LESLIE, David (1660-1728) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 5 May 1660, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of George Melville, earl of Melville [S], and Catherine, da. of Alexander Leslie (d.1644), styled. Ld. Balgonie [S], o. surv. s. d.v.p. of Alexander Leslie, earl of Leven [S]. educ. travelled abroad 1684-6. m. contract 3 Sept. 1691, Anna (d. 9 Jan. 1702) , da. of Sir James Wemyss of Burntisland, Fife, Ld. Burntisland [S], sis. David Wemyss, 4th earl of Wemyss [S], 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. d.v.p. d. 6 June 1728.

Offices Held

PC [S] 1689 – 1708; commr. exchequer [S] 1689 – aft.96, remodelling of forces [S] 1689 – 90, pacification of Highlands [S] 1689, auditing treasury accts. [S] 1697 – aft.98, visitation univs. [S] 1697, auditing adm. accts. [S] 1698, auditing exchequer accts. [S] 1698, justiciary for highlands [S] 1702, union with England [S] 1702 – 03, 1706. CSP Dom. 1689–90, pp. 109, 350, 361, 394; CSP Dom. 1691–2, pp. 166, 167; CSP Dom. 1696, pp. 168, 195; CSP Dom. 1697, pp. 480, 538; CSP Dom. 1698, pp. 321, 405, 407, 431, 432; CSP Dom. 1702–3, pp. 353, 571; Boyer, Anne Annals, i. 156.

Col. of horse (service of Elector of Brandenburg) 1687; col. of 25 Ft. 1689 – 94; constable and capt. coy. of ft., Edinburgh Castle 1689 – 1702, 1704 – 12; brig.-gen. 1702, maj.-gen. 1704, lt.-gen. 1707; master of ordnance [S] 1705 – 12; c.-in-c. [S] 1706 – 12.

Burgess, Edinburgh 1689; commr. supply, Fife, Perth 1704; dep. steward, Strathearn 1707-aft. 1711. Scot. Rec. Soc. lix. 307; HMC Portland, iv. 467; x. 368.

Gov. Bank of Scotland 1697 – d.

Parlimentarian

LESLIE, David (1660-1728)

Associated with: Melville House, Monimail, Fife; Suffolk St., Westminster.NAS, RHP 35813; HMC Stuart, iii. 551; London Jnl. xviii. 27.;

MELVILLE

Likenesses

oil on canvas by J.B. de Medina, 1691, National Galleries of Scotland; ivory relief by D. Le Marchand, c.1696-1700 (Victoria and Albert Museum).

Author

Townend, Graham

Hayton, David

Volume

Lords 1660-1715