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Sir John Norman Ide Leslie, 4th Baronet (born 6 December 1916), is the eldest son of Sir Shane Leslie, 3rd Bt.

Shane Leslie

Sir John Randolph Leslie, 3rd Baronet, generally known as Shane Leslie , was an Irish-born diplomat and writer. He was a first cousin of the British war time Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill...

, and Marjorie Ide. He became the fourth baronet

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when his father died in 1971. He is popularly known as Sir Jack Leslie.

Educated at Downside School

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and Magdalene College, Cambridge

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, he never married or had children. During World War II

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, he spent five years in POW camps. After the war he moved to New York

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and later travelled around Europe, settling in Rome

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. At the age of 78 he returned to his family's homestead, Castle Leslie

Castle Leslie

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and travelled to Ibiza

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for his 85th birthday in 2001. He inadvertently revealed the wedding location of Sir Paul McCartney

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and Heather Mills by admitting to reporters it was to take place in Castle Leslie, but that it was "a secret".

Family

Jack Leslie survived his older sister, the author Anita Leslie (Anita Theodosia Moira Rodzianko King) and his younger brother, Desmond Arthur Peter Leslie

Desmond Leslie

Desmond Arthur Peter Leslie was a British pilot, film maker, writer, and musician, of English, Irish and Scottish descent...

. The immediate line of succession for the baronetcy are nephew Shaun (1) and nephew Mark (2).

He is a first cousin once removed of former British Prime Minister

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Sir Winston Churchill

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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

as his paternal grandmother, Leonie Jerome, and Churchill's mother, Lady Randolph Churchill (born Jennie Jerome), were sisters - the daughters of American financier Leonard Jerome

Leonard Jerome

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. His mother, Marjorie Ide, was the daughter of Henry Clay Ide

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, a former Governor-General of the Philippines

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