David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark


The Lord Newark
David Leslie, Lord Newark
Bornc. 1600
Died1682 (aged 81–82)
AllegianceSweden Swedish Empire (1630–1632 & 1634–1640)
Tsardom of Russia (1632–1633)
Scottish Covenanters (1644–1650)
Scottish Royalists (1650–1651)
Years of servicec. 1630–1651
RankGeneral
Battles / warsThirty Years' War
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
RelationsPatrick Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores
(father)

David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark (c. 1600c. 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 Scotland.