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John Hamilton-Leslie, 9th Earl Of Rothes
John Hamilton-Leslie, 9th Earl of Rothes (1679–1722), was a Scottish nobleman who fought on the side of George I during the Jacobite rising of 1715. Biography John Hamilton-Leslie, born in 1679, was the eldest son of Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Haddington, and Margaret Leslie, 8th Countess of Rothes. In 1701, Hamilton-Leslie succeeded his mother as Earl of Rothes, the chief of Clan Leslie. His younger brother became Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington. On 29 April 1697, Hamilton-Leslie married Lady Jean Hay, the daughter of John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale. The couple had eight sons and four daughters. In 1704, Hamilton-Leslie was appointed Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland. In 1707, after the passage of the Acts of Union by the English and Scottish Parliaments, Hamilton-Leslie was appointed as one of the 16 Scottish representative peers to sit in the English House of Lords. He served as representative peer until 1722. In 1714, George I appointed Hamil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Leslie (1679–1722), 8th Earl Of Rothes, Vice Admiral Of Scotland
John Leslie may refer to: United Kingdom * Sir John Leslie (physicist) (1766–1832), Scottish mathematician and physicist * John Leslie (TV presenter) (born 1965), Scottish former television presenter * John Leslie (bishop of Clogher) (1571–1671), Church of Scotland and Church of Ireland bishop * John Leslie (bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh) (1772–1854), Church of Ireland bishop * John Leslie (cricketer, born 1888), English cricketer and British Army officer * John Leslie (footballer) (born 1955), English footballer * John Leslie (politician) (1873–1955), British Labour Party Member of Parliament for Sedgefield * Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet (1822–1916), Conservative Member of Parliament for Co. Monaghan, Ireland * Sir John Leslie, 2nd Baronet (1857–1944), Irish landowner and soldier in the British Army * Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet (1916–2016), officer in the Irish Guards * John Leslie, 1st Duke of Rothes (c. 1630–1681), Scottish nobleman * John Leslie, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Sheriffmuir
The Battle of Sheriffmuir (, ) was an engagement in 1715 at the height of the Jacobite rising of 1715, Jacobite rising in Scotland. The battlefield has been included in the Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland and protected by Historic Scotland under the Scottish Historical Environment Policy of 2009. Sheriffmuir is a remote elevated plateau of moorland lying between Stirling and Auchterarder on the north fringe of the Ochil Hills. Background John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar, standard-bearer for the Jacobitism, Jacobite cause in Scotland, mustered Scottish Highlands, Highland chiefs, and, on 6 September, declared James Francis Edward Stuart (the "Old Pretender") as King of Scots. With an army of about 12,000 men Mar proceeded to take Perth, Scotland, Perth, and commanded much of the northern Scottish Highlands, Highlands. Following unsuccessful skirmishes against John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (based at Stirling), Mar was eventually persuaded to lead his full army sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1722 Deaths
Events January–March * January 27 – Daniel Defoe's novel ''Moll Flanders'' is published anonymously in London. * February 10 – The Battle of Cape Lopez begins off of the coast of West Africa (and present-day Gabon), as the Royal Navy brings an end to the piracy of Bartholomew Roberts, nicknamed "Black Bart". Captained by Chaloner Ogle of the Royal Navy, HMS Swallow (1703), HMS ''Swallow'' fires its cannons as Roberts sails his ship ''Royal Fortune'' toward the oncoming ''Swallow'' in order to gain time by forcing ''Swallow'' to turn around. Standing on the deck, Roberts and two of his crew are killed by the second wave of cannon fire. The remaining 272 pirate crew are captured. * February 16 – Peter the Great, Emperor of All Russia, announces that his heir to the throne will be his 4-year old grandson, Peter II of Russia, Prince Pyotr Alekseivich. * February 21 – Muhammad Shah, Nasir-ud-Din Muḥammad Shah, the Grand Mogul of north Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1679 Births
Events January–March * January 24 – King Charles II of England dissolves the "Cavalier Parliament", after nearly 18 years. * February 3 – Moroccan troops from Fez are killed, along with their commander Moussa ben Ahmed ben Youssef, in a battle against rebels in the Jbel Saghro mountain range, but Moroccan Sultan Ismail Ibn Sharif is able to negotiate a ceasefire allowing his remaining troops safe passage back home. * February 5 – The Treaty of Celle is signed between France and Sweden on one side, and the Holy Roman Empire, at the town of Celle in Saxony (in modern-day Germany). Sweden's sovereignty over Bremen-Verden is confirmed and Sweden cedes control of Thedinghausen and Dörverden to the Germans. * February 19 – Ajit Singh of Marwar, Ajit Singh Rathore becomes the new Maharaja of the Jodhpur State a principality in India also known as Marwar, located in the modern-day Rajasthan state. * March 6 – In England, the "Habeas Corpus P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dictionary Of National Biography
The ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (''DNB'') is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885. The updated ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (''ODNB'') was published on 23 September 2004 in 60 volumes and online, with 50,113 biographical articles covering 54,922 lives. First series Hoping to emulate national biographical collections published elsewhere in Europe, such as the (1875), in 1882 the publisher George Smith (1824–1901), of Smith, Elder & Co., planned a universal dictionary that would include biographical entries on individuals from world history. He approached Leslie Stephen, then editor of the '' Cornhill Magazine'', owned by Smith, to become the editor. Stephen persuaded Smith that the work should focus only on subjects from the United Kingdom and its present and former colonies. An early working title was the ''Biographia Britannica'', the name of an earlier eighteenth-century reference work. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Leslie, 10th Earl Of Rothes
