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Malcolm Leslie, 20th Earl of Rothes

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The Earl of Rothes
Lord Rothes in 1924
Scottish representative peer
In office
29 October 1931 – 18 September 1959
Preceded byThe Lord Lauderdale
Succeeded byThe Lord Carnwath
Personal details
Born
Malcolm George Dyer-Edwardes Leslie

(1902-02-08)8 February 1902
Kensington, London, England
Died17 May 1975(1975-05-17) (aged 73)
Hounslow, London, England
Spouse
Beryl Dugdale
(m. 1926)
Children3; including Ian Leslie, 21st Earl of Rothes
Parent(s)Norman Leslie, 19th Earl of Rothes
Lucy Noël Martha Dyer-Edwardes
ResidenceLeslie House

Malcolm George Dyer-Edwardes Leslie, 20th Earl of Rothes (8 February 1902 – 17 May 1975) was a Scottish nobleman, and the head of Clan Leslie.[1] He was the Earl of Rothes from 1927 until 1975, following the death of his father, Norman Leslie, 19th Earl of Rothes.

Early life

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Malcolm George Dyer-Edwardes Leslie was born on 8 February 1902 in Kensington. His father was Norman Leslie, 19th Earl of Rothes, a Scottish nobleman. His mother was Noël Leslie, Countess of Rothes, who not only survived the Titanic disaster, but took the tiller of a lifeboat and helped row survivors to the RMS Carpathia.

Marriage and children

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On 17 July 1926, he married Beryl Dugdale, daughter of Lionel Dugdale of Crathorne, a former High Sheriff of Yorkshire, and sister of Thomas Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne.

They had three children:

  • Lady Jean Leslie (1927–2017). Married in 1949 to Roderick Mackenzie.
  • Lady Evelyn Leslie (1929–2011). Married in 1949 to Sir Gerard William Mackworth-Young.[2]
  • Ian Lionel Malcolm Leslie, 21st Earl of Rothes (1932–2005). Married in 1955 to Marigold Evans-Bevan.

His son succeeded him in 1975 as the Earl of Rothes.

Career

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He worked as Chairman of the National Mutual Life Assurance Society.[3]

He succeeded as the 20th Earl of Rothes on the death of his father in 1927. He served as a Scottish representative peer until this system was abolished.[4]

Death and legacy

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The Earl died on 7 May 1975.[5] The Rothes Chair in Preventive Ophthalmology was established at London University in his memory in 1977.

References

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  1. ^ "Malcolm, 20th Earl of Rothes (1902-1975)". Clan Leslie Trust.
  2. ^ "Deaths: MACKWORTH-YOUNG". Daily Telegraph. January 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Malcolm George Dyer-Edwardes Leslie, 20th Earl of Rothes". National Portrait Gallery, London.
  4. ^ "The Leslie Story". Clan Leslie Trust.
  5. ^ "Our Former Clan Chief". Clan Leslie.
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Earl of Rothes
1927 – 1975
Succeeded by