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'''Sir John Leslie, 2nd Baronet''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|JP|DL}} (7 August 1857 – 25 January 1944) was an [[Anglo-Irish]] soldier and [[baronet]].
| name =
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]], [[Justice of the Peace|JP]], [[Deputy lieutenant|DL]]
| office = [[Lord Lieutenant of Monaghan]]
| term_start = 18 March 1921
| term_end = 1922
| predecessor = [[Derrick Westenra, 5th Baron Rossmore|Baron Rossmore]]
| successor =
| office1 = [[High Sheriff of Monaghan]]
| term_start1 = 1905
| term_end1 = 1905
| predecessor1 = Anketell Moutray
| successor1 = John Clements Waterhouse Madden
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1857|08|07}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|01|25|1857|08|07|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Glaslough]], [[Eire]], [[Ireland]]
| residence = [[Castle Leslie]], [[County Monaghan]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]]
| alma_mater = [[Eton College]]
| parents = [[Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet]]<br>Lady Constance Dawson-Damer
| spouse = {{marriage|Leonie Blanche Jerome<br>|2 October 1884|21 August 1943|reason=her death}}
| children = 5
| relations = [[George Dawson-Damer]] (grandfather)<br>[[Charles Powell Leslie (1821–1871)|Charles Powell Leslie]] (uncle)
}}
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'''Sir John Leslie, 2nd Baronet''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|JP|DL}} (7 August 1857 – 25 January 1944) was an [[Anglo-Irish]] soldier and [[baronet]].<ref name="SJLObit1944"/>


==Family==
==Early life==
Leslie was the only son of [[Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet]], and Lady Constance Wilhelmina Frances Dawson-Damer. His father was the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Monaghan (UK Parliament constituency)|Monaghan]] from 1871 to 1880 and was [[Leslie Baronets|created a baronet]] in 1876, and his mother was the daughter of [[George Dawson-Damer|Colonel George Lionel Dawson-Damer]].<ref>[http://thepeerage.com/p5477.htm The Peerage]</ref>
Leslie was born on 7 August 1857.<ref name="Mosley2003">{{cite book |last1=Mosley |first1=Charles |title=Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. |date=2003 |publisher=Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. |location=[[Wilmington, Delaware]] |url=http://www.burkespeerage.com/}}</ref> He was the only son of [[Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet]], and Lady Constance Wilhelmina Frances Dawson-Damer. His father was the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Monaghan (UK Parliament constituency)|Monaghan]] from 1871 to 1880 and was [[Leslie Baronets|created a baronet]] in 1876.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=24295 |date=18 February 1876 |page=760}}</ref><ref name="Burke1842">{{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=John |last2=Burke |first2=Bernard |title=A General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland |date=1842 |publisher=Edward Churton |page=590 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ur5VAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PT590&lpg=RA1-PT590 |accessdate=16 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref> After his father's death in January 1916, Leslie succeeded his father as the 2nd Baronet Leslie, of Glaslough.<ref name="thepeerage">{{cite web |title=Sir John Leslie, 2nd Bt |url=https://thepeerage.com/p5477.htm |website=thepeerage.com |publisher=[[The Peerage]] |accessdate=16 August 2018}}</ref>


His maternal grandfather was Colonel [[George Dawson-Damer|George Lionel Dawson-Damer]] and his paternal uncle was [[Charles Powell Leslie (1821–1871)|Charles Powell Leslie]], also a Member of Parliament.<ref name="thepeerage"/> His ancestor, the [[The Right Reverend|Right Reverend]] [[John Leslie (bishop of Clogher)|John Leslie]], [[Bishop of the Isles]], moved from [[Scotland]] to Ireland in 1633 when he was made [[Bishop of Raphoe]] in [[County Donegal]] and was subsequently made [[Bishop of Clogher]] in 1661.<ref name="Mosley2003"/>
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On 2 October 1884 in [[New York City]], with disapproval from both families, Leslie married Leonie Blanche Jerome, daughter of [[Leonard Jerome]] and Clarissa Hall.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1884/10/02/106159574.pdf ''The New York Times'' 2 October 1884 - ''Miss Leonie Jerome Married]''</ref> Leonie's sister was [[Lady Randolph Churchill|Jennie]], wife of [[Lord Randolph Churchill]] and mother of [[Winston Churchill]]. Leslie and his wife had five children:
* Leonie Clarissa Leslie (1884–1945), married with the count Gregório de Almeida
*[[Shane Leslie|Sir John Randolph Leslie, 3rd Baronet]] (1885–1971), generally known as Shane Leslie
*Captain Norman Jerome Beauchamp Leslie (1886–1914)
*Seymour William Leslie (1889–1979)
*Lionel Alistair David Leslie (1900–1987)


