Edmund Leslie (1735 - 1796) was an Anglican priest in Ireland during the 18th century."Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Volume 1" Burke, J/Burke, JB p722: London; Henry Colburn; 1847
Benson was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin."Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) Burtchaell, G.D/Sadlier, T.U p496: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 He was Prebendary of Carncastle in Lisburn Cathedral from 1781 to 1784;"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Vol III" Cotton, H. p272 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878 and Archdeacon of Down from 1782 until his death."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Vol III" Cotton, H. p233 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
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