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About David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark
General David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark was a Scottish army officer. During the Thirty Years' War, he joined in the Swedish Army in 1630 and served under Alexander Leslie. Returning to Scotland in the final days of the Bishops' War, Leslie fought in the English Civil War and Scottish Civil Wars on the side of the Covenanters and Royalists. After the Stuart Restoration, Leslie was raised to the peerage of Scotland as Lord Newark by Charles II of Scotland.
Everything about David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark →- Occupation
- politician
- Citizenship
- Scotland
- Born
- 1600
- Died
- 1682, 1694