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Malcolm George Dyer-Edwardes Leslie, 20th Earl of Rothes (8 February 1902 – 17 May 1975) was a Scottish nobleman, and the head of Clan Leslie.[1] He was the Earl of Rothes from 1927 until 1975, following the death of his father, Norman Leslie, 19th Earl of Rothes.
The Earl of Rothes | |
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Scottish representative peer | |
In office 29 October 1931 – 18 September 1959 | |
Preceded by | The Lord Lauderdale |
Succeeded by | The Lord Carnwath |
Personal details | |
Born | Malcolm George Dyer-Edwardes Leslie 8 February 1902 Kensington, London, England |
Died | 17 May 1975 73) Hounslow, London, England | (aged
Spouse |
Beryl Dugdale (m. 1926) |
Children | 3; including Ian Leslie, 21st Earl of Rothes |
Parent(s) | Norman Leslie, 19th Earl of Rothes Lucy Noël Martha Dyer-Edwardes |
Residence | Leslie House |
Malcolm George Dyer-Edwardes Leslie was born on 8 February 1902 in Kensington. His father was Norman Leslie, 19th Earl of Rothes, a Scottish nobleman. His mother was Noël Leslie, Countess of Rothes, who not only survived the Titanic disaster, but took the tiller of a lifeboat and helped row survivors to the RMS Carpathia.
On 17 July 1926, he married Beryl Dugdale, daughter of Lionel Dugdale of Crathorne, a former High Sheriff of Yorkshire, and sister of Thomas Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne.
They had three children:
His son succeeded him in 1975 as the Earl of Rothes.
He worked as Chairman of the National Mutual Life Assurance Society.[3]
He succeeded as the 20th Earl of Rothes on the death of his father in 1927. He served as a Scottish representative peer until this system was abolished.[4]
The Earl died on 7 May 1975.[5] The Rothes Chair in Preventive Ophthalmology was established at London University in his memory in 1977.
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