Clan Leslie

Clan Leslie
Crest: A demi griffin Proper, armed, beaked and winged Or
MottoGrip fast
Profile
RegionLowlands
DistrictAberdeenshire
Plant badgeRue
Chief
Hon. Alexander Leslie
SeatWardhill Castle
Historic seatBalquhain Castle
Septs of Clan Leslie
Abernathy, Abernethy, Bartholomew, Cairney, Laing, Leslie, Lesley, Lessely, Lessley, Lesslie, More
Allied clans

Clan Leslie is a Lowland Scottish clan. The progenitor of the clan, Bartolf, was a nobleman from Hungary, who came to Scotland in 1067. He built a castle at Leslie, from which the clan name derives.

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