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Sir John Randolph Leslie, 3rd Baronet, generally known as Shane Leslie, (September 24, 1885 – August 14, 1971), an Irish-born diplomat and writer. Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting Negotiations between representatives of groups or states A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms [1]. He was a first cousin of the British war time Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874

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Education

He was born in Glaslough, County Monaghan, into a wealthy Anglo-Irish landowning family (49,968 acres). County Monaghan ('mɔnəhən Irish: Contae Mhuineacháin) is a county in Ireland. His mother, Leonie Jerome, was the sister of Winston Churchill's mother, Jennie. Both were daughters of Leonard W. Jerome, for whom Jerome Avenue, The Bronx, is named. Leonard Walter Jerome ( November 3, 1817 &ndash March 3, 1891) was a Brooklyn New York, financier and grandfather of Winston Jerome Avenue is one of the longest thoroughfares in the New York City borough of The Bronx, New York, United States. His ancestor the Rev. John Leslie, Bishop of the Isles, moved from Scotland to Ireland in 1633 when he was made Bishop of Raphoe in Donegal and was subsequently made Bishop of Clogher in 1661[2]. The Bishop of the Isles or Bishop of Sodor was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Sodor, one of Scotland 's thirteen medieval bishoprics Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The Bishop of Raphoe is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe. Donegal ( Irish: Dún na nGall) is a town in County Donegal, in the Province of Ulster, in Ireland. He was a vocal opponent of Oliver Cromwell. Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 Old Style &ndash 3 September 1658 Old Style) was an English military and political leader best known

He was educated at Ludgrove School, then Eton College and King's College, Cambridge. Ludgrove School is a private boarding preparatory school for about 200 boys aged 8 to 13 Eton College, or just Eton, is a world-famous British Independent school for boys founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. King's College Cambridge is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. While at Cambridge he became a Roman Catholic convert and a Home Rule Irish nationalist, and adopted an Anglicised Irish variant of his name ("Shane"); he was not impressed by Eton. Home rule refers to a demand that constituent parts of a state be given greater self-government within the greater administrative purview of the central government Irish nationalism (Náisiúnachas Éireannach refers to political and sociological movements and sentiment that embodies a love for Irish ancestry, culture and language and As a lower boy he and his roommates occupied 'an old battered warren betwixt the chapel cemetery and Wise's horse yard . . . The food was wretched and tasteless. . . As for thrashings which tyrannised rather than disciplined our house, they were excessive'. Bullying was endemic and Irish boys were ridiculed, especially at St Patrick's Day.

His early education began at home - a German governess, Clara Woelke, was the first teacher of Shane and his brother Norman[3]. The children had more contact with servants than they had with their parents. His own daughter, Anita, claimed that "In my parents view schools performed the same functions that kennels did for dogs. They were places where pets could be conveniently deposited while their owners travelled".

He refused to send his own sons to Eton but they were educated at English Roman Catholic Benedictine schools; Jack at Downside, Desmond at Ampleforth. Ampleforth is a village and Civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, about 23 miles north of York.

Adult life

Before World War I he travelled extensively [4] and in 1912 he married Marjorie Ide, the youngest daughter of Henry Clay Ide, the United States ambassador to Spain and Governor-General of The Philippines. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Henry Clay Ide (1844–1921 was a US Ambassador and administrator. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the His parents and other family members moved temporarily to London at the outbreak of war.

During the war he was in a British Ambulance Corps, until invalided out; he was then sent to Washington, D.C. to help the British Ambassador, Sir Cecil Spring Rice, soften Irish-American hostility towards England and obtain American intervention in the war in the aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin and the execution of its leaders. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Easter Rising (Éirí Amach na Cásca was a rebellion staged in Ireland in Easter Week, 1916 Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. But he also looked to Ireland for inspiration when writing and edited a literary magazine that contained much Irish verse. He became a supporter of the ideals of Sinn Féin though not of its militant policy. Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970

In the 1918 election the Irish Parliamentary Party lost massively to Sinn Féin, putting an end to Shane Leslie's political career, but as the first cousin of Winston Churchill he remained a primary witness to much that was said and done outside the official record during the negotiation of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921. The Irish general election of 1918 was that part of the 1918 United Kingdom general election that took place in Ireland. The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP (commonly called the Irish Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 The Anglo-Irish Treaty (An Conradh Angla-Éireannach officially called the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was a Treaty Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Disappointed, he felt unwanted in Ireland and abandoned by the British.

Like many members of the landed gentry from the 1880s who were obliged to turn to other occupations, Shane could no longer rely on income from landholdings. He wrote extensively, in a wide range of styles, in verse and prose, over several decades. In his unpublished memoirs, Shane wrote, 'a gentleman's standing in his world was signalled by his list of clubs and it was worth paying hundreds of pounds in subs'.

Finding the business of running an estate uncreative and boring, Shane transferred the estate entailed to him to his eldest son, John Norman Leslie who became the 4th Baronet. He also transferred St Patrick's Purgatory on Lough Derg to the Catholic Bishop of Clogher, Most Reverend Dr. For the mediaeval account of the Knight Owein's visit to Lough Derg see Legend of the Purgatory of St Eugene O'Callaghan.

The wealth of the Leslies had waned by the 1930s following the Wall St crash and a farm that was loss-making. But the Leslie's continued to maintain their lifestyle - attendance at the London season and entertaining distinguished visitors, including Anthony Eden in Glaslough. Robert Anthony Eden 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC (12 June 1897 &ndash 14 January 1977 was a British Conservative Politician

At the outbreak of war in 1939 he joined the Home Guard. The British Home Guard (initially "Local Defence Volunteers" or LDV, or in slang Look-Duck-Vanish, hence the name change was a defence He spent the remainder of his life between Glaslough and London. He was a passionate advocate of reforestation.

Family

He was the elder son of Sir John Leslie, 2nd Baronet and Leonie Blanche Jerome. There have been a number of baronetcies in the Leslie family Leslie of Wardis (1 September 1625 Created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia He married, firstly, Marjorie Ide, daughter of General Henry Clay Ide, on 11 June 1912 and had two sons and one daughter:

After his wife Marjorie died on February 8, 1951, Shane Leslie married, secondly, Iris Carola Laing, daughter of Charles Miskin Laing, on 30 May 1958; she died in 1995. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

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References

  1. ^ Leslie, Shane (1939). William Donald Aelian (Bill King DSO & Bar DSC (born 1910 is a retired British naval officer yachtsman and author Mrs. Fitzherbert A Life. Maria Fitzherbert (Maria Anne Fitzherbert née Smythe 26 July 1756 – 27 March 1837 was the first woman with whom the future George IV undertook a wedding ceremony and Chiefly from Unpublished Sources. Burns Oates. ASIN: B0006D99I0.  
  2. ^ Burke's Peerage
  3. ^ Dooley, Terence (2001). Burke's Peerage Baronetage & Knightage is an authoritative in-depth historical guide to the titled families of the United Kingdom. The Decline of the Big House in Ireland. Wolfound Press Ltd. ISBN 0-86327-850-7.  
  4. ^ Leslie, Shane (1936). American wonderland;: Memories of four tours in the United States of America (1911-1935). M Joseph Ltd. ASIN: B00085VWEU.  

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John Leslie		 Baronet
(of Glaslough)		 Succeeded by
John Leslie
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