Andrew Leslie (Canadian Army officer) place of birth Canada
Background
Andrew Leslie was born in Ottawa in 1957. His father was Brigadier-General Edward Murray Dalziel Leslie (né McNaughton), commander of 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (1 RCHA)  during the Korean War. Leslie's father changed the family name from McNaughton to Leslie in order to comply with the terms of an inheritance from his aunt (and wife of James Norman Stuart Leslie, who was descendant of British Army Captain James Norman Stewart Leslie and General David Leslie). His paternal grandfather is former Chief of the General Staff and Minister of National Defence General Andrew McNaughton, and his maternal grandfather is former Canadian Minister of National Defence Brooke Claxton.
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