Alexander Lindsay (abt. 1618 - 1659)

Born about 6 Jul 1618 in Balcarres, Fife, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Mackenzie) Campbell — married 25 Apr 1640 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Descendants

Died 30 Aug 1659 at about age 41 in Breda, Nederland

Biography

Alexander Lindsay, 1st Earl of Balcarres was born on 6 July 1618 at Balcarres, Fife, Scotland.^[1]

He was the son of Sir David Lindsay, 1st Lord Lindsay of Balcarres and Lady Sophia Seton.^[1] He was baptised on 4 August 1618.^[1]

He married Lady Anne Mackenzie, daughter of Colin Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth and Lady Margaret Seton, in April 1640.^[2] Daughter Anne was a Nun.

He was educated at St. Andrews University, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland,^[1] and at Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland.^[1]He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord Lindsay of Balcarres in March 1640/41.^[1]

He was invested as a Privy Counsellor on 16 November 1641.^[1]

He fought in the Battle of Marston Moor on 2 July 1644, on the side of the Covenanters.^[1] He fought in the Battle of Alford on 2 July 1645, where he commanded a troop of horse, and was defeated.^[1]

He held the office of a Commissioner to the King at Newcastle on 29 December 1645, where he urged the adoption of measures to avoid his surrender to the English.^[1] He held the office of Governor of Edinburgh Castle.^[1] He was commander of the troops north of the Forth.^[2] He was created 1st Earl of Balcarres and 1st Lord Lindsay and Balneil on 9 January 1650/51.^[1]

He held the office of High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Kirk on 16 July 1651.^[2] In September 1651 after the King's defeat at Worcester, he capitulated to Cromwell.^[2] In 1653 he again took arms for King Charles II, and joined the king in exile on the continent.^[2]

He died on 30 August 1659 at age 41 at Breda, Nederland, in exile.^[2] He was buried on 12 June 1660 at Balcarres, Fife, Scotland.^[2]

Children of Alexander Lindsay, 1st Earl of Balcarres and Lady Anne Mackenzie

Lady Henrietta Lindsay+^[3]

Anne Lindsay^[3]

Lady Sophia Lindsay^[4] d. 1698

Charles Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Balcarres^[2] b. 7 Feb 1651, d. 15 Oct 1662

Colin Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres+^[2] b. 23 Aug 1652, d. 1722

1st Earl of Balcarres

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} 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 376.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 377.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} 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.
4. ↑ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999. Volume 1, page 105

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