Humphrys genealogy

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Leslie of Tarbert House

  
James Leslie,
born 1678,
of Tarbert, Co.Kerry.
See entry in tree by Paddy Waldron.
He mar Sarah Kelly.
He died 1723.
They had issue:


  1. Sarah Leslie,
    mar 1728 to John Rowan and had issue.


  2. Rev. James Leslie, born 1707,
    of Tarbert House.
    Bishop of Limerick 1755-1770.
    He died 1770.
    He had issue:

    1. Sir Edward Leslie, 1st (and only) Baronet,
      bapt at Durham on 5 Jan 1746. See p.20 of published Durham parish records.
      Succeeded to Tarbert House 1770.
      He mar 1773 to Anne Cane.
      He founded the Tarbert Regiment 1779 (disbanded 1793).
      His agent at Tarbert in at least 1785 to 1802 was Joseph Lindsay.
      MP for Old Leighlin 1787.
      He was cr Baronet 1787.
      Founded the Tarbert Cavalry 1796.
      Founded the Tarbert Infantry (Fencibles) 1799 (disbanded 1802).
      He died 1818, Weymouth, Dorset, age 72 yrs. See p.573 of [The Gentleman's magazine, 1818].
      Baronetcy extinct. Tarbert House inherited by his 1st cousin Robert Leslie.
      Anne died at Bath, 1821.
      They had issue:

      1. Catherine Louisa Leslie,
        born 1777.
        "Louisa" in letters.
        She mar 1807 to Lord Douglas Gordon-Hallyburton. No issue.
        He was son of Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboyne and half-brother of George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly.


  3. Robert Leslie,
    born c.1712,
    of Leslie Lodge, near Tarbert, Co.Kerry.




  

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