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“I. The Right Rev. John Leslie, D.D., eldest son of George Leslie, by his wife Marjory Leslie, was born about 1571. The earlier part of his education he received at Aberdeen, the latter part at Oxford. He afterwards traveled into Spain, Italy, Germany, and France, and acquired such a proficiency in the languages of all these countries, excepting the last, that he spoke them with fluency of a native. He remained twenty-two years abroad, and was present at the siege of Rochelle. He also accompanied the Duke of Buckingham on the expedition to the isle of Rhé. He stood high in favour with King Charles I., who made him a privy-councillor. He was made Bishop of Orkney, whence he was removed to the Sea Raphoe in Ireland in 1633. There he built a handsome palace, which he afterwards held out against Oliver Cromwell. He went abroad after the execution of Charles I, and remained abroad till after the Restoration, when he returned to England, and in 1661 he was translated to the See of Clogher. He married Catherine Cunningham, heiress of Glasslough, and had issue -

“ I. John, born 19th June 1639; died 18th January 1641. “ II. Alexander, born 19th February 1643; died 28th December 1645. “ III. John, born 5th January 1645; married Miss Hamilton, and died without issue. “ IV. George, born 22d December 1647; died 18th May 1650. “ V. Albert, born 23d April 1649; died 22d May 1650. “ VI. Charles, born 17th July 1650; succeeded to the estate of Glasslough. “ VII. Mary, born 15th August 1651; died on the 19th of the same month. “ VIII. Jane, born 9th October 1655; married to R. Sanderson.

“The Right Rev. Dr. John Leslie of Glasslough, Bishop of Clogher, died in September 1671, upwards of one hundred years old, being then the oldest bishop in the world, having filled that dignified station for fifty years. He was succeeded in the estate of Glasslough by his sixth, but only surviving son --"

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"LINEAGE. - John Leslie, the founder of the Glasslough branch of the Leslie family, in Ireland, a descendant of the house of Balquhain, in Aberdeenshire, was b. in the north of Scotland, and educated first at Aberdeen, and then at Oxford. Of this distinguished divine, there is an interesting account in Sir James Ware’s History of Ireland, edited by Harris. His chief preferment in the church of Scotland was the bishopric of Orkney, whence he was removed to Raphoe, in 1633, and thence translated to the see of Clogher, 17 June, 1661. He d. at his seat at Castle Lesley, alias Glasslough, in Sept. 1671. "