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Elizabeth Leslie (Yorke)

Also Known As: "Lady Elizabeth Leslie of Lindores"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Gowthwaite Hall, Pately Bridge, Yorkshire, England
Death: August 03, 1678 (49-50)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir John Yorke, Kt., of Gouthwaite and Florence Yorke
Wife of James Leslie, 3rd Baron Lindores
Sister of Frances Barney and Anna Jean Leslie
Half sister of Sir John Yorke, Kt., MP, of Gouthwaite

Managed by: Justine Recinos
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About Elizabeth Leslie

Origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Yorke-248

Sir John Yorke of Gowthwaite (or Gouthwaite) was born about 1598 and married, firstly, Florence Sharpe of Westmoreland about 1623. They had three daughters:

  1. Elizabeth (married James Leslie, 3rd Lord Lindores),
  2. Frances (married Thomas Barney), and
  3. Jane (or Anna Jean) (married David Leslie, 1st Baron Newark).

References

  1. Genealogics ~ Leo van de Pas < link >
    1. [S00058] The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden. 8:3
  2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Yorke-248
    1. Clan MacFarlane Genealogy. < link >
    2. A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, & Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, Sir Bernard Burke, London, 1866.
    3. Greenhow-hill.org. < link >
    4. Upper Nidderdale, with the Forest of Knaresborough, p 288, Harry Speight, 1906. < GoogleBooks >
    5. Burke, John. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland . London: Bentley, 1838. Print, p 745. < GoogleBooks >
    6. Foster, J. (1874).
    7. Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire. (Vol. II). London, U.K.: W. Wilfred Head, pp 322-323. < Archive.Org >
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Elizabeth Leslie's Timeline

1628
1628
Gowthwaite Hall, Pately Bridge, Yorkshire, England
1678
August 3, 1678
Age 50