4th Baronet. He transferred St Patrick's Purgatory on Lough Derg to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, The Most Rev. Dr. Eugene O'Callaghan. The wealth of the Leslies had waned by the 1930s following the Wall Street crash of 1929 and a farm that was loss making. In his unpublished memoirs, he wrote "a gentleman's standing in his world was signalled by his list of clubs and it was worth paying hundreds of pounds in subs". They continued to maintain their lifestyle, involving attendance at the London season and the entertainment of distinguished visitors, including Anthony Eden at Glaslough. At the outbreak of World War II in 1939 he joined the Home Guard. He spent the remainder of his life between Glaslough and London. Family He was the elder son of Sir John Leslie, 2nd Baronet, and Leonie Blanche Jerome. He married, firstly, Marjorie Ide, daughter of General Henry Clay Ide, on 11 June 1912 and had two sons and one daughter: Anita Theodosia Moira Rodzianko King (21 November 1914 – 5 November 1985), novelist and biographer; was married (secondly) to Commander Bill King, World War II submarine commander and yachtsman; had two children; friend of Hazel Lavery who was reputedly a paramour of Michael Collins. Sir John Norman Ide Leslie, 4th Baronet (6 December 1916 – 18 April 2016), popularly known as Sir Jack Leslie, never married or sired children. Desmond Arthur Peter Leslie (29 June 1921 – 21 February 2001). After his wife Marjorie died on 8 February 1951, Shane Leslie married, secondly, Iris Carola Laing, daughter of Charles Miskin Laing, on 30 May 1958; she died in 1995. Shane Leslie died in 1971, aged 85. See also Commander Bill King References External links The Shane Leslie Biography Project "The Shane Leslie-Godfrey Faussett Archive" held at Churchill Archives Centre 1885 births 1971 deaths Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Irish poets Irish people of Scottish descent Converts to Roman Catholicism from Anglicanism People educated at Ludgrove School People from County Monaghan Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 20th-century poets People educated at Eton College