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David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay

David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay (9 February 1926 – 1 October 1989), styled Viscount Garnock between 1943 and 1985, was a British soldier.

The Earl of Lindsay
Born(1926-02-09)9 February 1926
London, England
Died1 October 1989(1989-10-01) (aged 63)
Congleton, Cheshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
RankMajor
UnitScots Guards,
Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse
AwardsHonorary rank of colonel
Spouse(s)
The Hon. Mary-Clare Douglas-Scott-Montagu
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(m. 1953; div. 1968)​
Penelope Crossley
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(m. 1969)​

Lindsay was the son of William Tucker Lindesay-Bethune, 14th Earl of Lindsay and Marjory Cross, daughter of Arthur John Graham Cross. He was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge.[1] He served in the Scots Guards as a junior officer and left with the rank of Major in 1951.[2]

He was appointed Honorary Colonel on 29 May 1957[3] of the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse. He held this post until 1962, when his tenure expired. He was however allowed to retain the honorary rank of Colonel.[4]

His interest in steam railways led to his acquiring the locomotive The Great Marquess from British Railways following its withdrawal in 1962. He succeeded Sir Gerald Nabarro as chairman of the Severn Valley Railway in 1973.[5]

Views on curtsying

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He was known as a vocal proponent of traditional British protocol. He gained publicity in 1971 when he sent Martha Mitchell, wife of US Attorney General John Mitchell, some critical correspondence after Mrs. Mitchell omitted to curtsy to Queen Elizabeth II.

Family

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Lord Lindsay married the Honourable Mary-Clare Douglas-Scott-Montagu, daughter of John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu and Alice Pearl Crake, on 31 October 1953. They had one son, James, and one daughter, Caroline, but were divorced in 1968. He married as his second wife Penelope Crossley, daughter of Anthony Crossley and Clare Frances Fortescue Thomson, in 1969. He died in 1989 and was succeeded by his only son, James.[1]

Arms

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Coat of arms of David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay
 

 
Coronet
The coronet of an Earl
Crest
A swan with wings expanded proper.
Escutcheon
Quarterly, 1st & 4th: Gules, a fess chequy Azure and Argent, in chief three mullets of the second(Lindsay); 2nd & 3rd: counter-quartered, 1st & 4th: Azure, a fess between three lozenges Or (Bethune); 2nd & 3rd: Argent, on a chevron Sable, an otter's head erased of the first (Balfour) all within a bordure embattled Or.
Supporters
On both dexter and sinister, a griffin Gules, armed and legged Or
Motto
Above the crest: Je ayme (French: "I love")
Below shield: "Live but Dreid"

References

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  1. ^ a b David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay profile, thepeerage.com; Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  2. ^ London Gazette (21 September 1951), london-gazette.co.uk; Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  3. ^ London Gazette (12 July 1957), london-gazette.co.uk; Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  4. ^ London Gazette (25 May 1962), london-gazette.co.uk; Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  5. ^ Marshall, John (1989). The Severn Valley Railway. Newton Abbot: David St John Thomas. pp. 183, 201. ISBN 0-946537-45-3.

Sources

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  • Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th Edition, edited by Charles Mosley, Wilmington, Delaware, 2003, vol II, pp. 2342–45; ISBN 0-9711966-2-1
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Military offices
Preceded by Honorary Colonel of the
Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse
1957-1962 		Succeeded by
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Earl of Lindsay
1985–1989 		Succeeded by


  

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