Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark

Battles of David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark

Scottish cavalry officer (1600-1682)

David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1644 and 1651: 5 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day United Kingdom. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,198 km apart end to end, 240 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Wars of the Three Kingdoms (3), English Civil War (1).

Battle of Rhunahaorine MossBattle of Marston MoorBattle of DunavertySiege of InvernessBattle of DunbarBattle of WorcesterBattle of Marston MoorBattle of DunavertySiege of InvernessBattle of DunbarBattle of WorcesterDublinGlasgowBirminghamManchesterBelfastLeedsNewcastleLiverpoolEdinburghCork200 km54.833N, 3.450W
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1644: 1 engagements1647: 2 engagements2 in 16471649: 1 engagements1650: 1 engagements1651: 1 engagements16441651
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Marston Moor, 1644Battle of Dunaverty, 1647Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss, 1647Siege of Inverness, 1649Battle of Dunbar, 1650Battle of Worcester, 165116441651
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
2 July 1644Battle of Marston MoorLong Marston, United KingdomParliamentarian-Scottish victory
1647Battle of DunavertyDunaverty Castle, United Kingdom320 km NWCovenanter Victory
24 May 1647Battle of Rhunahaorine MossKintyre, United Kingdom41 km NCovenanter victory
22 February 1649Siege of InvernessInverness, United Kingdom218 km NERoyalist victory
3 September 1650Battle of DunbarDunbar, United Kingdom197 km SEEnglish victory
3 September 1651Battle of WorcesterWorcester, United Kingdom422 km SDecisive Parliamentarian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Lely, Peter (Dutch; British painter and collector, 1618-1680) (artist) (designer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.