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Charles Powell Leslie, (1769 – 15 November 1831), of

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, Glaslough, County Monaghan, was an Irish landowner and politician. He was the eldest son of Charles Powell Leslie and the Hon. Prudence Penelope Hill-Trevor, daughter of

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, and therefore, a cousin of the

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. His brothers were the Rt. Rev. John Leslie and Rev. Edward Leslie. He was educated at

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. Leslie, whose father had represented

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(1783–1800) in the

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prior to union, was Member of Parliament for

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(1801–1826) and

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(1830–1831). He was Colonel of the County Monaghan militia. He served as

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in 1788 and Governor until 1831. He was also trustee of the

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board. He was married to Anne (née Ryder), daughter of Rev. Dudley Ryder, from 1791 to her death in 1813, with whom he had three daughters. He married secondly Christiana (née Fosbery), daughter of George Fosbery, of Clorhane, Limerick. By his second wife he had three sons and four daughters, including Charles Powell Leslie,

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, Christiana Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford, and Prudentia Penelope Cavendish-Bentinck.

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