Biography of Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss 1620-1688

On 28th December 1614 [her father] John Leslie 6th Earl Rothes [aged 14] and [her mother] Anne Erskine Countess of Rothes [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Rothes. She the daughter of [her grandfather] John Erskine 19th Earl of Mar [aged 52] and [her grandmother] Mary Stewart Countess Mar [aged 32].

On 23rd April 1620 Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss was born to [her father] John Leslie 6th Earl Rothes [aged 20] and [her mother] Anne Erskine Countess of Rothes [aged 23].

In July 1625 [her future husband] David Wemyss 2nd Earl of Wemyss [aged 14] and Anna Balfour were married. He the son of John Wemyss 1st Earl of Wemyss [aged 39] and Jane Gray Countess Wemyss.

In 1631 [her brother-in-law] Hugh Montgomerie 7th Earl Eglinton [aged 18] and [her sister] Mary Leslie Countess of Eglinton [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Countess Eglinton. She the daughter of [her father] John Leslie 6th Earl Rothes [aged 31] and [her mother] Anne Erskine Countess of Rothes [aged 33]. He the son of Alexander Seton aka Montgomerie 6th Earl Eglinton [aged 43] and Anne Livingstone Countess Eglinton. They were fourth cousins.

On 20th November 1633 Walter Scott 1st Earl Buccleuch [aged 27] died. His son [her future husband] Francis [aged 6] succeeded 2nd Earl Buccleuch.

On 13th June 1637 Alexander Leslie [aged 26] and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of John Leslie 6th Earl Rothes [aged 37] and Anne Erskine Countess of Rothes [aged 40]. He the son of Alexander Leslie 1st Earl Leven [aged 57].

After 13th June 1637 [her son] Alexander Leslie 2nd Earl Leven was born to [her husband] Alexander Leslie [aged 26] and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 17]. He married 30th December 1656 Margaret Howard Countess Leven.

On 2nd May 1640 [her mother] Anne Erskine Countess of Rothes [aged 43] died.

On 23rd August 1641 [her father] John Leslie 6th Earl Rothes [aged 41] died. His son [her brother] John [aged 11] succeeded 7th Earl Rothes.

Around 12th January 1644 [her husband] Alexander Leslie [aged 33] died.

On 25th July 1646 Francis Scott 2nd Earl Buccleuch [aged 19] and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Countess Buccleuch. She the daughter of John Leslie 6th Earl Rothes and Anne Erskine Countess of Rothes. He the son of Walter Scott 1st Earl Buccleuch and Mary Hay Countess Buccleuch. They were half third cousins.

On 31st August 1647 [her daughter] Mary Scott 3rd Countess Buccleuch was born to [her husband] Francis Scott 2nd Earl Buccleuch [aged 20] and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 27].

On 1st January 1648 [her brother] John Leslie 1st Duke Rothes [aged 18] and [her sister-in-law] Anne Lindsay were married. She by marriage Countess Rothes. She the daughter of John Lindsay 1st Earl Lindsay 17th Earl Crawford [aged 36] and Margaret Hamilton Countess Lindsay and Crawford [aged 36]. He the son of [her father] John Leslie 6th Earl Rothes and [her mother] Anne Erskine Countess of Rothes. They were fourth cousin twice removed.

In 1649 John Wemyss 1st Earl of Wemyss [aged 63] died. His son [her future husband] David [aged 38] succeeded 2nd Earl Wemyss. Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 28] by marriage Countess Wemyss.

In April 1650 [her future husband] David Wemyss 2nd Earl of Wemyss [aged 39] and Helenor Fleming were married. She the daughter of John Fleming 2nd Earl Wigtown and Margaret Livingston Countess Wigtown. He the son of John Wemyss 1st Earl of Wemyss and Jane Gray Countess Wemyss. They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 11th February 1651 [her daughter] Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch was born to [her husband] Francis Scott 2nd Earl Buccleuch [aged 24] and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 30]. She married (1) 20th April 1663 her fifth cousin James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch and had issue (2) after 28th February 1681 Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis, son of Charles Cornwallis 2nd Baron Cornwallis and Margaret Playstead.

On 22nd November 1651 [her husband] Francis Scott 2nd Earl Buccleuch [aged 24] died. His daughter Mary [aged 4] succeeded 3rd Countess Buccleuch.

On 13th January 1653 David Wemyss 2nd Earl of Wemyss [aged 42] and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 32] were married. She the daughter of John Leslie 6th Earl Rothes and Anne Erskine Countess of Rothes. He the son of John Wemyss 1st Earl of Wemyss and Jane Gray Countess Wemyss. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 30th December 1656 Alexander Leslie 2nd Earl Leven [aged 19] and Margaret Howard Countess Leven [aged 21] were married. He the son of Alexander Leslie and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 36].

On 1st January 1659 [her daughter] Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss was born to [her husband] David Wemyss 2nd Earl of Wemyss [aged 48] and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 38]. She married (1) 28th March 1672 James Wemyss 1st Lord Burntisland and had issue (2) after December 1682 George Mackenzie 1st Earl Cromartie.

After 7th January 1661 [her sister] Mary Leslie Countess of Eglinton [deceased] died.

On 11th March 1661 [her daughter] Mary Scott 3rd Countess Buccleuch [aged 13] died. Her sister Anne [aged 10] succeeded 4th Countess Buccleuch.

On 20th April 1663 [her son-in-law] James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch [aged 14] and Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Duchess Monmouth. She the daughter of Francis Scott 2nd Earl Buccleuch and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 42]. He the illegitmate son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 32] and Lucy Walter. They were fifth cousins.

On 15th July 1664 [her son] Alexander Leslie 2nd Earl Leven [aged 27] died.

On 28th March 1672 [her son-in-law] James Wemyss 1st Lord Burntisland [aged 15] and Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss [aged 13] were married. She the daughter of David Wemyss 2nd Earl of Wemyss [aged 61] and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 51].

In July 1679 [her husband] David Wemyss 2nd Earl of Wemyss [aged 68] died at Wemyss Castle. His daughter Margaret [aged 20] succeeded 3rd Countess Wemyss. James Wemyss 1st Lord Burntisland [aged 22] by marriage Earl Wemyss.

On 29th May 1680 [her brother] John Leslie 1st Duke Rothes [aged 50] was created 1st Duke Rothes. [her sister-in-law] Anne Lindsay Duchess Rothes by marriage Duchess Rothes.

After 28th February 1681 [her son-in-law] Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis [aged 25] and Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch [aged 30] were married. She the daughter of Francis Scott 2nd Earl Buccleuch and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 60].

On 26th July 1681 [her brother] John Leslie 1st Duke Rothes [aged 51] died. Duke Rothes extinct. His daughter [her niece] Margaret succeeded Countess Rothes.

After December 1682 [her son-in-law] George Mackenzie 1st Earl Cromartie [aged 52] and Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss [aged 23] were married. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of David Wemyss 2nd Earl of Wemyss and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 62].

In February 1688 Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 67] died.

[her daughter] Walter Scott was born to Francis Scott 2nd Earl Buccleuch and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss.