Leslie (Russian nobility)

Leslie
Arms of family Leslie
Parent houseLeslie baronets
CountryRussian Empire
Estate(s)Gerchikovo [ru], Uvarovo [ru]

The Leslie family (Russian: Лесли) is the name of Russian noble family of Scottish origin.

History

Descendants of Alexander Leslie of Auchintoul, who was a Scottish soldier in Swedish and General in Russian service. In 1654 he wrested Smolensk from the Poles and became the Tsar's governor/voivode there.[1] Auchintoul fought for the Montrosians in the English Civil War. He was the son of William Leslie, third laird of Crichie, a branch of the Balquhain Leslies.[2] He was commander of Russian forces during the Siege of Smolensk (1654), one of the first great events of the Russo-Polish War (1654–67).[3]

Descendants

Family had several generals during Great Northern War, War of the Polish Succession and Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739).

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Grosjean & Murdoch, SSNE, ID 2916
  2. ^ W. Barnhill and P. Dukes, 'North-east Scots in Muscovy in the seventeenth century' in Northern Scotland, vol. 1, no. 1, 1972
  3. ^ Diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries 1635-1699 Archived 2009-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, University of Aberdeen website
  4. ^ D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection, Aberdeen, 1996
  5. ^ Historical records of the Family of Leslie from 1067 to 1868/69, Printed by R. Clark, Edinburgh, 1869
  6. ^ D. Fedosov in the Caledonian Connection in Aberdeen, 1996 and Dukes in "Aberdeen and North-east Scotland: some archival and other sources", in The Study of Russian History from British Archival Sources, 1986, p. 54.
  7. ^ Smolensk Noble Opolcheniye 1812

References

  • Grosjean, Alexia; Murdoch, Steve, "ID 2916, 3975, 3984 and ID 3976", The Scotland, Scandinavia and Northern European Database (SSNE), published online by: Saint Andrews University