Robert Lindsay, 9th Lord Lindsay PC (died 9 July 1616), was a Scottish landowner.

Early life

He was the second son of James Lindsay, 7th Lord Lindsay and Lady Eupheme Leslie. His elder brother was John Lindsay, 8th Lord Lindsay (who married Hon. Anne Oliphant, granddaughter of

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). His sisters included Hon. Jane Lindsay (wife of Robert Lundie of

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), Hon. Helen Lindsay (wife of John Cranstoun, 2nd Lord Cranstoun), and Hon. Catherine Lindsay (wife of James Lundie of that Ilk). His paternal grandparents were

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and Euphemia Douglas (a daughter of Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven, who was killed at the

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in 1547, and Lady Margaret Erskine, a mistress of King

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who was a daughter of

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). His maternal grandparents were Andrew Leslie, 5th Earl of Rothes and Grizel Hamilton (a daughter of Sir James Hamilton of Finnart).

Career

Lindsay inherited the Lordship Lindsay of the Byres upon the death of his brother in November 1609 who died without male issue. Following his brother's death, the estate of Byres was sold to the 9th Lord's father-in-law,

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. Lord Lindsay was the Scottish Ecclesiastical High Commissioner. He was made a Privy Councillor of Scotland in 1610 and 1616.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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, U.S.A.:

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 2342.

Personal life

On 26 June 1610, Lindsay married Lady Christian Hamilton, eldest daughter of

and Margaret Borthwick (only child of James Borthwick of Newbyres). Before his death in 1616, they were the parents of: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,

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: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 410. *

John Lindsay John Vliet Lindsay (; November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American politician and lawyer. During his political career, Lindsay was a U.S. congressman, the mayor of New York City, and a candidate for U.S. president. He was also a regu ...

(–1679), who married Lady Margaret Hamilton, a daughter of

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and Lady Anne Cunningham (fourth daughter of James Cunningham, 7th Earl of Glencairn). * Hon. Patrick Lindsay, who died young. * Hon. Helen Lindsay, who married Sir William Scott of Ardross and Elie, in 1634. * Hon. Margaret Lindsay. Lord Lindsay died on 9 July 1616 and was succeeded in the Lordship by his only surviving son,

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(who was created the 1st

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in 1633, and inherited the Earldom of Crawford in 1652). After his death, his Lady Christian married, as his second wife, Robert Boyd, 7th Lord Boyd, sometime after 9 December 1617. She died in 1645.

Descendants

Through his daughter Helen, Lady Ardross, he was posthumously a grandfather of Euphemia Scott, who married William Cochrane, 1st Earl of Dundonald, the

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for

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. Through his son John, he was posthumously a grandfather of Lady Anne Lindsay (wife of

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), Lady Christian Lindsay (wife of John Hamilton, 4th Earl of Haddington),

William Lindsay, 18th Earl of Crawford William Lindsay, 18th Earl of Crawford and 2nd Earl of Lindsay (April 1644 – 6 March 1698) was a Scottish noble and politician. Lindsay was the eldest son of John Lindsay, 10th Lord Lindsay of the Byres, 17th Earl of Crawford, and 1st Earl of ...

, Hon. Patrick Lindsay (later ''Crawford'' of Kilbirnie), Lady Helen Lindsay (wife of

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), and Lady Elizabeth Lindsay (wife of

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References

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16th-century Scottish peers Members of the Privy Council of Scotland