Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of David (Melville) Leslie
and Anna (Wemyss) Leslie
Sister of
George Leslie and Alexander Leslie
Wife of
William (Gordon) Gordon Second Earl of Aberdeen
— married
before 23 Apr 1708 [location unknown]
Mother of
Mary Gordon
Died
at age 17
[location unknown]
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Mary Leslie was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.
Biography
Lady Mary Leslie (1692-1710) was the daughter of David Leslie, 5th Earl of Leven and Anne Wemyss. She married William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen, son of George Gordon of Haddo, 1st Earl of Aberdeen and Anne Lockhart, before 23 April 1708. She died, seemingly in childbirth, in January 1710 at age 17.[1]
Children of Lady Mary Leslie and William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen
- Lady Anne Gordon; b. 17 Jan 1709, d. 15 Apr 1755; she would become Countess of Dumfries and Stair.
- Mary Gordon b. 27 Jan 1710, d. c 1 Feb 1710
Footnotes
- ↑ Balfour Paul; Vol 6, page 113
Sources
- Sir James Balfour Paul, Editor. The Scots peerage, founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Vol. VI. Edinburgh: D Douglas, 1904. Open Library
- Sir William Fraser. The Melvilles, Earls of Melville, and the Leslies, Earls of Leven; in 3 Volumes - Vol 1 referenced. Volume I. Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1890. archive.org
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