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Lindsay, Earl of (S, 1633)

Creation: let. pat. 8 May 1633

Family name: Lindsay later Bethune later Lindesay-Bethune

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Gules a Fess checky Argent and Azure in chief three Mullets of the second;  2nd and 3rd, counter quartered, 1st and 4th, Azure a Fess between three Lozenges Or;  2nd and 3rd, Argent on a Chevron Sable an Otter's Head erased of the first, all within a Bordure embattled Gold

Crest:

A Swan with wings expanded proper

Supporters:

On either side a Griffin Gules armed and beaked Or

Mottoes:

Above the Crest:  Je Ayme (I love);  below the shield:  Live But Dreid

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On 8 May 1633 John [Lindsay], 10th Lord Lindsay of the Byres, was created Earl of Lindsay, with remainder to him and his heirs male bearing the name and arms of Lindsay.  In Nov 1652 he succeeded his kinsman as 17th Earl of Crawford under the terms of the 15 Jan 1641/2 regrant of the Earldom of Crawford. The Earldom of Lindsay was held by the Earls of Crawford until 30 Jan 1808, when on the death of George [Lindsay], 22nd Earl of Crawford and 6th Earl of Lindsay, the Earldom of Crawford passed to Alexander [Lindsay], 6th Earl of Balcarres, and the Earldom of Lindsay became dormant. By a retrospective decision of the House of Lords on 5 Apr 1878, it was deemed to have been inherited by his eighth cousin once removed,

David Lindsay, de jure 7th Earl of Lindsay

only son of John Lindsay of Kirkforther, 4th son of John Lindsay of Kirkforther (by his wife Catherine Seton, 1st dau. of Christopher Seton of Careston), 1st son and heir of David Lindsay of Kirkforther (by his first wife Elizabeth Pearson, dau. of Alexander Person of Southall), 1st son and heir of David Lindsay of Kirkforther (by his wife Jean Pitcairn, dau. of Henry Pitcairn of that Ilk), 1st son and heir of David Lindsay of Kirkforther (by his wife Elizabeth Bethune, dau. of Robert Bethune of Balfour), 1st son and heir of Patrick Lindsay of Kirkforther (by his wife Helen Orme, dau. of David Orme of Priorlethame), 1st son and heir of John Lindsay of Kirkforther (by his first wife Marjory Pitcairn), only son of David Lindsay of Kirkforther (by his wife Helen Crichton), 3rd son of Hon Sir John Lindsay of Pitcruvie, Master of Lindsay (by his wife Elizabeth Lundie, dau. of Sir Robert Lundie of Balgonie), 1st son of Patrick [Lindsay], 4th Lord Lindsay of the Byres

born

bur.

s.p. 5 May 1809

suc. by

fifth cousin

Maj Gen Sir Patrick Lindsay KCB KCH, de jure 8th Earl of Lindsay

1st son and heir of Lt Col John Lindsay (by his wife Margaret Maria Halkett, dau. of Charles Hackett Craigie Halkett, of Hawhill and Dunbarnie), 2nd son of Patrick Lindsay MP (by his first wife Margaret Monteir, dau. of David Monteir, of Edinburgh), 1st son and heir of Rev Patrick Lindsay (by his wife Janet Lindsay, dau. of John Lindsay of Newton), 1st surv son and heir of Patrick Lindsay, of St Andrews (by his wife Beatrice Daes, dau. of William Daes), son of James Lindsay, 2nd son of Patrick Lindsay of Kirkforther (by his wife Helen Orme, dau. of David Orme of Priorlethame), 1st son and heir of John Lindsay of Kirkforther (by his first wife Marjory Pitcairn), 1st son and heir of David Lindsay of Kirkforther (by his wife Helen Crichton), 3rd son of Hon Sir John Lindsay of Pitcruvie, Master of Lindsay (by his wife Elizabeth Lundie, dau. of Sir Robert Lundie of Balgonie), 1st son and heir ap. of Patrick [Lindsay], 4th Lord Lindsay of the Byres

