William Douglas Leslie Arbuthnot-Leslie of Warthill, eldest son of George Arbuthnot and Mary Rose Leslie, heiress of Warthill, was born at 23 Hyde Park Gardens, London, 7th August, 1878. He succeeded his mother in 1900, Is Lieutenant (ret.) Scots Guards. Was A.D.C. to the Governor of Hong Kong from 1904 to 1907. Served in the South African War, 1899-1900, was present at the relief of Ladysmith, and the operations in the Orange Free State and Cape Colony, 1900 (Queen's Medal with three clasps). From Memories of the Arbuthnots of Kincardineshire and Aberdeenshire, pub.1920