Sir
Alexander
"4th Earl of Balcarres"
Lindsay
Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Brother of
Anne (Lindsay) Erskine [half], Margaret (Lindsay) Wigton [half], Colin Lindsay [half], Colin (Lindsay) Lord Cumberland [half], James Lindsay, Eleanor (Lindsay) Fraser and Elizabeth Lindsay
Husband of
Elizabeth (Scott) Lindsay
— married
after 31 Jul 1718 in Fife, Scotland
Died
at about age 46
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Aug 2014
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Biography
Alexander Lindsay is a member of Clan Lindsay.
Sir Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Balcarres, was born about 1689, possibly 1690, place unknown, due to his father living abroad at that time.[1] He was the son of Colin Lindsay and Margaret (Campbell) Lindsay.
He joined the British Army as an Ensign, then rose in the ranks to a Lieutenant in the Horse Grenadier Guards. He transferred as a Captain to Lord Orkney's regiment, second Battalion Royal Scots.[2]
He saw action at Flanders and was wounded at the siege of St. Venant. He also saw service in Ireland. His brother and father's participation in the 1715 Jacobite rebellion ended any hope of advancement in the army.
He moved to Scotland and married Elizabeth (Scott) Lindsay sometime after 31 July 1718 in Fife. However, he was promoted to the rank of Major in Lord Stair's Dragoons in 1732.
In 1734, he went into politics and in that year's general election, he was elected as one of Scotland's sixteen representative peers. He passed away two years later, on 25 July 1736, place unknown, without issue.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Website Article: Balcaress
- ↑ Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : 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 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2021. Internet Archive.>Alexander Lindsay, Vol V, pg 523
- ↑ Burke, John; A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire; (Colburn, H and Bentley, R; London, 1832); Vol 1, pg. 129
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