John Lesley

(1527-1596)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Leslie, John, 1527-1596 NRA: Leslie John (1527-1596) Roman Catholic Bishop of Ross DNB: Lesley [Leslie], John (1527–1596), bishop of Ross, historian, and conspirator LBT ID: JoLesli1596 VIAF ID: 49280284 LOC ID: n85381082	B/BAP: 1527-09-29 DIED: 1596-05-31
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Bishop of Ross (1566); he was a Scottish historian who served Queen Mary as advisor and ambassador to the court of Elizabeth.
REFERENCES TO John Lesley: Sir Walter Scott to Lord Montagu of Boughton, 17 July 1823 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter X 1823