born

24 Feb 1778

died

14 Jul 1839

suc. by

ninth cousin

note

had a distinguished Army career; KCH 1834; Maj General 1837; KCB 1838

Maj Gen Sir Henry Bethune, 1st Bt., de jure 9th Earl of Lindsay

1st son and heir of Maj Martin Eccles Lindsay Bethune (by his wife Margaret Augusta Tovey, dau. of Gen Tovey), 1st son and heir ap. of Henry Lindsay later Bethune of Wormiston (by his second wife Margaret Eccles, dau. of Dr Martin Eccles), 2nd son of George Lindsay of Wormiston (by his wife Margaret Bethune, 1st dau. and cohrss. of Thomas Bethune of Kilconquhar), 1st son and heir of John Lindsay of Wormiston (by his wife Margaret Halyburton, 1st dau. of Rt Rev George Halyburton of Denhead, Bishop of Aberdeen), 1st son and heir of Patrick Lindsay of Wormiston (by his wife Catherine Bethune, dau. of Robert Bethune of Bandon), 1st son and heir of John Lindsay of Wormiston (by his wife Elizabeth Lentron, dau. of David Lentron of Newgrange), 1st son and heir of Patrick Lindsay of Wormiston (by his second wife Elizabeth Arnot, dau. of Peter Arnot of Balcarno), only son and heir of John Lindsay of Cupar, co. Fife (by his wife Janet Williamson), 2nd son of Hon William Lindsay of Pyotstone (by his wife Isabel Logan), 2nd son of Patrick [Lindsay], 4th Lord Lindsay of the Byres

born

12 Apr 1787

mar.

9 Jul 1822 Coutts Trotter (d. 31 Dec 1877), dau. of John Trotter, of Dyrham Park, co. Hertford, by his wife Felicity Jean Mitchelson (former wife of Archibald Mitchelson), 1st dau. of Capt Samuel Swinton RN

children

1. Sir John Trotter Bethune, 2nd Bt., later 10th Earl of Lindsay

2. Henry James Hamilton Bethune (b. 8 Jun 1834; d. 5 Jul 1862)

3. Martin William Bethune (b. 17 Jun 1843; d. 15 Sep 1859)

1. Anne catherine Bethune (b. 3 Aug 1823; d. 23 Mar 1903), mar. 29 Apr 1856 John Thomas Campbell, only son of Maj John Campbell, and had issue

2. Stewart Bethune (b. 3 Sep 1825; d. 5 Mar 1904), mar. 7 Nov 1848 Hector John [Graham-Toler], 3rd Earl of Norbury, and had issue

3. Caroline Felicie Bethune (b. 6 Aug 1828; d. 30 Jan 1891)

4. Jane Coutts Bethune (b. 14 Apr 1839; dsp. 17 Jul 1909), mar. 25 Jul 1878 Lieut James Stuart Trotter RN, 3rd son of Archibald Trotter of Dreghorn

5. Charlotte Jane Bethune (d. 28 Sep 1855)

died

19 Feb 1851

created

7 Mar 1836 Baronet of the United Kingdom, styled "of Kilconquhar"

suc. by

son

note

in the service of the East India Company; Agent to the Court of Persia; knighted 1832

John Trotter [Bethune], de jure later de facto 10th Earl of Lindsay

born

3 Jan 1827

mar.

18 Jul 1858 Jeanne Marie Eudoxie Duval (d. 24 Jun 1897), dau. of Jacques Victor Duval, of Bordeaux, France

died

s.p. 12 May 1894

suc. by

second cousin once removed

note

on 5 Apr 1878 the House of Lords confirmed his claim to the Earldom of Lindsay; a Representative Peer for Scotland 1885-94; on his death the Baronetcy of Kilconquhar became extinct

David Clark [Ayton-Lindsay later Bethune], 11th Earl of Lindsay

1st son and heir of David Lindsay later Ayton-Lindsay of Wormiston (by his wife Jane Emilia Ayton, dau. of John Ayton of Kippo), 1st son and heir of Patrick Lindsay of Wormiston, 2nd son of George Lindsay of Wormiston (by his wife Margaret Bethune, dau. and hrss. of Thomas Bethune of Kilconquhar, co. Fife)

born

18 Apr 1832

mar.

