David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay
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| honorific_prefix = The Right Honourable
| name = The Earl of Lindsay
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|02|09|df=yes}}
| birth_place = London, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1989|10|01|1926|02|09|df=yes}}
| death_place = Congleton, Cheshire, England
| education = Eton College
| alma_mater = Magdalene College, Cambridge
| parents = William Lindesay-Bethune, 14th Earl of Lindsay
Marjory Cross
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|The Hon. Mary-Clare Douglas-Scott-Montagu|1953|1968|reason=div}}
- {{marriage|Penelope Crossley|1969}}
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| allegiance = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom
| branch = 23px British Army
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| rank = Major
| unit = Scots Guards,
Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse
| awards = Honorary rank of colonel
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David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay (9 February 1926 – 1 October 1989), styled Viscount Garnock between 1943 and 1985, was a British soldier.
Early life
Lindsay was the son of William Lindesay-Bethune, 14th Earl of Lindsay and Marjory Cross. Among his younger siblings were Hon. John Martin Lindesay-Bethune (who married Enriqueta Mary Jeanne Koch de Gooreynd and Jean Maxwell Brickman), Lady Elizabeth Marjory Beatrice Lindesay-Bethune (who married Maj. David Laurence Greenacre), and Lady Mary Bethune Lindesay-Bethune (who married Capt. Owen Buckingham Varney).
His paternal grandparents were Archibald Bethune, 13th Earl of Lindsay and Ethel Tucker (the daughter of William Austin Tucker). His maternal grandparents were Arthur John Graham Cross and Marjory Nelson Ritchie Edwards.Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 2344.
He was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge.[http://thepeerage.com/p6849.htm#i68489 David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay profile], thepeerage.com; Retrieved 28 March 2016.
Career
He served in the Scots Guards as a junior officer and left with the rank of Major in 1951.[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/39339/supplements/4979 London Gazette (21 September 1951)], london-gazette.co.uk; Retrieved 28 March 2016.
He was appointed Honorary Colonel on 29 May 1957[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/41124/supplements/4151 London Gazette (12 July 1957)], london-gazette.co.uk; Retrieved 28 March 2016. 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.[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/42689/supplements/4359 London Gazette (25 May 1962)], london-gazette.co.uk; Retrieved 28 March 2016.
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.{{cite book|author=Marshall, John|title=The Severn Valley Railway|year=1989|publisher=David St John Thomas|location=Newton Abbot|pages=183, 201 |isbn=0-946537-45-3|authorlink=John Marshall (railway historian)}}
=Views on curtsying=
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.
Personal life
On 31 October 1953, 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. Before their divorce in 1968, they had one son and one daughter:
- James Randolph Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay (b. 1955), who married Diana Mary Chamberlayne-Macdonald, daughter of Maj. Nigel Donald Peter Chamberlayne-Macdonald and Penelope Mary Alexandra Chamberlayne, in 1982.
- Lady Caroline Janet Lindesay-Bethune (b. 1957), who married Sir George Wrey, 15th Baronet, son of Sir Castel Wrey, 14th Baronet and Sybil Mabel Alice Lubke, in 1981.
He married as his second wife Penelope Crossley, daughter of Anthony Crossley and Clare Frances Fortescue Thomson, in 1969.
Lord Lindsay died in 1989 and was succeeded by his only son, James.
Arms
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|image = File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg
File:Arms of Earl of Lindsay (11th Earl).svg
|crest = A swan with wings expanded proper.
|coronet = The coronet of an Earl
|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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Sources
- Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th Edition, edited by Charles Mosley, Wilmington, Delaware, 2003, vol II, pp. 2342–45; {{ISBN|0-9711966-2-1}}
External links
- {{Hansard-contribs | mr-david-lindesay-bethune | David Lindsay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay }}
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