Sir David Lindsay, Lord Edzell

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David Lindsay

Also Known As: "of/ Edzell (qv)", "10th Earl of Crawford"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland, (Present UK)
Death: December 15, 1610 (54-63)
Scotland, (Present UK)
Immediate Family:

Son of David Lindsay, 9th Earl of Crawford and Katherine Campbell, Countess of Crawford
Husband of Helen; Helen Lindsay; Isobel Forbes and Grizell Stewart
Father of Margaret Lindsay; Agnes Lindsay; Helen Lindsay; David Lindsay of Edzell; Alexander Lindsay of Canterland and 1 other
Brother of Robert Lindsay, Laird of Balhall; Elizabeth Lindsay; John Lindsay of Balcarres; Margaret Lindsay and Agnes Ogilvy
Half brother of James Ogilvy, 5th Lord Ogilvy; Alexander Ogilvy, of Airlie; Walter Ogilvy and Margaret Cameron

Occupation: Lord Edzell
Managed by: Erskine Stuart Richard Guinness
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About Sir David Lindsay, Lord Edzell

From Darryl Lundy's Peerage page on Sir David Lindsay, Lord Edzell:

http://thepeerage.com/p2049.htm#i20489

Sir David Lindsay, Lord Edzell [1]

  • M, #20489,
  • d. December 1610
  • Last Edited=29 Sep 2008
  • Consanguinity Index=0.01%

Sir David Lindsay, Lord Edzell married, firstly, Lady Helen Lindsay, daughter of David Lindsay, 10th Earl of Crawford and Margaret Bethune.[2]

He married, secondly, Isobel Forbes, daughter of Arthur Forbes of Logie and Balfour, on 1 December 1585.[2]

He died in December 1610.[2]

He was the son of David Lindsay, 9th Earl of Crawford and Katherine Campbell.[1]

  • He held the office of Lord of Session [Scotland].[2]
  • He was styled as Lord Edzell [Scottish Law Lord].[2]
  • He lived at Edzell, Brechin, Angus, Scotland.[3]

Child of Sir David Lindsay, Lord Edzell and Isobel Forbes

  • 1. Margaret Lindsay+[2]

Children of Sir David Lindsay, Lord Edzell and Lady Helen Lindsay

  • 1. David Lindsay of Edzell+[2]
  • 2. Alexander Lindsay+[2]
4.. Helen Lindsay 
  • 3. Margaret Lindsay+[3] d. 9 Jul 1614

4. This is the order of the sons, and the order of the daughters, but some daughters could have been born before the sons . Thus Helen Lindsay is the elder daughter of Sir David Lindsay of Edzell and his wife Lady Helen Lindsay. She is missing on many family trees.

Helen is recorded as the first daughter of Sir David Lindsay of Edzell in:
DOUGLAS, Sir Robert, (1764). The peerage of Scotland: containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, collected from the public records, and ancient chartularies of this nation. R Fleming, Edinburgh, 710 pp.

Citations1. [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 III, page 515. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

  • 2. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 952. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
  • 3. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 399.
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Sir David Lindsay, Lord Edzell's Timeline

1551
1551
Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland, (Present UK)
1570
1570
1572
1572
Edzell Castle, Brechin, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
1575
1575
Edzell, Angus, Scotland
1598
1598
Probably Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland
1610
December 15, 1610
Age 59
Scotland, (Present UK)
December 18, 1610
Age 59