Earl of Balcarres
Earldom of Balcarres | |
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Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Lord Balcarres | |
Present holder | Anthony Lindsay, 30th Earl of Crawford |
Heir apparent | Alexander Thomas Lindsay, Lord Balniel |
Remainder to | The 1st Earl's heirs male bearing the name Lindsay[2] |
Subsidiary titles | Lord Lindsay of Balcarres Lord Lindsay of Balneil |
Status | Extant |
Seat(s) | Balcarres House |
Motto | Astra castra, numen, lumen munimen ("The stars my camp, and God my light and strength")[1][3] |
Earl of Balcarres is a title in the
The first earl's father was created Lord Lindsay of Balcarres on 27 June 1633. He was the grandson of the 9th Earl of Crawford.[2] The second Lord Lindsay succeeded his father in 1642. A prominent supporter of Charles I, he was further elevated as Earl of Balcarres and Lord Lindsay of Balneil in 1651. During the rule of Oliver Cromwell, the first earl died in exile in Breda in 1659.[1]
He was succeeded by Charles, his third but first surviving son, who in turn was succeeded by his younger brother, the third earl. In his youth, the third earl was a courtier of King
In January 1808, the ancient
The family seat is Balcarres House, near Colinsburgh, Fife.
Lords Lindsay of Balcarres (1633)
- David Lindsay, 1st Lord Balcarres (1587–1642)
- Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Lord Balcarres (1618–1659), created Earl of Balcarres in 1651
Earls of Balcarres (1651)
- Alexander Lindsay, 1st Earl of Balcarres (1618–1659) (Anna Mackenzie, Countess of Balcarres)[6]
- Charles Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Balcarres (1650–1662)
- Colin Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres (1652–1722)
- Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Balcarres (d. 1736)
- James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres (1691–1768)
- Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres (1752–1825), de jure 23rd Earl of Crawford (unclaimed)
- James Lindsay, 7th Earl of Balcarres (1783–1869), declared 24th Earl of Crawford in 1848
See Earl of Crawford for the remaining Earls of Balcarres
References
- ^ a b c d e Balfour Paul, James (1904). The Scots Peerage: Vol. I. Edinburgh : D. Douglas. pp. 510–519. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ a b Mosley 2003, p. 952
- ^ Lindsay, Alex Will Crawford (1849). Lives of the Lindsays; or, a Memoir of the Houses of Crawford and Balcares: In three volumes. John Murray. p. 56. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ Barker, Nicolas (1978) Bibliotheca Lindesiana: the Lives and Collections of Alexander William, 25th Earl of Crawford and 8th Earl of Balcarres, and James Ludovic, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres. London: for Presentation to the Roxburghe Club, and published by Bernard Quaritch
- ^ Rosalind K. Marshall, ‘Mackenzie, Anna , countess of Balcarres and countess of Argyll (c.1621–1707)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006 accessed 29 Nov 2014
See also
- Lindsay family tree, showing the relationship between some of the above