Birth Name: Rose Eleanor Arbuthnot-Leslie
Place of Birth: Abeerdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Birth: February 9th, 1987
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Type/Color: Red
Ethnicity: Scottish, 1/8th Spanish
Family info: Rose Leslie is a Scottish actress known for her roles in Game of Thrones and Downton Abbey.
Leslie grew up in Lickleyhead Castle, her family’s 15th century ancestral seat, before moving to England for school. Her father is Sebastian Arbuthnot-Leslie, the Aberdeenshire Chieftain of Clan Leslie and her mother is Candida Mary Sibyl “Candy” Leslie (née Weld). Leslie is the third of five children.
Leslie’s paternal great-grandmother was Maria Luz de Landa, Mme de Mier, known throughout Spain as the “Grand Luz.” Her father, Don Guillermo de Landa y Escandón, was a wealthy Spanish aristocrat, who also served as the Governor of Mexico. He bought Lickleyhead Castle for her when she married William Arbuthnot-Leslie of Warthill, a descendant of the original Leiths of Lickleyhead. Their daughter Marie-Luz Arbuthnott-Leslie (who died May 2010), married Anthony Stainton, and their son (Leslie’s father) is the current owner of the castle.
Leslie’s family also own Warthill Castle in Abeerdenshire.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Leslie
http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst17728.html
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/downton-abbey-maid-rose-leslie-1084067
http://www.aboutscotland.com/aberdeen/warthill.html
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