John Leslie, Lord Newton

He inherited Newton Castle near Blairgowrie, north of Dundee on the death of his elder brother George Leslie in 1614.

In November 1641 he was elected a Senator of the College of Justice in Edinburgh and took the title Lord Newton.

Around 1646 he became a Lt Colonel in the King's Horse Guards, fighting in the Royalist army against Cromwell.

[5] He was deprived of office in the College of Justice in 1649 due to the Act of Classes which stipulated which professions could be a judge.

Due to the circumstances of his death he is thought to be buried in a mass grave in Dundee.