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There have been a number of baronetcies in the Leslie family.

Leslie of Wardis (1 September 1625)

• Created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia
• Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet
• Sir John Leslie, 2nd Baronet
• Sir William Leslie, 3rd Baronet
• Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet
• Sir Charles Abraham Leslie, 5th Baronet
• Sir Norman Robert Leslie, 6th Baronet
• Sir Charles Henry Leslie, 7th Baronet
• Sir Norman Robert Alexander David Leslie, 8th Baronet
• Sir Henry John Lindores Leslie, 9th Baronet

• The heir apparent has not proved his claim: Percy John Leslie: Unproven

Leslie of Tarbert, Kerry (3 September 1787)

• Created in the Baronetage of Ireland
• Sir Edward Leslie, 1st Baronet (Extinct upon his death)

Leslie of Glaslough in the County of Monaghan (21 February 1876)

The Leslie Baronetcy, of Glaslough in the County of Monaghan, is a Baronetcy created in the Baronetcy of the United Kingdom. It was created 21 February 1876 for John Leslie.

• Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet (1822–1916)

• Sir John Leslie, 2nd Baronet (7 August 1857 – 25 January 1944). Leslie was the only son of five children born to Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet, and Lady Constance Wilhelmina Frances Dawson-Damer. He was educated initially at a preparatory school and then at Eton. Leslie described his experience of Eton as 'gruesome, particularly the corporal punishment and the teasing of Irish pupils around St Patrick's Day. He subsequently attended Cambridge. He was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, with whom he served as a lieutenant at the Battle of Tel el Kebir in 1882, distinguishing himself under fire. The Leslies were opposed to the Home Rule movement. Leslie led the Monaghan Militia in the 1890s and he allowed the Ulster Volunteer Force drill at the demesne in 1914. The Leslie family were one of the largest land-owning families in the late 19th century. Their holdings comprised 70,000 acres (280 km²) in counties Cavan, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Meath and Tyrone^[1]. They travelled to London quite frequently with a retinue of nurses, butlers and other staff. The family were educated at home. On 2 October 1884 in New York with the active disapproval of both families, Leslie married Leonie Blanche Jerome, daughter of Leonard Jerome and Clarissa Hall. Leonie's sister was Jennie, wife of Sir Randolph Churchill and mother of Winston Churchill. Leslie and his wife had four sons: Sir John Randolph Shane Leslie, 3rd Baronet; Captain Norman Jerome Beauchamp Leslie (1886-1914); Seymour William Leslie (1889-1979); Lionel Alistair David Leslie (1900-1987).

• Sir John Randolph Shane Leslie, 3rd Baronet (1885–1971), aka Shane Leslie

• Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet (born 6 December 1916), the eldest son, and only surviving child, of the late Sir John Randolph Shane Leslie, 3rd Baronet, and Marjorie Ide. He became the fourth baronet when his father died in 1971. Leslie was educated at Downside School and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He has never married or had children. Leslie has an elder sister, Anita Theodosia Moira Rodzianko King, and a younger brother, Desmond Arthur Peter Leslie, both since deceased. One of Desmond Leslie's sons or grandsons will inherit the baronetcy in due course given that the 4th Baronet has no heir.

Notes

1. ^ Dooley, Terence (2001). The Decline of the Big House in Ireland. Wolfound Press Ltd. ISBN 0-86327-850-7.  

References

• Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
• Leigh Rayment's Baronetage Page
• Tudor 16
• The Peerage.com