Earl of Buchan of his wife. In 1617 they were created by Royal charter Earl and Countess of Buchan, with remainder to the heirs male of the marriage, whom failing, to the legitimate and nearest heirs-male and assignees of the Earl. In 1633 the precedence of the earldom was established by Act of Parliament as 1469. This line of the family failed on the death of their grandson, the eighth Earl, who died unmarried in 1695. The title passed by the terms of the 1617 charter to the heirs male of the 6th Earl i.e. to the heirs male of his younger brother
Earl of Rothes She was wife of the Hon. George Waldegrave, younger son of William Waldegrave, 8th Earl Waldegrave. The courtesy title used by an heir apparent to the earldom is "Lord Leslie". The family seat is Littlecroft, near West Milton, Dorset. The heir presumptive is the present holder's only brother, Hon. Alexander John Leslie (b. 1962). Earl of Rothes Earl of Rothes (pronounced ""Roth"-is") is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1458 for George Leslie, 1st Lord Leslie. He had already been created Lord Leslie in 1445, also in the Peerage of Scotland. His grandson, the third