Earl of Lindsay
Earl of Lindsay is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Scotland .
Award
The title was created on May 8, 1633 for John Lindsay, 10th Lord Lindsay . Along with the Earldom, he was given the subordinate title of Lord Parbroath . In 1616 he had inherited the title Lord Lindsay , of The Byres, from his father , which had been bestowed on his ancestor John Lindsay in 1445 . In 1652 he also inherited the title of 17th Earl of Crawford . The two earldoms remained united until 1808 when the 6th Earl of Lindsay and 22nd Earl of Crawford died and the titles fell to different lines of the family. The later 5th Earl of Lindsay and 21st Earl of Crawford had inherited the titles Viscount of Garnock and Lord Kilbirny and Drumry in 1738 . They have been united as a subordinate title with the title Earl of Lindsay since 1749 and Viscount Garnock has since been used as a courtesy title of the eldest son of the respective Earl of Lindsay. After the 8th Earl died in 1839 without sons, it was disputed who was the legitimate heir to the title. The dispute was resolved in 1878 by the House of Lords in favor of Sir John Trotter Bethune, 2nd Baronet, who was retrospectively recognized as 9th Earl. He already bore the title of Baronet , of Kilconquhar in the County of Fife , which had been created for his father in 1836. The Baronetcy belongs to the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, all other titles mentioned belong to the Peerage of Scotland.
The family's ancestral home is Lahill House near Upper Largo in Fife .
List of title owners
Lords Lindsay (1445)
- John Lindsay, 1st Lord Lindsay († 1482)
- David Lindsay, 2nd Lord Lindsay († 1490)
- John Lindsay, 3rd Lord Lindsay († 1497)
- Patrick Lindsay, 4th Lord Lindsay († 1526)
- John Lindsay, 5th Lord Lindsay († 1563)
- Patrick Lindsay, 6th Lord Lindsay (1521–1589)
- James Lindsay, 7th Lord Lindsay (1554-1601)
- John Lindsay, 8th Lord Lindsay († 1609)
- Robert Lindsay, 9th Lord Lindsay († 1616)
- John Lindsay, 10th Lord Lindsay (around 1598–1678) ( raised to Earl of Lindsay in 1633 )
Earls of Lindsay (1633)
- John Lindsay, 1st Earl of Lindsay , 17th Earl of Crawford (around 1598–1678)
- William Lindsay, 18th Earl of Crawford , 2nd Earl of Lindsay (1644–1698)
- John Lindsay, 19th Earl of Crawford , 3rd Earl of Lindsay († 1713)
- John Lindsay, 20th Earl of Crawford , 4th Earl of Lindsay (1702–1749)
- George Lindsay-Crawford, 21st Earl of Crawford , 5th Earl of Lindsay (1723–1781)
- George Lindsay-Crawford, 22nd Earl of Crawford , 6th Earl of Lindsay (1758–1808)
- David Lindsay, 7th Earl of Lindsay († 1809)
- Patrick Lindsay, 8th Earl of Lindsay (1778–1839)
- Henry Bethune, 9th Earl of Lindsay (1787-1851)
- John Bethune, 10th Earl of Lindsay (1827-1894)
- David Bethune, 11th Earl of Lindsay (1832-1917)
- Reginald Lindesay-Bethune, 12th Earl of Lindsay (1867–1939)
- Archibald Bethune, 13th Earl of Lindsay (1872–1943)
- William Lindesay-Bethune, 14th Earl of Lindsay (1901–1985)
- David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay (1926–1989)
- James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay (* 1955)
The probable title holder ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder, William Lindesay-Bethune, Viscount Garnock (* 1990).
See also
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage . St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page