Andrew Leslie (shipbuilder)

The grave of Andrew Leslie of Coxlodge, Rosebank Cemetery

Andrew Leslie (1818–1894) was a Scottish shipbuilder.[1]

Born in 1818 in Garth, Dunrossness,[2] Shetland to Christian Allison and Robert Leslie, Leslie later moved to Aberdeen.[3] In 1853 Leslie relocated to Hebburn in North-East England where he founded the shipbuilding company A. Leslie and Company.[4] When Andrew Leslie retired in 1886, A. Leslie and Company merged with the locomotive manufacturer R and W Hawthorn to create Hawthorn Leslie and Company.[5]

In Hebburn, Leslie largely funded St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, which opened in 1873, and built other buildings including homes for his workers, schools for their children.[2] He was married to Margaret Leslie.[2] Leslie also lived at Coxlodge Hall in Gosforth[6]

He died on 27 January 1894 aged 75. He is buried in a family plot at Rosebank Cemetery in Edinburgh,[7] against the west wall, near the north-west corner.

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1. ^ Baker, Anne Pimlott. "Leslie, Andrew". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/49317. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2. ^ a b c "Andrew Leslie, Hebburn". Rootsweb. 5 October 2004. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
3. ^ "Andrew Leslie - Graces Guide". www.gracesguide.co.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
4. ^ "Local Information for Hebburn". Town Info. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
5. ^ "Hawthorn Shipbuilders". EdinPhoto. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
6. ^ "Newcastle upon Tyne". northumbrian-coast.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
7. ^ "Andrew Leslie Hebburn People". www.tynebuiltships.co.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2021.