# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-leslie-1st-lord-newark
# Generated: 2026-08-15T16:31:09.809Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-leslie-1st-lord-newark"
name: "David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark"
slug: "david-leslie-1st-lord-newark"
description: "General David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark was a Scottish army officer. 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."
tagline: "Scottish cavalry officer (1600-1682)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Leslie%2C_PA05951_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1600"
deathDate: "1682"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.007042253521127
  historical:           9.847412
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Девід Леслі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Leslie"
    title: "David Leslie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دیوید لزلی، لرد اول نیوآرک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Leslie"
    title: "David Leslie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Leslie_(1er_Lord_Newark)"
    title: "David Leslie (1er Lord Newark)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Leslie"
    title: "David Leslie"
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  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC_(%E5%88%9D%E4%BB%A3%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E5%8D%BF)"
    title: "デイヴィッド・レズリー (初代ニューアーク卿)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Лесли, Дэвид"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Leslie, 1:e lord Newark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump