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]

Ancestors

Ancestors of Charles Powell Leslie (1769–1831)

16. John Leslie, Bishop of Clogher 8. Rev. Charles Leslie 17. Katherine Conyngham 4. Robert Leslie 18. Very Rev. Richard Griffith, Dean of Ross 9. Jane Griffith 2. Charles Powell Leslie (I) 20. Sir John Rogerson 10. John Rogerson 21. Elizabeth Proby 5. Frances Rogerson 22. Stephen Ludlow MP 11. Elizabeth Ludlow 1. Charles Powell Leslie (II) 24. William Hill of Hillsborough 12. Michael Hill MP 25. Eleanor Boyle 6. Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon 26. Sir John Trevor 13. Anne Trevor 27. Jane Mostyn 3. Hon. Prudence Penelope Hill-Trevor 28. Edmund Stafford 14. Edmund Francis Stafford 29. Anne Stafford 7. Anne Stafford 30. Henry Leslie 15. Penelope Leslie 31. Margaret Beaghan

References

1. Introduction Leslie Papers (MIC606, T3827) (PDF), November 2007, retrieved 22 September 2015
2. John Burke (1838). Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 4. p. 152. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
3. "LESLIE, Charles Powell (?1767-1831), of Glasslough, co. Monaghan. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Westenra	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 John Leslie
Government offices
Preceded by The 2nd Baron Rossmore	Governor of Monaghan 1802–1831	Succeeded by The 2nd Baron Rossmore (as Lord Lieutenant)