Lord Lindores

Lord Lindores was a hereditary British title ( Lordship of Parliament ) in the Peerage of Scotland .

The title was with letters patent from March 31st, 1600 by King James VI. awarded to Patrick Leslie of Pitcairlie . This was the second son of Andrew Leslie , 5th Earl of Rothes , and since 1569 at the latest Commendatabbot of Lindores Abbey in Fife , which has now been converted into a secular rule.

The title has been suspended since the childless death of his descendant, the 8th Lord, on May 11, 1813.

List of Lords Lindores (1600)

• Patrick Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores († 1608)
• Patrick Leslie, 2nd Lord Lindores († 1649)
• James Leslie, 3rd Lord Lindores († around 1666)
• John Leslie, 4th Lord Lindores († 1706)
• David Leslie, 5th Lord Lindores († 1719)
• Alexander Leslie, 6th Lord Lindores († 1765)
• James Leslie, 7th Lord Lindores († 1775)
• John Leslie, 8th Lord Lindores (1750-1813)

literature

• James Balfour Paul : The Scots Peerage . Volume 5, David Douglas, Edinburgh 1908, pp. 382-390.

Web links

• Peerage: LINDORES at Leigh Rayment's Peerage