Earl of Lindsay

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Coat of arms of the 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)

Earls of Lindsay (1633)

The probable title holder ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder, William Lindesay-Bethune, Viscount Garnock (* 1990).

See also

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