David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark

The Right Honourable

The Lord Newark
The Right Honourable; The Lord Newark
	David Leslie, Lord Newark
Born	c. 1600
Died	1682 (aged 81–82)
Allegiance	Swedish Empire (1630–1632 & 1634–1640); Tsardom of Russia (1632–1633); Scottish Covenanters (1644–1650); Scottish Royalists (1650–1651)
Years of service	c. 1630–1651
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Thirty Years' War; Wars of the Three Kingdoms; Battle of Marston Moor; Battle of Dunaverty; Battle of Carbisdale; Battle of Worcester;
Relations	Patrick Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores ; (father)

David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark (c. 1600 – c. 1682) was a Scottish military officer and peer. During the Thirty Years' War, he joined in the Swedish Army in 1630 and served under Alexander Leslie. Returning to Scotland in the final days of the Bishops' War, Leslie fought in the English Civil War and Scottish Civil Wars on the side of the Covenanters and Royalists. After the Stuart Restoration, Leslie was raised to the peerage of Scotland as Lord Newark by Charles II of England.

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