==Career==
In his second autobiographical book, Lionel recounted various anecdotes about his immediate family and their home at [[Castle Leslie]] in [[County Monaghan]].<ref>Leslie, Lionel (1961), One Man's World. Pall Mall Press, London.</ref>
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Leslie was commissioned into the [[Grenadier Guards]], with whom he served as a [[lieutenant]] at the [[Battle of Tel el Kebir]] in 1882, distinguishing himself under fire. After fighting in [[South Africa]] during the [[Second Boer War]] in 1900,<ref name="SJLObit1944"/> he was appointed [[Lieutenant-Colonel (UK)|lieutenant-colonel]] of the 5th Battalion, [[Royal Irish Fusiliers]] in April 1902,<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=27429 |page=2865 |date=29 April 1902}}</ref> and later became [[honorary colonel]] of the battalion.<ref>{{cite book |author=Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et Raineval |title=[[The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal]]: Being a Complete Table of All the Descendants Now Living of Edward III, King of England. The Clarence volume |year=1994 |publisher=Genealogical Publishing Co. |isbn=978-0-8063-1432-7 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=w9UYYThhRIQC&pg=PA140 140]}}</ref>


He served as [[High Sheriff of Monaghan]] in 1905 and was also a [[Justice of the Peace]] and [[Deputy Lieutenant]] for the [[County Monaghan|county]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, The Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage |date=1914 |publisher=Burke's Peerage Limited |page=1204 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RVggAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1204&lpg=PA1204 |accessdate=16 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref> The Leslies were opposed to the [[Home Rule]] movement. Leslie led the Monaghan Militia in the 1890s and he allowed the [[Ulster Volunteer Force (1966)|Ulster Volunteer Force]] drill at the [[demesne]] in 1914.<ref name="Dooley2001"/>
==Career and later life==
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Leslie was commissioned into the [[Grenadier Guards]], with whom he served as a [[lieutenant]] at the [[Battle of Tel el Kebir]] in 1882, distinguishing himself under fire. He was appointed [[Lieutenant-Colonel (UK)|lieutenant-colonel]] of the 5th Battalion, [[Royal Irish Fusiliers]] in April 1902,<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=27429 |page=2865 |date=29 April 1902}}</ref> and later became [[honorary colonel]] of the battalion.<ref>{{cite book |author=Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et Raineval |title=[[The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal]]: Being a Complete Table of All the Descendants Now Living of Edward III, King of England. The Clarence volume |year=1994 |publisher=Genealogical Publishing Co. |isbn=978-0-8063-1432-7 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=w9UYYThhRIQC&pg=PA140 140]}}</ref>


==Personal life==
He served as [[High Sheriff of Monaghan]] in 1905 and was also a [[Justice of the Peace]] and [[Deputy Lieutenant]] for the [[County Monaghan|county]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=RVggAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1204&lpg=PA1204&dq=glaslough+baronets+2nd&source=bl&ots=2B8GXvpeyK&sig=_2q1R1nsf_GkyH7Lxl3Xn6vGv40&hl=en&ei=Lz-gTtWWJOLZ0QHrssThBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, The Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage'', Burke: 1914 (p. 1204)]</ref>
[[File:CastleLeslieSummer2006.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Castle Leslie]]]]
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On 2 October 1884 in [[New York City]], with disapproval from both families, Leslie married Leonie Blanche Jerome (1859–1943), daughter of the wealthy American financier [[Leonard Jerome]] and Clarissa ([[née]] Hall) Jerome.<ref name="1884Wedding">{{cite news |title=MISS LEONIE JEROME MARRIED TO A LIEUTENANT IN THE GRENADIER GUARDS AND THE SON OF A PEER |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1884/10/02/106159574.pdf |accessdate=16 August 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 2, 1884}}</ref> Leonie's sister was [[Lady Randolph Churchill|Jennie]], wife of [[Lord Randolph Churchill]] and mother of [[Winston Churchill]].<ref name="1884Wedding"/> Leslie and his wife had five children:<ref name="Mosley2003"/>


