Background
He became the fourth baronet when his father died in 1971.
He became the fourth baronet when his father died in 1971.
Magdalene College.
During World World War II, he served as an officer in the Irish Guards during the Battle of France before being captured at Boulogne-sur-Mer. He then spent five years in Prisoner Of War camps. After the war he moved to New York and later travelled around Europe, settling in Rome.
At the age of 78 he returned to his family"s homestead, Castle Leslie and traveled to Ibiza for his 85th birthday in 2001.
He inadvertently revealed the wedding location of Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills by admitting to reporters it was to take place in Castle Leslie, but that it was "a secret". In January 2012 he appeared in the television special "Secrets of the Manor House", which discussed the Leslie family and Castle Leslie, among other manor homes.
In 2015 he featured in the television series "Tales of Irish Castles". Leslie was presented with the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur"Honneur at the French embassy in Dublin on 9 November 2015.
His mother, Marjorie Ide, was the daughter of Henry Clay Ide, a former Governor-General of the Philippines.