General John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes KT (169810 December 1767) was a senior British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Irish Army between 1758 and 1767. Military career Born the eldest son of John Hamilton-Leslie, 9th Earl of Rothes and Lady Jean Hay, daughter of John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale, Leslie was commissioned into the 9th Regiment of Dragoons in 1715.John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes Oxford Dictionary of National Biography In 1717 he transferred to the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards. He became of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Leslie, 8th Countess Of Rothes
Margaret Leslie was born sometime before 1660. She was the daughter of the previous earl (and also Duke) of Rothes, John Leslie, who was the 7th Earl and 1st Duke of Rothes. On 8 October 1674, she married her cousin Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Haddington, making her children thus Hamilton's. Under the terms of her father's earldom, Hamilton took the surname of Leslie, and arranged to pass his own peerage to the second son. She had four children, the eldest of whom was John Hamilton-Leslie who became Earl after her death in August 1700. One of her other children would become the 6th Earl of Haddington. Marriage and children On 8 October 1674 she married her cousin Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Haddington. Their children were: # Hon John Hamilton, ''later'' Leslie, ''later'' 9th Earl of Rothes # Hon Thomas Hamilton, ''later'' 6th Earl of Haddington # Charles Hamilton (dvm. young) # Lady Anna Hamilton (bapt. 25 Aug 1676) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rothes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke Of Queensberry
Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, 2nd Duke of Dover, (24 November 169822 October 1778) was a Scottish nobleman, extensive landowner, Privy Council of Great Britain, Privy Counsellor and Vice Admiral of Scotland. Life Charles was born in Queensberry House in Edinburgh on 24 November 1698, the younger son of James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, 1st Duke of Dover, and his wife Mary Boyle, daughter of Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan, On 17 June 1706, while still a child, Charles was created in his own right Lord Douglas of Lockerbie, Dalveen and Thornhill, Viscount of Tiberris and Earl of Solway. In 1711, he succeeded his father as Duke of Queensberry, superseding his mentally ill older brother James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry, James Douglas. This happened because, in view of James being insane, the crown had granted a Charter of novodamus, novodamus which excluded him from the succession to the Dukedom, but left James the Scottish Marquessate of the sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Wemyss, 4th Earl Of Wemyss
David Wemyss, 4th Earl of Wemyss (29 April 167815 March 1720), was a Scottish peer and Member of Parliament who served as Lord High Admiral of Scotland from 1706 to 1714. Early life David Wemyss was born on 29 April 1678, the son of James Wemyss, Lord Burntisland (c. 1657–1682) and Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss (1659–1705). His elder sister was Lady Anne Wemyss (d. 1702), who married David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven, and his younger sister was Lady Margaret Wemyss, who married David Carnegie, 4th Earl of Northesk. Career He succeeded to the Wemyss title on the death of his mother in March 1705. Lord Wemyss entered parliament as a peer on 28 June 1705, and was the same year sworn of the privy council. He was one of the commissioners for the treaty of Union with England. In 1706, he was appointed High Admiral of Scotland, and this office having been abolished at the Union, he was then constituted Vice Admiral of Scotland. The Earl of Wemyss was one of four non-m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice Admiral Of Scotland
Lord High Admiral of Scotland was the name of one of the Great Officers of State of the Kingdom of Scotland before the Union with England in 1707. The office was one of considerable power, also known as ''Royal Scottish Admiralty'', including command of the King's ships and sailors (see Royal Scottish Navy) and inspection of all sea ports, harbours, and sea coasts. The Admiral appointed judges to decide causes relating to maritime affairs, including both civil and criminal jurisdiction, and jurisdiction over creeks, fresh and navigable waterways. The duties were exercised through vice-admirals and admirals-depute, later called judge admirals. The office seems to have originated in the early 15th century and was once held by Sir Robert Logan of Grugar, later also of Restalrig and the Earls of Bothwell and the Dukes of Lennox. It was one of the heritable offices that Charles II gave to his illegitimate son Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox. The earliest survivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie House
Leslie House in Leslie, Fife — a Grade A listed historic building in the County — is the largest and earliest Restoration house in Fife, Scotland, and was the seat of the Earls of Rothes for over 250 years, remaining today still the seat of the Barony and Lordship of Leslie. Sir Robert Spencer-Nairn acquired the house in 1919, and in 1952 donated it to the Church of Scotland. After having been sold for redevelopment in 2005, the building suffered severe fire damage. The restoration work finally started in 2021 and it is nearing completion. History It was built for John Leslie, the Duke of Rothes between 1667 and 1674 and this became the seat of the Rothes family. The house which was dubbed ''Villa De Rothes'' was the centre of life in the village and once rivalled Holyrood Palace for both size and glamour. A 1667 extension was by a design of William Bruce. The writer Daniel Defoe defined it 'the Glory of the Place, and indeed of the whole Province of Fife'. When a fire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strathearn
Strathearn or Strath Earn (), also the Earn Valley, is the strath of the River Earn, which flows from Loch Earn to meet the River Tay in the east of Scotland. The area covers the stretch of the river, containing a number of settlements in Perthshire. It shares a name with a modern ward used for elections to Perth and Kinross Council. Strathearn was also the name of an ancient province of the Kingdom of Alba, under the authority of a mormaer and then an Earl. More recently, the name has since been used in a number of titles used by the British royal family. History The historic province of Strathearn was bounded on the north by Atholl, north west by Breadalbane, south west by Menteith, south east by Fife, and on the east by '' Perthia''. The earliest attested mormaer of Strathearn is Mael Ísu I, who is recorded fighting alongside David I at the Battle of the Standard in 1138. Unlike some provinces where the holder of the office of mormaer rotated between kin- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
