Charles Powell Leslie (1769–1831)

Colonel Charles Powell Leslie, JP (1769 – 15 November 1831), of Castle Leslie, Glaslough, County Monaghan, was an Irish landowner and politician.[1]

He was the eldest son of Charles Powell Leslie and the Hon. Prudence Penelope Hill-Trevor, daughter of Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon, and therefore, a cousin of the Duke of Wellington. His brothers were the Rt. Rev. John Leslie and Rev. Edward Leslie.[2] He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.[3]

Leslie was Irish Member of Parliament for Monaghan (1801–1826) and New Ross (1830–1831).[3] He succeeded his father, Charles Powell Leslie, in representing Monaghan. He was Colonel of the County Monaghan militia. He served as High Sheriff of Monaghan in 1788 and Governor until 1831.[2] He was also trustee of the linen board.[3]

He was married to Anne (née Ryder), daughter of Rev. Dudley Ryder, from 1791 to her death in 1813, with whom he had three daughters. He married secondly Christiana (née Fosbery), daughter of George Fosbery, of Clorhane, Limerick. By his second wife he had three sons and four daughters, including Charles Powell Leslie, Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet, Christiana Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford, and Prudentia Penelope Cavendish-Bentinck.[2]

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  1. ^ Introduction Leslie Papers (MIC606, T3827) (PDF), November 2007, retrieved 22 September 2015
  2. ^ a b c John Burke (1838). Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 4. p. 152. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "LESLIE, Charles Powell (?1767-1831), of Glasslough, co. Monaghan. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Monaghan
1801–1826
With: Richard Dawson to 1807
Thomas Corry 1807–1812
Richard Dawson 1812–1813
Thomas Corry 1813–1818
Henry Westenra from 1818
Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of Monaghan
1802–1831
Succeeded by