Malcolm George Dyer-Edwardes Leslie, 20th Earl of Rothes (8 February 1902 – 17 May 1975) was a

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nobleman, and the head of Clan Leslie. He was the

Earl of Rothes Earl of Rothes (pronounced "''Roth''-es") is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1458 for George Leslie, 1st Lord Leslie. He had already been created Lord Leslie in 1445, also in the Peerage of Scotland. His grandson, the th ...

from 1927 until 1975, following the death of his father, Norman Leslie, 19th Earl of Rothes.

Early life

Malcolm George Dyer-Edwardes Leslie was born on 8 February 1902 in

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. His father was Norman Leslie, 19th Earl of Rothes, a Scottish nobleman. His mother was Noël Leslie, Countess of Rothes, who not only survived the ''

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'' disaster, but took the tiller of a lifeboat and helped row survivors to the .

Marriage and children

On 17 July 1926, he married Beryl Dugdale, daughter of Lionel Dugdale of Crathorne, a former

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, and sister of

Thomas Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne Thomas Lionel Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne, (20 July 1897 – 26 March 1977), known as Sir Thomas Dugdale, 1st Baronet, from 1945 to 1959, was a British Conservative Party politician. He resigned as a government minister over the Crichel D ...

. They had three children: * Lady Jean Leslie (1927–2017). Married in 1949 to Roderick Mackenzie. * Lady Evelyn Leslie (1929–2011). Married in 1949 to Sir Gerard William Mackworth-Young. * Ian Lionel Malcolm Leslie, 21st Earl of Rothes (1932–2005). Married in 1955 to Marigold Evans-Bevan. His son succeeded him in 1975 as the Earl of Rothes.

Career

He worked as Chairman of the

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. He succeeded as the 20th Earl of Rothes on the death of his father in 1927. He served as a

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until this system was abolished.

Death and legacy

The Earl died on 7 May 1975. The Rothes Chair in Preventive Ophthalmology was established at London University in his memory in 1977.

References

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