LESLIE, Charles Joseph (4 son of John Leslie 1751–1828). b. 1785; ensign 29 foot 18 Dec. 1806; captain 60 rifles 17 May 1820, major 18 Dec. 1828 to 28 Dec. 1832 when placed on h.p.; K.H. 1836; author of Historical records of the family of Leslie 1869. d. Slindon house near Arundel 10 Jany. 1870.
LESLIE, Charles Powell (eld. son of Charles Powell Leslie of Glasslough, co. Monaghan, M.P. for Monaghan, d. 15 Nov. 1831). b. 13 Sep. 1821; ed. at Harrow, matric. from Ch. Ch. Oxf. 16 Oct. 1839; M.P. co. Monaghan 1842 to death; lord lieut. of co. Monaghan 1858 to death; col. of Monaghan militia 6 Aug. 1857 to death. d. Castle Leslie, Glasslough 26 June 1871.
LESLIE, Charles Robert (eld. son of Robert Leslie of Philadelphia, clockmaker, d. 1804). b. Clerkenwell, London 19 Oct. 1794; taken to Philadelphia 1800, apprenticed there to Bradford and Inskeep, publishers 1808; a student at the R.A. in London, Dec. 1811; his picture called Murder, exhibited at R.A. 1813; A.R.A. Nov. 1821, R.A. 1826; visited Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford and painted his portrait 1824; professor of painting at the R.A. 1848–52; exhibited 76 pictures at R.A. and 11 at B.I. 1813–59; many of his best works are in the National Gallery, London; author of Memoirs of the life of John Constable, R.A. 1843, 2 ed. 1845; A hand-book for young painters 1855, 2 ed. 1870; Life and times of Sir Joshua Reynolds 2 vols. 1865. d. 2 Abercorn place, St. John’s Wood, London 5 May 1859. C. R. Leslie’s Autobiographical Recollections edited by Tom Taylor 2 vols. (1860), portrait; James Dafforne’s Pictures by C. R. Leslie, R.A. (1872); Wedmore’s Masters of genre painting (1879); J. Sherer’s Gallery of British artists, ii 20–26; W. Sandby’s History of Royal academy, ii 39–47 (1862); W. C. Monkhouse’s Masterpieces of English art (1869) 127–31; Redgrave’s Century of Painters, ii 230–55, 326–46 (1866).
LESLIE, Frank, pen name of Henry Carter (son of Joseph Carter, glove maker). b. Ipswich 29 March 1821; in a dry goods house London 1838; sent sketches to Illust. London News, May 1842 signed Frank Leslie, superintendent of the engraving department of the paper to 1848; went to U.S. America 1848; took name of Frank Leslie by legislative act; employed on Gleason’s Pictorial in Boston; published The Gazette of fashion, a periodical 1854; The New York Journal; produced first number of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper 14 Dec. 1855; established The Chimney corner 1865 and afterwards other periodicals; commissioner to Paris exhibition 1867, received gold medal; president of New York centennial commission 1876; spent large sums of money and in 1877 assigned his property to a trust. d. Fifth Avenue, New York 10 Jany. 1880; his widow Miriam Florence assumed by legal process name of Frank Leslie. Appleton’s American Biog. iii 696 (1887).
LESLIE, Frederick, stage name of Frederick Hobson (son of Charles Hobson of 49 Artillery place, Woolwich, military outfitter). b. Woolwich 1 April 1855; ed. in France for an architect; sang under name of Mr. Owen Hobbs at local entertainments at Woolwich; joined amateur company at R.A. theatre, Woolwich; appeared in London at Royalty theatre, Feb. 1878 as Colonel Hardy in Paul Pry; played at Folly theatre 1879; played at Alhambra, Marquis of Manicamp in La petite mademoiselle 6 Oct. 1879, and Duc de la Volta in La fille du tambour majeur 19 April 1880; played in United States of America 1881–2, 8 months and 1883–4; acted Rip Van Winkle in Planquette’s opera Rip Van Winkle at Comedy theatre 14 Oct. 1882 to Oct. 1883 and 6 Sep. 1884; played Ayala in The grand mogul at Comedy 17 Dec. 1884; member of Gaiety company Dec. 1885 to death; his chief parts at Gaiety were Jonathan Wild in Little Jack Sheppard 26 Dec. 1885, Noitier in Monte Christo junior 23 Dec. 1886, the Monster in Frankenstein 24 Dec. 1887, Don Cæsar de Bazan in Ruy Blas and the blasé roué 27 Sep. 1889; played in America and Australia 1890–1; played in Cinder-Ellen Up Too Late, as a Servant to the Prince of Belgravia, at Gaiety 24 Dec. 1891 to 25 Nov. 1892; purchased a residence at Clacton-on-Sea, Essex; author under nom de plume of A. C. Torr (actor) with Herbert F. Clark of Ruy Blas and the blasé roué, and with W. T. Vincent of Cinder-Ellen up too late; wrote and composed Love in the Lowther, a song which was very popular. d. 8 Tavistock chambers, Bloomsbury, London 7 Dec. 1892. bur. Charlton cemetery 10 Dec. Theatre 2 June 1884 pp. 322–3, portrait; Illust. sp. and dram. news 6 Nov. 1886 pp. 200, 207, portrait; The Pelican, Christmas number 1892, portrait; Strand Mag. Jany. 1893 p. 58, five portraits.
