Margaret Leslie, 8th Countess of Rothes

Not to be confused with Mariota, Countess of Ross also known as Margaret Leslie.

Margaret Leslie
1st Countess of Rothes (8th ruler)
Reign	27 July 1681 – 20 August 1700
Predecessor	John Leslie, 7th Earl and 1st Duke of Rothes
Successor	John Hamilton-Leslie, 8th/9th Earl

Margaret Leslie was born sometime before 1660. She was the daughter of the previous earl (and also Duke) of Rothes, John Leslie, who was the 7th Earl and 1st Duke of Rothes. On 8 October 1674 she married her cousin John Hamilton making her children thus Hamilton's. Under the terms of her father's earldom, Hamilton took the surname of Leslie, and arranged to pass his own peerage to the second son.[1]

She had four children, the eldest of whom was John Hamilton-Leslie who became Earl after her death in August 1700. One of her other children would become the 6th Earl of Haddington.[2]

Marriages

1. 8 Oct 1674 her cousin Charles [Hamilton], 5th Earl of Haddington

Children[3]

1. Hon John Hamilton, later Leslie, later 9th Earl of Rothes
2. Hon Thomas Hamilton, later 6th Earl of Haddington
3. Charles Hamilton (dvm. young)
4. Lady Anna Hamilton (bapt. 25 Aug 1676)

References

1. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rothes, Earls of" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 758.
2. "Margaret Leslie, 8th countess of Rothes, * 1660 | Geneall.net". geneall.net. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
3. "Rothes, Earl of (S, 1457/8)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2017.