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Peerage Record – 18945

Elizabeth Charlotte Leith1

Female, Registry Number #189441, d. 10 February 1939

Last Edited=25 Apr 2006
Consanguinity Index=0.0%
     Elizabeth Charlotte Leith was the daughter of General Robert William Disney Leith of Glenkindie and Westhall and Mary Charlotte Julia Gordon.1 She died on 10 February 1939.1
Citations:
  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 588. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

General Robert William Disney Leith of Glenkindie and Westhall1

Male, Registry Number #189442, b. 28 February 1819, d. 20 June 1892

Last Edited=18 Sep 2009
Consanguinity Index=0.0%
     General Robert William Disney Leith of Glenkindie and Westhall was born on 28 February 1819.1 He was the son of General Sir Alexander Leith of Freefield and Glenkindie and Maria Thorp.1 He married Mary Charlotte Julia Gordon, daughter of Sir Henry Percy Gordon, 2nd Bt. and Lady Mary Agnes Blanche Ashburnham, on 14 June 1865.1 He died on 20 June 1892 at age 73.1
     He fought in the Persian Gulf Campaign between 1838 and 1841.1 He fought in the Multan Campaign in 1849, where he lost an arm.1 He fought in the Indian Mutiny between 1857 and 1858.1 He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.)1

Children of General Robert William Disney Leith of Glenkindie and Westhall and Mary Charlotte Julia Gordon

Citations:
  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 588. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

Don Tommaso dei Principi Corsini, Marchese di Lajatico1

Male, Registry Number #189443, b. 29 November 1989

Last Edited=26 Apr 2006
     Don Tommaso dei Principi Corsini, Marchese di Lajatico was born on 29 November 1989.1 He is the son of Don Giovanni dei Principi Corsini, Marchese di Lajatico and Ines Lefèvre d’Ormesson.1
     He gained the title of Marchese di Lajatico.1
Citations:
  1. [S1697] Anonymous, “re: Corsini Family,” e-mail message to BENR, 26 April 2006. Hereinafter cited as “re: Corsini Family.”

Maj.-Gen. Stuart James Nicholson1

Male, Registry Number #189444

Last Edited=25 Apr 2006
     Maj.-Gen. Stuart James Nicholson gained the rank of Major-General in the Royal Artillery.1 He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.)1

Child of Maj.-Gen. Stuart James Nicholson

Citations:
  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 588. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

Mildred Katherine Nicholson1

Female, Registry Number #189445, d. 6 April 1894

Last Edited=25 Apr 2006
     Mildred Katherine Nicholson was the daughter of Maj.-Gen. Stuart James Nicholson.1 She married Lt.-Col. Alexander Henry Leith, 5th Lord Burgh, son of General Robert William Disney Leith of Glenkindie and Westhall and Mary Charlotte Julia Gordon, in 1893.1 She died on 6 April 1894.1
     From 1893, her married name became Leith.

Child of Mildred Katherine Nicholson and Lt.-Col. Alexander Henry Leith, 5th Lord Burgh

Citations:
  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 588. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

Hon. Mildred Katherine Leith1

Female, Registry Number #189446

Last Edited=7 Feb 2011
     Hon. Mildred Katherine Leith is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Alexander Henry Leith, 5th Lord Burgh and Mildred Katherine Nicholson.1
Citations:
  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 588. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

Alexander Leigh Henry Leith, 6th Lord Burgh1

Male, Registry Number #189447, b. 16 May 1906, d. 26 May 1959

Last Edited=22 Apr 2019
     Alexander Leigh Henry Leith, 6th Lord Burgh was born on 16 May 1906.1 He was the son of Lt.-Col. Alexander Henry Leith, 5th Lord Burgh and Phyllis Goldie.1 He married, firstly, Elizabeth Rose Vincent, daughter of Arthur Rose Vincent and Maud Bourn, on 6 June 1934.1 He and Elizabeth Rose Vincent were divorced in 1943.1 He married, secondly, Joyce Watts Wilson, daughter of William Wilson Wilson, on 19 May 1947.1 He died on 26 May 1959 at age 53.1
     He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, EnglandG.2 He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, EnglandG.2 He succeeded as the 6th Lord Burgh [E., 1529] on 19 August 1926.1 He gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, Black Watch.1

Child of Alexander Leigh Henry Leith, 6th Lord Burgh and Elizabeth Rose Vincent

Children of Alexander Leigh Henry Leith, 6th Lord Burgh and Joyce Watts Wilson

Citations:
  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 588. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  2. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XIII, page 220. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

Hon. John Disney Leith1

Male, Registry Number #189448, b. 10 August 1909, d. 15 December 1968

Last Edited=7 Feb 2011
     Hon. John Disney Leith was born on 10 August 1909.1 He was the son of Lt.-Col. Alexander Henry Leith, 5th Lord Burgh and Phyllis Goldie.1 He married Mona Simpson, daughter of C. R. Simpson, on 2 June 1938.1 He died on 15 December 1968 at age 59, killed in a car crash.1
     He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, EnglandG.1

Child of Hon. John Disney Leith and Mona Simpson

Citations:
  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 588. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

C. R. Simpson1

Male, Registry Number #189449

Last Edited=25 Apr 2006

Child of C. R. Simpson

Citations:
  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 588. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

Mona Simpson1

Female, Registry Number #189450

Last Edited=25 Apr 2006
     Mona Simpson is the daughter of C. R. Simpson.1 She married Hon. John Disney Leith, son of Lt.-Col. Alexander Henry Leith, 5th Lord Burgh and Phyllis Goldie, on 2 June 1938.1
     From 2 June 1938, her married name became Leith.

Child of Mona Simpson and Hon. John Disney Leith

Citations:
  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 588. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

 

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