George Lindsay, 3rd Lord Spynie (died 1671) was a Scottish nobleman.

Life

George Lindsay, 3rd Lord Spynie, was the second son of

Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Lord Spynie Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Lord Spynie (died March 1646) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier of fortune. Life He was the eldest son of Alexander Lindsay, 1st Lord Spynie, by his wife Jean Lyon, and was still a minor at the time of his father's murde ...

, by his second wife, Lady Margaret Hay. He succeeded to the estates on the death of his father in 1646. A supporter of

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, Spynie opposed the surrender of the king to the English. As colonel of the Stirling and Clackmannan horse he took part in the 'engagement' for the rescue of the king from the English in 1648. On 20 December 1650 he was appointed one of the colonels of horse for

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. Taken prisoner at the

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in 1651, Spynie was on 16 September committed to the

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. He was excepted from

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in 1654, and on 5 May, he forfeited his estates at the Edinburgh Market Cross. Spynie was pardoned at the

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of 1660 and was reinstated in his possessions. On the death of

Ludovic Lindsay, 16th Earl of Crawford Ludovic Lindsay, 16th Earl of Crawford (1600–1652), was a Scottish landowner and Royalist. He was the son of Henry Lindsay, 13th Earl of Crawford and Helen Chisholm. In 1633-1634 Lindsay served the Polish king and commanded a unit composed par ...

, in 1666, he was served his heir, and became the chief representative of the Lindsay family. He died before December 1671. As he had no heir, his title of '

Lord Spynie Lord Spynie is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created on 4 November 1590 for Sir Alexander Lindsay, younger son of David Lindsay, 10th Earl of Crawford. The title became dormant on the death of the third Lord in 1671. (See Earl of Crawf ...

' became extinct upon his death.

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;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Spynie, George Lindsay, 3rd Lord Place of birth missing Year of birth missing 1671 deaths Scottish feudal barons Lords of Parliament (pre-1707)