Leslie (Russian nobility) explained

Surname:Leslie
Native Name Lang:Лесли
Coat Of Arms:RU_COA_LESLIE.jpg
Caption:Arms of family Leslie
Country:Russian Empire
Estates:,
Parent House:Leslie baronets

The Leslie family 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. 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.[1] 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).[2]

Descendants

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

Notes and References

  1. W. Barnhill and P. Dukes, 'North-east Scots in Muscovy in the seventeenth century' in Northern Scotland, vol. 1, no. 1, 1972
  2. http://www.abdn.ac.uk/riiss/diariesofpatrickgordon.shtml Diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries 1635-1699
  3. D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection, Aberdeen, 1996
  4. https://archive.org/stream/historicalrecord03lesluoft/historicalrecord03lesluoft_djvu.txt Historical records of the Family of Leslie from 1067 to 1868/69, Printed by R. Clark, Einburgh, 1869
  5. 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.
  6. http://adjudant.ru/1812militia/smolensk1812-12.htm Smolensk Noble Opolcheniye 1812