Alexander Lindsay - Scottish Nobles

Scottish Nobles

• Alexander Lindsay of Barnweill (before 1279–ca. 1309), son of knight David de Lindsay of the Byres who died in Egypt (ca. 1279) while participating in Prince Edward's crusade
• Alexander Lindsay of Glenesk (before 1350–1381), knight renowned for victory during John of Gaunt's invasion of Scotland (Clan Lindsay#Wars of Scottish Independence)
• Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Crawford (1387–1438), son of David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford and Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of King Robert II
• Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford (before 1425–1453), powerful leader known as the Tiger Earl; participated in Douglas rebellion against King James II; defeated at Battle of Brechin
• Alexander Lindsay, 1st Lord Spynie (ca. 1564–1607), son of David Lindsay, 10th Earl of Crawford; invested as Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1590; became 1st Lord Spynie in 1590
• Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Lord Spynie (ca. 1597–1646), son of 1st Lord Spynie; during 1629–32 fought in Thirty Years' War, under King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
• Alexander Lindsay, 1st Earl of Balcarres (1618–1659), son of David Lindsay, 1st Lord Balcarres; Covenanter in 1644; Engager in 1648; MP in 1649; Exchequer in 1650; Earl 1651
• Alexander Lindsay of Evelick (nobleman) (1683–1762), married Amelia Murray, daughter of David Murray, 5th Viscount Stormont and sister of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
• Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Balcarres (before 1695–1736), son of Colin Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres; captain in Lord Orkney's regiment; in 1734 one of 16 representative peers of Scotland
• Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres (1752–1825), son of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres; major in American Revolution (1777); governor of Jersey (1793–94) and Jamaica (1795–1801)
• Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford (1812–1880), son of James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford; art historian, genealogist and book collector (Bibliotheca Lindesiana)
• Alexander Edward David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford (1871–1940), son of James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres; art collector; Conservative MP (1895–1913)
• Alexander Dunlop Lindsay, 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker (1879–1952), academic who served as Professor of Moral Philosophy at University of Glasgow (1922–24) and Master (1924–49)
• Alexander Robert David Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford (1900–1975), Unionist MP for Lonsdale; known as Lord Balniel from 1913 to 1940; in 1951 Knight Grand Cross for services to the Arts
• Sir Alexander Martin Lindsay, 1st Baronet (1905–1981), army officer and leader of Greenland expeditions; Conservative MP for Solihull; chronicler of World War II and Arctic exploration
• Alexander Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford (born 1927), Conservative MP for Hertford (1955–74); Lord Balniel (1940–75); Premier Earl of Scotland and hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Lindsay