LESLIE, William (1814-1880), of Warthill, Aberdeenshire
J.P., Deputy Lieut. Aberdeenshire.
J.P., Deputy Lieut. Aberdeenshire.
J.P.; dep. lt. 1832; high sheriff co. Waterford 1824, 1847.
Entered army (ensign) May 1796; lt. 49 Ft. Sept. 1796, capt. 1799; maj. army 1804; maj. 52 Ft. 1805; lt.-col. 1811; half-pay 1815; col. army 1821; maj.-gen. 1830; lt.-gen. 1841; col. 38 Ft. 1843; gen. 1854; col. 79 Ft. 1862 – d.
2nd asst. surgeon ordnance medical dept. 1813, half-pay 1819, returned to dept. 1825, 1st asst. surgeon 1827, ret. 1828.
JP Kesteven 1866; parts of Lindsey 1867; Dep. Lt. Lincs; high sheriff Lincs. 1894.
Entered RN 1817, lt. 1824, cdr. 1826, capt. 1827, half-pay 1837, r.-adm. (ret.) 1854, v.-adm. (ret.) 1861, adm. (ret.) 1865.
Ld. in waiting May-Dec. 1852; naval a.d.c. to Queen Victoria 1852 – 54; PC 26 Feb. 1858; capt. of gentlemen-at-arms Feb. 1858 – June 1859; high steward [I] 1858 – d.
Lt. Staffs. yeoman cav. 1831; lt.-col. Staffs. militia 1832.
Sheriff, Dorset 1823–4.
Vice president Blandford Agricultural Society 1838.
JP; dep. lt. Worcs. 1863.
Capt. Worcs. yeomanry 1867 – 81.
Ld. lt. Staffs. 1887 – d.
Cornet, Duke of Lancaster’s yeomanry militia 1841, capt. 1846, lt. col. 1857.