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David (Lindsay) Lindsay IInd of Beaufort and Edzell (1455 - 1528)

Born in Edzell, Forfarshire, Scotlandmap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at about age 73 in Beaufort, Inverness-shire, Scotlandmap
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Preceded by
Walter Lindsay
2nd of Beaufort and Edzell
1476 - 1528
Succeeded by
David Lindsay

Biography

David (Lindsay) Lindsay IInd of Beaufort and Edzell is a member of Clan Lindsay.

David Lindsay was born in 1455 in Edzell, Forfarshire, Scotland, son of Walter Lindsay and Isabel (Livingstone) Ruthven,[1][2]

He married Katherine Fotheringham.[2][3] They had issue:

  1. Walter, killed at Flodden[2][3]
  2. George[2][3]
  3. David[2]
  4. James[2]
  1. Janet[3]
  2. Agnes, m. George Moray, fiar of Abercairney, killed at Flodden[3]
  3. Margaret, m. Robert Menzies of Weem[3]

He married secondly, Agnes Oglilvy, relict of Alexander Straiton of Lauriston. in 1514 but this marriage was annulled.[4]

  1. Alexander.[3].[4]

He married thirdly, Elizabeth Spens of Bodum..[4] They had issue:

  1. Janet, m. Ramsay of Balnabreich.[4]

David died in 1529 in Beaufort.[4]

Research Notes

  • SP believes second marriage was contracted but never occurred and that Alexander was the son of Elizabeth Spens rather than Agnes Ogilvy.
  • Mosley, Charles, 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.
  • http://www.thepeerage.com/p2040.htm#i20399 which in turn cited
    • [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 511. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

Sources

  1. MacGregor, Gordon, The Red Book of Scotland, Scotland, private, 2022, Ed. 3, Vol. V, p. 1055
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Paul, James Balfour. The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1906, Vol. III, Archive.org, p. 19
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 MacGregor, Gordon, The Red Book of Scotland, Scotland, private, 2022, Ed. 3, Vol. V, p. 1056
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Paul, James Balfour. The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1906, Vol. III, Archive.org, p. 20




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Lindsay-483 and Lindsay-346 appear to represent the same person because: same name, exact same wife born in 1460, David's birthdate 1455, same time frame, same location, at least one same child.

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