Alexander Leslie, First Baron of Leslie

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ALEXANDER LESLE, First Baron of Leslie, or of that Ilk.

As has been related, David, IX. Dominus Ejusdem, had a daughter Margaret, to whom, at his death in March 1439, he left the barony of Leslie in the Garioch, and other lands in Aberdeenshire ; while Norman Leslie of Rothes and Fythkill, son of Sir George Leslie of Rothes, succeeded to the barony of Ballinbreich, Tacis, and others, as the nearest heir-male under the deed of tailzie executed in 1389 by Norman Leslie, son of Andrew de Leslie, VIII. Dominus Ejusdem, and father of David, IX. Dominus Ejusdem.

Margaret Leslie married Alexander Leslie, son of Sir Andrew Leslie, third Baron of Balquhain, who in all public documents is styled Baron of Leslie, or of that Ilk. Alexander Leslie de Eodem, or of that Ilk, is a witness to a charter of half of the lands of Westhall, granted by Alexander Ramsay of Westhall to his brother Edward Ramsay, dated at the chapel of the Virgin Mary in the Garioch, 26th May 1453 Alexander de Leslie, Dominus Ejusdem, granted a charter of the lands of Braco, Cults, Milltown of Knockinlews, and Drummies, with their pertinents, lying in the barony of Leslie and regality of the Garioch, to William Leslie, fourth Baron of Balquhain, 27th March 1460.

By his first wife, Margaret Leslie, Alexander Leslie had issue -

     I. John, who, it was said, was poisoned by his stepmother ; 

     II. Johanna, married to Strachan, a brother of the Baron of Thornton. 

Alexander Leslie married, secondly, Janet Mowat, a daughter of the Baron of Baldquhollie, by whom he had issue -

     I. William, born in 1430, who is documented by an obligation dated at Leslie Castle in the Garioch, 10th July 1458, whereby Alexander Leslie of that Ilk obliged himself to George, first Earl of Rothes, Lord Leslie upon Leven, that if the marriage appointed betwixt William Leslie, son and heir-apparent of the said Alexander, or any other of the said Alexander's sons and apparent heirs, and Lady Margaret Leslie, the daughter of the said Earl of Rothes by Margaret Lundin, his spouse, or any other of the said Earl's daughters, did not take place through the default of the said Alexander Leslie, or of his sons, then to pay to the said Earl the sum of 500 merks, besides costs, skaith, and expenses in recovering the same. It would appear that William Leslie died during the lifetime of his father. 

     II. George, who succeeded as second Baron of that Ilk. 

Alexander Leslie, first Baron of that Ilk, died about 1470, and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, George Leslie, second Baron of that Ilk.