Clan Leslie

Clan Leslie
Lesselyn[1]
Crest: A demi griffin Proper, armed, beaked and winged Or
Motto	Grip fast[2]
Profile
Region	Lowlands
District	Aberdeenshire
Plant badge	Rue[2]
Chief
Hon. Alexander Leslie
Seat	Wardhill Castle
Historic seat	Balquhain Castle
Septs of Clan Leslie Abernathy, Abernethy, Bartholomew, Cairney, Laing, Leslie, Lesley, Lessely, Lessley, Lesslie, More
Allied clans Clan Campbell Clan Kerr

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.