NEWARK, DAVID LESLIE, LORD (1601-1682) , Scot tish general, fifth son of Sir Patrick Leslie of Pitcairly, Fifeshire, commendator of Lindores, and Lady Jean Stuart, daughter of the 1st earl of Orkney. In his early life he served in the army of Gustavus Adolphus, where he rose to the rank of colonel of cav alry. In 164o he returned to Scotland. He was major-general under Alexander Leslie, earl of Leven, at Marston Moor. He was then sent into the north-western counties, and besieged and took Carlisle. When, after the battle of Kilsyth, Scotland was at the mercy of Montrose and his army, Leslie was recalled from Eng land in 1645, and made lieutenant-general of horse. In September he surprised and routed Montrose at Philiphaugh near Selkirk. He was then declared lieutenant-general of the forces. After a short period of service in England he returned to Scotland, and reduced several of the Highland clans.
command of the new army levied on behalf of Charles II. The result, though disastrous, demonstrated Leslie's capac ity as a soldier, and it might be claimed for him that Cromwell and the English regulars proved no match for him until his move ments were interfered with and his army reduced to indiscipline by the representatives of the Kirk party that accompanied his headquarters. After Dunbar Leslie fought a stubborn defensive campaign up to the crossing of the Forth by Cromwell, and then accompanied Charles to Worcester, where he was lieutenant-gen eral under the king. On the defeat of the royal army Leslie was committed to the Tower, where he remained till the Restoration in 166o. In 1661 he was created Lord Newark, and received a pen sion of L5oo per annum. He died in 1682. The title became extinct in 179o.