15 Aug 1866 Emily Marian Barnes (widow of Capt Edmund Charles Barnes;  d. 17 Oct 1920), dau. of Robert Crosse, of Doctors' Commons

children

1. Hon Reginald Bethune later Lindesay-Bethune, later 12th Earl of Lindsay

2. Hon Archibald Lionel Bethune, later 13th Earl of Lindsay

1. Lady Muriel Maud Stewart Bethune (b. 1 Aug 1874; d. 30 Mar 1936), mar. (1) 30 Sep 1893 Watkin James Yuille Watkins, of Shotton Hall, co. Salop (d. 25 Nov 1921), and (2) 31 Dec 1929 Joseph Alexander Drummond Kirkpatrick, son of Lt Col T D Kirkpatrick, of Locksley Hall, Torquay, co. Devon, and had issue by her first husband

died

20 Mar 1917

suc. by

son

Reginald [Bethune later Lindesay-Bethune], 12th Earl of Lindsay

born

18 May 1867

mar.

16 Oct 1892 Beatrice Mary Shaw (dsp. 9 Nov 1944), 1st dau. of John Shaw, of Welburn Hall, Kirbymoorside, co. York, by his wife Mary Jane Houndsfield, of Springwood House, Sheffield, co. York

died

s.p. 14 Jan 1939

suc. by

brother

note

a Representative Peer for Scotland 1917-39

Archibald Lionel [Bethune], 13th Earl of Lindsay

born

14 Aug 1872

mar.

31 Jan 1900 Ethel Tucker (d. 31 May 1942), dau. of William Austin Tucker, of Boston, USA

only child

1. Hon William Tucker Bethune later Lindesay-Bethune, later 14th Earl of Lindsay

died

15 Oct 1943

suc. by

son

William Tucker [Bethune later Lindesay-Bethune], 14th Earl of Lindsay

born

28 Apr 1901

mar.

6 Jan 1925 Marjory Cross DStJ (d. 1988), dau. of Arthur John Graham Cross, by his wife Lady Hawke

children

1. Hon David Bethune Lindesay-Bethune, later 15th Earl of Lindsay

2. Hon John Martin Lindesay-Bethune, of Muircambus, Elie, co. Fife (b. 27 Nov 1929; d. 18 Jun 2013), mar. (1) 1 Jan 1953 (div. 1976) Enriqueta Mary Jeanne Koch de Gooreynd, only dau. of Peter Maurice Jacques Koch de Gooreynd, of Gooreynd, Belgium, and (2) 1977 Jean Maxwell Younger (former wife of Stephen John Younger), dau. of Brig Bruce Brickman, and had issue by his first wife

1. Lady Elizabeth Marion Beatrice Lindesay-Bethune (b. 31 May 1932; d. 20 Feb 1996), mar. 26 May 1960 (div. 1971) Maj David Laurence Greenacre, 1st son of Brig (Walter) Douglas Campbell Greenacre CB DSO MVO, and had issue

2. Lady Mary Bethune Lindesay-Bethune (b. 11 Dec 1935; d. 11 Mar 2011), mar. 14 Dec 1956 Capt Owen Buckingham Varney, of Hill House, Dedham, co. Essex (b. 1931;  d. 24 Jun 2013), only son of Edwin Thomas Varney, and had issue

died

19 Oct 1985

suc. by

son

note

Major, Scots Guards, during World War II; a Representative Peer for Scotland 1947-59; Prior, Priory of Scotland, Order of St John 1947-50; KStJ

David Bethune [Lindesay-Bethune], 15th Earl of Lindsay

born

9 Feb 1926

mar. (1)

31 Oct 1953 (div. 1968) Hon Mary Clare Douglas-Scott-Montagu (mar. (2) 1979 Timothy Charles Austin Horn), 3rd dau. of John Walker Edward [Douglas-Scott-Montagu], 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, by his second wife Alice Pearl Crake, 1st dau. by his second wife of Maj Edward Barrington Crake

children by first wife

1. Hon James Randolph Lindesay-Bethune, later 16th Earl of Lindsay

1. Lady Caroline Janet Lindesay-Bethune (b. 7 Jul 1957), mar. 1981 Sir (George Richard) Bourchier Wrey, 15th Bt., and has issue

mar. (2)

