David Lindsay, 10th Earl of Crawford (1527-1574) was a Scottish landowner. Lindsay was the son of Alexander Lindsay, Master of Crawford (d. 1541) and Jean Sinclair, daughter of Henry Sinclair, 3rd Lord Sinclair (d. 1513). Lindsay was a grandson of

David Lindsay, 8th Earl of Crawford David Lindsay, 8th Earl of Crawford (died 27 November 1542) was the son of Alexander Lindsay, 7th Earl of Crawford. He was a member of Clan Lindsay, a Scottish Lowland clan. He married Elizabeth Hay, daughter of William Hay, 3rd Earl of Erroll. Su ...

. He gained the title

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on the death of his third cousin, once removed,

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in 1558. Lindsay became an enemy of

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. He was involved in the murder of

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. In December 1568 he came to

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to testify against Mary, and sent a challenge to

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, who was said to have asserted that

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was guilty of the death of

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.Agnes Strickland, ''Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots'', vol. 3 (London, 1843), pp. 268-269.

Family

Lindsay married Margaret Beaton, a daughter of

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and

Marion Ogilvy Marion Ogilvy (c. 1495–1575) was the mistress of Cardinal David Beaton an advisor of James V of Scotland. Early life Marion Ogilvy was the younger daughter of Sir James Ogilvy of Lintrathen. Sir James, a diplomat, was created Lord Ogilvy of Air ...

, at

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in 1546. Their children included: *

David Lindsay, 11th Earl of Crawford David Lindsay, 11th Earl of Crawford (1547?–1607) was a Scottish nobleman and privy councilor. Life He was the eldest son of David Lindsay, 10th Earl of Crawford, by Margaret, daughter of Cardinal Beaton and Marion Ogilvy, and was born about 15 ...

Alexander Lindsay, 1st Lord Spynie Alexander Lindsay, 1st Lord Spynie (died 5 June 1607) was a Scottish nobleman. His death is the subject of the ballad ''Lord Spynie''. Early life Lindsay was the fourth son of David Lindsay, 10th Earl of Crawford, by his wife Margaret Beaton, d ...

(d. 1607). *

Henry Lindsay, 13th Earl of Crawford Henry Lindsay, 13th Earl of Crawford (died 1623) also known as Harry Charteris, was a Scottish landowner and courtier. Henry Lindsay was a younger brother of David Lindsay Earl of Crawford, a son of David Lindsay, 10th Earl of Crawford and Marga ...

(d. 1623), who was master of the household to

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. * Helen Lindsay, who married

Sir David Lindsay Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount (c. 1490 – c. 1555; ''alias'' Lindsay) was a Scottish herald who gained the highest heraldic office of Lyon King of Arms. He remains a well regarded poet whose works reflect the spirit of the Renaissance, spec ...

Edzell Castle Edzell Castle is a ruined 16th-century castle, with an early-17th-century walled garden. It is located close to Edzell, and is around north of Brechin, in Angus, Scotland. Edzell Castle was begun around 1520 by David Lindsay, 9th Earl of Crawfo ...

. * Sir John Lindsay of Ballinscho or Ballinshoe. * Sir James Lindsay, who acted as an intermediary between the pope and King James in 1603-4.

References

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