* Leonie Clarissa Leslie (1884–1945), who married Count Gregório de Almeida.<ref name="MARQUES2011">{{cite book |last1=MARQUES |first1=PAULO L. |title=O Marquês de Soveral - Seu Tempo e Seu Modo |date=2011 |publisher=Leya |isbn=9724743543 |page=303 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NuqZ7T2vWKcC&pg=PA303 |accessdate=16 August 2018 |language=pt}}</ref>
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The Leslies were opposed to the [[Home Rule]] movement. Leslie led the Monaghan Militia in the 1890s and he allowed the [[Ulster Volunteer Force (1966)|Ulster Volunteer Force]] drill at the [[demesne]] in 1914. The Leslie family were one of the largest land-owning families in the late 19th century. Their holdings comprised {{convert|70000|acres|km2}} in counties [[County Cavan|Cavan]], [[County Donegal|Donegal]], [[County Down|Down]], [[County Fermanagh|Fermanagh]], [[County Meath|Meath]] and [[County Tyrone|Tyrone]].<ref>{{cite book |last= Dooley |first= Terence |title= The Decline of the Big House in Ireland |year= 2001 |publisher= Wolfound Press Ltd|isbn= 0-86327-850-7}}</ref>
* [[Shane Leslie|Sir John Randolph Leslie, 3rd Baronet]] (1885–1971),<ref name="SirShaneObit1971">{{cite news |title=SIR SHANE LESLIE, 89, BRITISH AUTHOR, DIES |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1971/08/14/90685873.pdf |accessdate=16 August 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 14, 1971 |language=en}}</ref> who married the Marjorie Ide, daughter of [[Henry Clay Ide]], the American [[Governor-General of the Philippines|governor general of the Philippines]].<ref name="JackLeslieObit2016"/>
* Captain Norman Jerome Beauchamp Leslie (1886–1914), who was killed in action in [[Armentières]], [[France]] during [[World War I]].<ref name="JackLeslieObit2016"/>
* Seymour William Leslie (1889–1979), who married Gwyneth Rawdon Roden (1903–1999) in 1929.<ref name="Debrett's1973">{{cite book |title=Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage |date=1973 |publisher=Kelly's Directories |page=1742 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0SIMAQAAMAAJ |accessdate=16 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
* Lionel Alistair David Leslie (1900–1987), who married Barbara Yvonne Enever in 1942.<ref name="Macmillan2016">{{cite book |title=Work Out English GCSE KS4 |date=2016 |publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education |isbn=9781349138364 |page=73 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6DldDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA73 |accessdate=16 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

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The Leslie family were one of the largest land-owning families in the late 19th century. Their holdings comprised {{convert|70000|acres|km2}} in counties [[County Cavan|Cavan]], [[County Donegal|Donegal]], [[County Down|Down]], [[County Fermanagh|Fermanagh]], [[County Meath|Meath]] and [[County Tyrone|Tyrone]].<ref name="Dooley2001">{{cite book |last= Dooley |first= Terence |title= The Decline of the Big House in Ireland |year= 2001 |publisher= Wolfound Press Ltd|isbn= 0-86327-850-7}}</ref> In his second autobiographical book, Lionel recounted various anecdotes about his immediate family and their home at [[Castle Leslie]] in [[County Monaghan]].<ref>Leslie, Lionel (1961), One Man's World. Pall Mall Press, London.</ref>

Sir John Leslie died in [[Glaslough]], [[Eire]] in Ireland on 25 January 1944.<ref name="SJLObit1944">{{cite news |title=COL. SIR JOHN LESLIE; Irish Baronet, 86, Wed Leonie Jerome, Aunt of Churchill |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1944/01/26/87432722.pdf |accessdate=16 August 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 26, 1944 |language=en}}</ref>

===Descendants===
Through his eldest son,<ref name="SirShaneObit1971"/> he was the grandfather of [[Anita Theodosia Moira Rodzianko King]] (1914–1985), a novelist who married Commander [[William King (Royal Navy officer)|Bill King]]; [[Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet]] (1916–2016), popularly known as ''Sir Jack Leslie'', who never married;<ref name="JackLeslieObit2016">{{cite news |title=Sir John Leslie, Bt – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/04/20/sir-john-leslie-bt--obituary/ |accessdate=16 August 2018 |work=[[The Telegraph]] |date=20 April 2016}}</ref> and [[Desmond Leslie|Desmond Arthur Leslie]] (1921–2001), a pilot and film maker.<ref name="ITObit2016">{{cite news |title=Second world war veteran Sir John Leslie dies aged 99 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/second-world-war-veteran-sir-john-leslie-dies-aged-99-1.2614692 |accessdate=16 August 2018 |work=[[The Irish Times]] |date=18 April 2016}}</ref>


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Revision as of 14:47, 16 August 2018

For other people named John Leslie, see John Leslie (disambiguation).
Sir John Leslie, 2nd Baronet
CBE, JP, DL
Lord Lieutenant of Monaghan
In office
18 March 1921 – 1922
Preceded byBaron Rossmore
High Sheriff of Monaghan
In office
1905–1905
Preceded byAnketell Moutray
Succeeded byJohn Clements Waterhouse Madden
Personal details
Born(1857-08-07)7 August 1857
Died25 January 1944(1944-01-25) (aged 86)
Glaslough, Eire, Ireland
Spouse
Leonie Blanche Jerome
​
​
(m. 1884; died 1943)​
RelationsGeorge Dawson-Damer (grandfather)
Charles Powell Leslie (uncle)
Children5
Parent(s)Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet
Lady Constance Dawson-Damer
Residence(s)Castle Leslie, County Monaghan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Alma materEton College

