David Leslie, first Lord Newark

(1601-1682)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Newark, David Leslie, Baron, d. 1682 NRA: Leslie David (d 1682) 1st Baron Newark General DNB: Leslie, David, first Lord Newark (1601-1682), army officer LBT ID: LdNewar1 VIAF ID: 70360809 LOC ID: n85112231	B/BAP: 1601 DIED: 1682-02
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Scottish general who in 1645 defeated James Graham, Marquis of Montrose at the Battle of Philiphaugh; in 1651 he was defeated by Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester.
REFERENCES TO David Leslie, first Lord Newark: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter VIII 1819 Found 1: ¶ 13 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 8: 1819-20 Found 1: ¶ 10