Ernest Leslie

Born 5th February 1713, the son of Charles Leslie and Elizabeth Fordyce; to Scots College, Douai, 2nd October 1724; to Scots College, Madrid (via Cádiz), early 1725 (Humanities); left for Nancy, October 1728, and joined Society of Jesus, 28th November 1728; nominated rector of the Scots College, Madrid, 1734, but appointment cancelled; taught for many years in France, author of poems in French and Fellow of Royal Academy of Sciences at Nancy (where he was living, 1767). (Cf. Foley, op. cit., VII, p. 453).