The Leith & Leith-Hay Line
Genealogy
Tracing the family of Leith Hall through inheritance, marriage, military service and migration—from seventeenth-century Aberdeenshire to later branches across the world.
The Record
A Family History Reconstructed
The genealogy of the Leith and Leith-Hay family draws on Old Parish Records (OPR), the family papers, public records and family correspondence. The Baronage of Scotland, published in 1798, recorded the earlier Leith line some which was recorded in chartulary and other sources from Aberdeen’s early days. The genealogy will be left in the 20th Century on the families of Charles Edward Norman Leith Hays siblings families who were born prior to the passing of the heads of the family in Scotland in 1939.
BEFORE LEITH HALL
Origins in Medieval Aberdeen
Old research
Aberdeen’s Early Leiths
Explore the archival article and the original study of Provost William Leith used to document this early family history.
Line of Succession
From New Leslie to Leith Hall
1610–1694/1701
James Leith of New Leslie
1660–1727
John I Leith
1698–1736
John II Leith
1731–1763
John III Leith
1757–1776
John Leith IV
1758–1838
General Alexander Leith-Hay
1785–1862
Sir Andrew Leith-Hay
1818-1900
Lt Colonel Alexander Sebastian Leith-Hay of Rannes and Leith Hall
Soldier who served the British Empire and retired to county matters at Leith Hall
1858-1939
Charles Edward Norman Leith-Hay of Rannes and Leith Hall
The Australian born Laird of Leith Hall from what is now Ipswich in Queensland.
1918-1939
Charles Arthur O’Neill Leith Hay of Rannes and Leith Hall
The last Laird of Leith Hall in the 20th Century
A Turning Point
The Rannes Inheritance
THE FAMILY ARCHIVE
Explore Every Genealogy Record
Principal Family Members
John Leith IV of Leith Hall
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General Alexander Leith-Hay
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Lieutenant-General Sir James Leith
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Sir Andrew Leith-Hay & Mary Margaret Clark
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Colonel Alexander Sebastian & Christina Hamilton
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Charles Edward Norman & Louisa O’Neill
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Charles Arthur O’Neill Leith-Hay
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Andrew Hay of Rannes
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John Leith III of Leith Hall & Harriot Stuart
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James Leith-Hay & Maria Catherine Gray
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Descendant Branches
Sir Andrew Leith-Hay’s Descendants
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V. L. A. Phipps Genealogy
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Norma Leith Hay Genealogy
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Charles Edward Norman Leith-Hay’s Family
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Norman Leith-Hay’s Descendants
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Florence Leith Hay’s Family
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George Leslie Leith Hay’s Family
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Violet Norma Gibson’s Family
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Florence Leith Hay Gibson’s Family
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Norma Leith-Hay & Henry George Russell Phipps
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V. L. A. Phipps & Marie Elaine Elliott
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Russell Constantine Charles Phipps
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Archibald Erroll Leith-Hay Gibson
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George Leslie Leith Hay & Bessie Hirst
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Jean & Doreen Leith-Hay
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Rear Admiral John Leith
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Florence Augusta Leith Hay & Archibald Gibson
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Two Connected Stories
Aberdeenshire & Queensland
The Scottish Line
Leith Hall & Rannes
The principal succession centres on Leith Hall, the Rannes inheritance and generations whose public service and collecting shaped the family archive.
Australian descendants
From the Dee to the Downs
Younger members of the family arrived in Australia in the 1840s. Their descendants live in mainly Australia today.