Sir John Leslie, 2nd Baronet CBE JP DL (7 August 1857 – 25 January 1944) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and baronet.[1]

Early life

Leslie was born on 7 August 1857.[2] He was the only son of Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet, and Lady Constance Wilhelmina Frances Dawson-Damer. His father was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Monaghan from 1871 to 1880 and was created a baronet in 1876.[3][4] After his father's death in January 1916, Leslie succeeded his father as the 2nd Baronet Leslie, of Glaslough.[5]

His maternal grandfather was Colonel George Lionel Dawson-Damer and his paternal uncle was Charles Powell Leslie, also a Member of Parliament.[5] His ancestor, the Right Reverend John Leslie, Bishop of the Isles, moved from Scotland to Ireland in 1633 when he was made Bishop of Raphoe in County Donegal and was subsequently made Bishop of Clogher in 1661.[2]

Career

Leslie was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, with whom he served as a lieutenant at the Battle of Tel el Kebir in 1882, distinguishing himself under fire. After fighting in South Africa during the Second Boer War in 1900,[1] he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 5th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers in April 1902,[6] and later became honorary colonel of the battalion.[7]

He served as High Sheriff of Monaghan in 1905 and was also a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for the county.[8] The Leslies were opposed to the Home Rule movement. Leslie led the Monaghan Militia in the 1890s and he allowed the Ulster Volunteer Force drill at the demesne in 1914.[9]

Personal life

Castle Leslie

On 2 October 1884 in New York City, with disapproval from both families, Leslie married Leonie Blanche Jerome (1859–1943), daughter of the wealthy American financier Leonard Jerome and Clarissa (née Hall) Jerome.[10] Leonie's sister was Jennie, wife of Lord Randolph Churchill and mother of Winston Churchill.[10] Leslie and his wife had five children:[2]

The Leslie family were one of the largest land-owning families in the late 19th century. Their holdings comprised 70,000 acres (280 km2) in counties Cavan, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Meath and Tyrone.[9] In his second autobiographical book, Lionel recounted various anecdotes about his immediate family and their home at Castle Leslie in County Monaghan.[16]

Sir John Leslie died in Glaslough, Eire in Ireland on 25 January 1944.[1]

Descendants

Through his eldest son,[12] he was the grandfather of Anita Theodosia Moira Rodzianko King (1914–1985), a novelist who married Commander Bill King; Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet (1916–2016), popularly known as Sir Jack Leslie, who never married;[13] and Desmond Arthur Leslie (1921–2001), a pilot and film maker.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b c "COL. SIR JOHN LESLIE; Irish Baronet, 86, Wed Leonie Jerome, Aunt of Churchill" (PDF). The New York Times. 26 January 1944. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Mosley, Charles (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd.
  3. ^ "No. 24295". The London Gazette. 18 February 1876. p. 760.
  4. ^ Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1842). A General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Edward Churton. p. 590. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Sir John Leslie, 2nd Bt". thepeerage.com. The Peerage. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  6. ^ "No. 27429". The London Gazette. 29 April 1902. p. 2865.
  7. ^ Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et Raineval (1994). The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: Being a Complete Table of All the Descendants Now Living of Edward III, King of England. The Clarence volume. Genealogical Publishing Co. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-8063-1432-7.
  8. ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, The Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1914. p. 1204. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  9. ^ a b Dooley, Terence (2001). The Decline of the Big House in Ireland. Wolfound Press Ltd. ISBN 0-86327-850-7.
  10. ^ a b "MISS LEONIE JEROME MARRIED TO A LIEUTENANT IN THE GRENADIER GUARDS AND THE SON OF A PEER" (PDF). The New York Times. 2 October 1884. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  11. ^ MARQUES, PAULO L. (2011). O Marquês de Soveral - Seu Tempo e Seu Modo (in Portuguese). Leya. p. 303. ISBN 9724743543. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  12. ^ a b "SIR SHANE LESLIE, 89, BRITISH AUTHOR, DIES" (PDF). The New York Times. 14 August 1971. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  13. ^ a b c "Sir John Leslie, Bt – obituary". The Telegraph. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  14. ^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. 1973. p. 1742. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  15. ^ Work Out English GCSE KS4. Macmillan International Higher Education. 2016. p. 73. ISBN 9781349138364. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  16. ^ Leslie, Lionel (1961), One Man's World. Pall Mall Press, London.
  17. ^ "Second world war veteran Sir John Leslie dies aged 99". The Irish Times. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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