| Clan Leslie |
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Crest: A demi griffin Proper, armed, beaked and winged Or |
| Motto | Grip fast |
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| Region | Lowlands |
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| District | Aberdeenshire |
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| Plant badge | Rue |
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| Hon. Alexander Leslie |
| Seat | Wardhill Castle |
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| Historic seat | Balquhain Castle |
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| Septs of Clan Leslie |
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Abernathy, Abernethy, Bartholomew, Cairney, Laing, Leslie, Lesley, Lessely, Lessley, Lesslie, More |
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Clan Leslie is a Lowland Scottish clan. The progenitor of the Clan, Bartolf, was a nobleman from Hungary, who came to Scotland in 1067. He built a castle at Lesselyn, from which the clan name derives.