From Darryl Lundy's Peerage page on Sir David Lindsay, 1st Lord Lindsay of Balcarres:

http://thepeerage.com/p2050.htm#i20497

Sir David Lindsay, 1st Lord Lindsay of Balcarres [1]

• M, #20497,
• b. 17 March 1587,
• d. March 1641/42
• Last Edited=19 Feb 2011

Sir David Lindsay, 1st Lord Lindsay of Balcarres was baptised on 17 March 1587 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.[2]

He married Lady Sophia Seton, daughter of Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline and Lilias Drummond, on 16 February 1611/12 at Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.[2]

He died in March 1641/42.[2],[3] He was buried at Chapel, Balcarres, Fife, Scotland.[2]

He was the son of John Lindsay of Balcarres, Lord Menmuir and Marion Guthrie.[1],[2]

• He was invested as a Knight in 1612.[2]
• He was created 1st Lord Lindsay of Balcarres [Scotland] on 27 June 1633, with a special remainder to his heirs male bearing the name Lindsay.[1]
• He steadfastly adherred to the King (Charles I, during the English Civil Wars).[2]
• He lived at Balcarres, Fife, Scotland.[1]

Child of Sir David Lindsay, 1st Lord Lindsay of Balcarres and Lady Sophia Seton

• 1. Alexander Lindsay, 1st Earl of Balcarres+2 b. 6 Jul 1618, d. 30 Aug 1659

Citations

• 1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 375. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• 2. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 376.
• 3. [S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 58. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.