LESLIE, Henry. b. Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire 6 Jany. 1830; first came on the stage at Ipswich, Aug. 1847; lessee with Rollison of Edinburgh theatre royal 4 Sep. 1852 to 26 Jany. 1853, sole lessee 26 Jany. to 12 March 1853; first appeared in London at Drury lane as Roderigo, Sep. 1853, at the Olympic 1853–8; started The Stage college of dramatic tuition, 36 Queen’s crescent, Haverstock hill, London, Aug. 1866; manager of Amphitheatre and theatre royal, Liverpool for the Misses Copeland 1868–70; manager with Mr. Pearson of Prince of Wales’ theatre, Liverpool 1870; travelled in the provinces with his own company playing Offenbach’s Princess of Trebizond 1871; manager of the Amphitheatre, Liverpool alone 1871, then with Lindo Courtenay 1873–9; lessee of theatre royal, Leeds, Easter 1880 to 1881; author of The mariner’s compass, a novel 1865; How the ghost walked. Printed in A. Halliday’s Savage Club Papers 1868; and of the following dramas, Adrienne or the secret of a life, Lyceum 12 Nov. 1860; The trail of sin, Victoria, Sep. 1863; The orange girl, Surrey theatre 24 Oct. 1864; The mariner’s compass, Astley’s theatre 4 March 1865; The sin and the sorrow, Grecian theatre 17 Sep. 1866; Tide and time, Surrey 9 March 1867; Friendship; Love and truth; The village blacksmith. d. Paignton, Devon 4 March 1881.
LESLIE, Henry James. Called to Irish bar 1833; Q.C. 23 Feb. 1867. d. Belfield, Dundrum, co. Dublin 16 Sep. 1888.
LESLIE, James (son of James Leslie, quarter master at taking of Quebec). b. Kair, Kincardineshire 1786; merchant at Montreal; served with Montreal volunteers in war of 1812, lieut.-col. 1862; member for Montreal in Lower Canada assembly 1824 and in the Dominion assembly for Verchēres 1844–8; member of legislative council 1848, president March to Sep. 1848; provincial sec. 1848–51; member of the senate 1867 to death. d. Montreal 1873.
LESLIE, John (younger son of Charles Powell Leslie of Glasslough, M.P. for co. Monaghan, d. 1800). b. Glasslough, co. Monaghan 12 Oct. 1772; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1794, M.A. 1805; dean of Cork 5 Oct. 1807 to 1812; prebendary of Armagh 19 March 1808 to 1812; bishop of Dromore by patent 14 Jany. 1812, consecrated at Armagh 26 Jany., enthroned by proxy 27 Feb.; translated to Elphin 16 Nov. 1819; bishop of united dioceses of Kilmore, Ardagh and Elphin, Oct. 1841 to death. d. The Palace, Kilmore 22 July 1854.
LESLIE, John. Ensign 69 foot 7 Aug. 1806, major 1 Jany. 1819 to 29 Aug. 1826 when placed on h.p.; lieut.-col. 4 foot 25 Jany. 1839 to 29 Dec. 1848 when placed on h.p.; colonel of 35 foot 26 Sep. 1857 to death; L.G. 26 Oct. 1858. d. Brighton 12 Feb. 1861 aged 70.