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
- Alexander Leslie of Auchintoul, General and voivode of Smolensk, owner of manor had three sons, Colonel[3] Alexander, Yakov-John and Colonel Fedor-Theodore (?-1695), commander of .
- John Leslie of Balquhain, son of General Alexander Leslie, was a Scottish cavalry colonel in Russian service killed in the storming of Igolwitz castle on 30 August 1655,[4] he married a daughter of Colonel Crawford in Muscovy, though there are at least three Crawfords with that rank in the Russian service, so it's not entirely clear who is meant.[5]
Family had several generals during Great Northern War, War of the Polish Succession and Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739).
Notes and References
- W. Barnhill and P. Dukes, 'North-east Scots in Muscovy in the seventeenth century' in Northern Scotland, vol. 1, no. 1, 1972
- http://www.abdn.ac.uk/riiss/diariesofpatrickgordon.shtml Diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries 1635-1699
- D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection, Aberdeen, 1996
- 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
- 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.
- http://adjudant.ru/1812militia/smolensk1812-12.htm Smolensk Noble Opolcheniye 1812