9 Jun 1968 Penelope Georgina Callander (former wife of Maj Henry Ronald Callander MC), 1st dau. of Anthony Crommelin Crossley MP by his wife Clare Frances Fortescue Thomson, 1st dau. of Brig Alan Fortescue Thomson DSO, of Craig Hall, Kennethmont, co. Aberdeen

died

1 Aug 1989

suc. by

son by first wife

James Randolph [Lindesay-Bethune], 16th Earl of Lindsay

born

19 Nov 1955

mar.

2 Mar 1982 Diana Mary Chamberlayne-Macdonald, 1st dau. of Maj Nigel Donald Peter Bosville Macdonald later Chamberlayne-Macdonald CVO OBE DL, of Cranbury Park, Winchester, co. Hampshire, Equerry to HRH the 1st Duke of Gloucester 1954-55 and 1958-60, Assistant Private Secretary 1958-60 and Extra Equerry 1964-74, High Sheriff of Hampshire 1974, Gentleman Usher to HM The Queen 1979-97 and Extra Gentleman Usher 1997-2013 (by his wife Penelope Mary Alexandra Chamberlayne, only child of Tancred Chamberlayne, of Cranbury Park, co. Hampshire), 2nd son of Sir Godfrey Middleton Bosville Macdonald of the Isles, 15th Bt., of Thorpe, co. York (by his wife Hon Rachel Audrey Campbell, 2nd dau. of Colin Frederick [Campbell], 1st Baron Colgrain), 1st son and heir of Sir Alexander Wentworth Macdonald Bosville later Bosville Macdonald of the Isles, 14th Bt., of Thorpe and Gunthwaite, co. York (by his wife Alice Edith Middleton, dau. of John Middleton, of Kinfauns Castle, co. Perth), 1st son and heir of Godfrey Wentworth Bayard Bosville, de jure 13th Baronet of Sleat, of Thorpe and Gunthwaite, co. York (by his wife Hon Harriet Cassandra Willoughby, sister of Henry [Willoughby], 8th Baron Middleton, and 3rd dau. of Henry Willoughby, of Birdsall and Settrington, co. York, by his wife Charlotte Eyre, 1st dau. of Ven John Eyre, of Babworth), 1st son and heir of Alexander William Robert Macdonald later Bosville, de jure 12th Baronet of Sleat, of Thorpe and Gunthwaite, co. York (by his wife Matilda Eliza Moffat Bayard, dau. of Col John Bayard), first illegit. son of Godfrey [Macdonald later Bosville later Bosville-Macdonald], 3rd Baron Macdonald, by his wife Louisa Maria La Coast, illeg. dau. of HRH Prince William Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, by his mistress Lady Almeria Carpenter, 1st dau. of George [Carpenter], 1st Earl of Tyrconnell

children

1. Hon William James Lindesay-Bethune, styled Viscount of Garnock (b. 30 Dec1990)

2. Hon David Nigel Lindesay-Bethune (b. 1993)

1. Lady Frances Mary Lindesay-Bethune (b. 1986), mar. Rostislav Gabinsky, son of Dr Vladimir Gabinsky, of Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and has issue

2. Lady Alexandra Penelope Lindesay-Bethune (b. 1988), mar. Jack Coleman, son of Terry Coleman, of Clapham, London, and has issue

3. Lady Charlotte Diana Lindesay-Bethune (b. 1993)

note

elected to the House of Lords 1999

Last updated 5 Apr 2021

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Titles:

16th Earl of Lindsay

(Scotland, let. pat. 8 May 1633)

15th Viscount of Garnock

(Scotland, let. pat. 26 Nov 1703)

25th Lord Lindsay of the Byres

(Scotland, let. pat. 1445)

16th Lord Parbroath

(Scotland, let. pat. 8 May 1633)

15th Lord Kilbirnie, Kingsburn and Drumry

(Scotland, let. pat. 26 Nov 1703)

Address:

Lahill, Upper Largo, Fife KY8 6JE

Tel:  01333 360251

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