General Notes

BIOGRAPHY: The following is from the Baltimore Sun:

BIOGRAPHY: Arms--Quarterly first and fourth gu., a fesse chequy, argent and az., for Lindsay; and second and third, or, a lion rampant hr, debruised of a ribbon in bend sa. for Abernethy.

BIOGRAPHY: Crest: An ostrich proper holding in his mouth a key or.

BIOGRAPHY: Motto--Toujours loyal.

BIOGRAPHY: The Lindsays of Scotland are one of the most ancient and honorable houses of the scottish kingdom. They intermarried with the royal princesses and at one time were second only to the royal family. According to the historian of the Lindsay family the first of the name to appear in Scotland were tow brothers, Walter and William de Lindsay, Anglo-Normans, about 1116. They were the sons of Baron Baldric de Linesay, a Norman kinght related to and contemporary with William the Conqueror

BIOGRAPHY: The de Linesays were of Norman extraction and the family was seated near Rouen for many centuries, and through their Norwegian ancestor, Malahulc, are remote descendants of the great house of De Toeny, the hereditary standardbearers of Normandy.

BIOGRAPHY: William de Lindsay, of Ercildun, grandson of the first William, was "high judiciary of Lothian," one of the highest offices in the kingdom. This William was the Lindsay who first acquired the magnificent mountain estateof Crawford, from which the Lindsays take their title of Earl of Crawford, situated in Lanarkshire. This estate was held by the family until 1488, when DavidLindsay, fifth Earl of Crawford and Duke of Montrose, was deprived of it by the misfortunes of civil war.

BIOGRAPHY: Randolph de Linesay, younger brother of Baron Baldric de Linesay, came over to England with his kinsman, William theConqueror, who bestowed upon him about 40 lordships in dirrerent counties in England for his services. His great-grand-daughter, Aleanora de Linesay, one of the richest heiresses in England, married her Scotch cousin, Sir David de lindsay, thus uniting the two branches of the house in 1199.

BIOGRAPHY: One of the most noted members of the Lindsay family was Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, Lord lion King at arms to King James V. The title of Lion King was born by the chief of the heraldic corporation of Scotland. Sir David lindsay was a poet andreligious reformer, exerting his influence against the Church of Rome. Sir David Lindsay was appointed lion King in 1530 and was considered the chief judge of chivalry and acted as ambassador to foreigh countries.

BIOGRAPHY: It is from still another David Lindsay that the Lindsay family of Virginia trace their direct line of descent--Rev. David Lindsay, known to the world as the Minister of Leith, the celebrated Bishop of Ross Rev. David Lindsay was the son of Alexander Lindsay, of Edzell Castle, who was the son of David Lindsay, eight Ear of Crawford. Rev. David Lindsay, Bishop of Ross, was chaplain for King James I of England and VI of Scotland. He is said to have been a man of great ability and deep learning. He held several high offices under the crown. The Bishop of Ross, had the honor of being the only minister of note who had prayers for the beautiful and unhappy Mary Queen of Scots at the time of her execution. Rev. David Lindsay accompanied King James on his matrimonial voyage to Denmark and performed the marriage ceremony. He was a noted diplomat and iinguist. Bishop Lindsay baptized king Charles I and his brother, Prince Henry.

BIOGRAPHY: After manyyears of service at the English court the Bishop of Ross was succeeded by his son-in-law, Archbishop, spottswood, the king's primane, and he returned to his ministry at Leith, where he died in 1613. His son-in-law, Archbishop Spottswood, says of him: "A man of peaceful nature, wise and moderate, and universally beloved by all wise men."

BIOGRAPHY: The Bishop of Ross left two children--a son and a daughter. His son was Sir Jerome, or Hierome, Lindsay, of Annatland, who married, first, Margaret Colville, a daughter