Sir Alexander Lindsay of Ormiston

Biography

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Sir Alexander Lindsay of Ormiston was born about 1300, the son of Sir Alexander Lindsay of Crawford by, there is reason to believe, a sister of James, Steward of Scotland.[1]

He was imprisoned in Carlilsle Castle from 1308 to 1314 and later became a knight banneret.[1]

The name of his wife is not known.They had an only daughter:

1. Joneta, to whom Ormiston was given upon her marriage to John Cockburn, upon condition that, if they had no heirs, Ormiston would revert to William Lindsay, Lord of the Byres, the son of Alexander's brother, Sir David Lord of Crawford.[2][3]

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Origins

From The Scots Peerage, Vol. 3. “Lindsay, Earl of Crawford.” Page 9. < Archive.Org >

The five children of Alexander Lindsay and his wife were:

1. Sir David de Lindsay, Lord Crawford, Custodian of Berwick & Edinburgh Castle+ d. 1355. Married Maria Abernethy, widow of Andrew de Leschelyn (Leslie) and daughter (co-heiress with her sister Margaret, Countess of Angus) of Sir Alexander de Abernethy.
2. Alexander,11 who was imprisoned at Carlisle, 1308-1314, became a knight banneret, and was ancestor, as alleged, of the Lindsays of Ormiston, afterwards represented by Cockburn of Langton.
3. Reginald, prisoner at Carlisle with his brother.
4. William, Rector of Ayr,1 and Chamberlain of Scotland in 1317, whose close connection with the house of Crawford2 suggests this affiliation. He died before 5 Kal. January 1339.
5. Beatrix, d. b 1352, married, first, to Sir Archibald Douglas, and was mother of the first Earl of Douglas ; 3 secondly, to Sir Robert Erskine of Erskine, Great Chamberlain of Scotland.4

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References

1. [S11565] The Scots Peerage, Vol. III, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 9.
2. http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1323.htm#...
3. https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/genealogy/aqwc1788.htm#54... cites
   1. Linzee, John William, The Lindeseie and Limesi Families of Great Britain (Boston, Massachusetts: The Fort Hill Press, 1917.), pp. 293, 301, Family History Library, 929.242 L659L.