed under the command of See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander Leslie, earl of See also:

• LEVEN
• LEVEN, ALEXANDER LESLIE, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1580-1661)
• LEVEN, LOCH

Leven, the foremost living Scottish soldier, Leslie was selected as Leven's See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-general . This army engaged the Royalists under See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• RUPERT (1352—1410)
• RUPERT (HRODBERT), ST
• RUPERT, PRINCE, COUNT PALATINE OF THE RHINE AND DUKE OF BAVARIA (1619—1682)

Rupert at See also:

• MARSTON, JOHN (c. 1575-1634)
• MARSTON, PHILIP BOURKE (1850-1887)

Marston See also:

• MOOR

Moor, and Leslie See also:

• BORE

bore a particularly distinguished part in the See also:

• BATTLE

battle . He was then sent into the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-western counties, and besieged and took See also:

• CARLISLE
• CARLISLE, EARLS OF

Carlisle . When, after the battle of See also:

• KILSYTH

Kilsyth, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland was at the See also:

• MERCY (adapted from Fr. merci, Lat. merces, reward)
• MERCY (or MERCI), FRANZ, FREIHERR VON

mercy of See also:

• MONTROSE
• MONTROSE, JAMES GRAHAM, MARQUESS OF (1612—1650)
• MONTROSE, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF

Montrose and his army, Leslie was recalled from See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1645, and made See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-general of See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse . In See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September he surprised and routed Montrose at Philiphaugh near See also:

• SELKIRK
• SELKIRK (or SELCRA1G), ALEXANDER (1676-1721)
• SELKIRK, THOMAS DOUGLAS, 5TH EARL OF (1771–1820)

Selkirk, and was rewarded by the See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of estates with a See also:

• PRESENT

present of 50,000 merks and a See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain; but his victory was marred by the butchery of the captured Irish —men, See also:

• WOMEN

women and See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children—to whom See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter had been given . He was then declared lieutenant-general of the forces, and, in addition to his pay as colonel, had a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension settled on him . Leslie returned to England and *as present at the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• NEWARK
• NEWARK (NEWARK-UPON-TRENT)
• NEWARK, DAVID LESLIE, LORD (1601-1682)

Newark . On his return to Scotland he reduced several of the Highland clans that supported the cause of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king . In i648 he refused to take part in the English expedition of the " en-gagers," the enterprise not having the See also:

• SANCTION (Lat. sanctia, from sancire, to decree or ordain)

sanction of the See also:

• KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )

Kirk .

In 1649 he See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased the lands of See also:

• ABERCROMBIE, JOHN (178o-1844)

Abercrombie and St Monance, Fifeshire . In 1650 he was sent against Montrose, who was defeated and captured by Major See also:

• STRACHAN, JOHN (1778–1867)

Strachan, Leslie's advanced guard See also:

• COMMANDER

commander; and later in the See also:

• YEAR

year, all parties having for the moment combined to support See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles II., Leslie was appointed to the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief command of the new army levied for the purpose on behalf of Charles II . The result, though disastrous, abundantly demonstrated Leslie's capacity as a soldier, and it might be claimed for him that See also:

• CROMWELL, HENRY (1628-1674)
• CROMWELL, OLIVER (1599-1658)
• CROMWELL, RICHARD (1626–1712)
• CROMWELL, THOMAS, EARL OF

Cromwell and the English regulars proved no match for him until his movements were interfered with and his army reduced to indiscipline by the representatives of the Kirk party that accompanied his headquarters . After See also:

• DUNBAR, GEORGE (1774—1851)
• DUNBAR, PAUL LAURENCE (1872–1906)
• DUNBAR, WILLIAM (c. 1460-c. 1520)

Dunbar Leslie fought a stubborn defensive See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign up to the See also:

• CROSSING

crossing of the Forth by Cromwell, and then accompanied Charles to See also:

• WORCESTER
• WORCESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• WORCESTER, JOHN TIPTOFT, EARL OF (1427—1470)
• WORCESTER, WILLIAM (c. 1415-c. 1482)

Worcester, where he was lieutenant-general under the king, who commanded in See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person . On the defeat of the royal army Leslie, intercepted in his See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat through See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire, was committed to the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower, where he remained till the Restoration in 1660 . He was fined 4000 by Cromwell's " See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

Grace " in 1654 . In 1661 he was created See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Newark, and received 'a pension of £500 per annum . He died in 1682 . The See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct in 1790 .