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'''James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres''' (14 November 1691 – 20 February 1768) was a Scottish peer, the son of Colin, 3rd [[Earl of Balcarres]] and Lady Margaret Campbell, daughter of the [[Earl of Loudoun]]. |
'''James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres''' (14 November 1691 – 20 February 1768) was a Scottish peer, the son of Colin, 3rd [[Earl of Balcarres]] and Lady Margaret Campbell, daughter of the [[Earl of Loudoun]]. He became the 5th Earl of Balcarres on 25 July 1736 on the death of his brother Alexander. |
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He became the 5th Earl of Balcarres on 25 July 1736 on the death of his brother Alexander. |
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==Military Career== |
==Military Career== |
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==Marriage and Family== |
==Marriage and Family== |
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On 24th October 1749, he married Anne Dalrymple |
On 24th October 1749, at the age of 58, he married in Edinburgh the 22 year old Anne Dalrymple, daughter of Sir Robert Dalrymple, with whom he had eight sons and three daughters, |
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*Lady Margaret Lindsay (d.1814), married firstly Alexander Fordyce, without issue. Married secondly [[James Bland Burgess|Sir James Bland Lamb, 1st Bt.]], without issue. |
*Lady Margaret Lindsay (d.1814), married firstly Alexander Fordyce, without issue. Married secondly [[James Bland Burgess|Sir James Bland Lamb, 1st Bt.]], without issue. |
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==Death== |
==Death== |
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He died on 20 February 1768 at age 76 at Balcarres, Fife, Scotland, where he was buried. |
He died on 20 February 1768 at age 76 at Balcarres, Fife, Scotland, where he was buried. His title was inherited by his eldest son Alexande Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres. |
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* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p2046.htm#i20457 thepeerage.com] |
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p2046.htm#i20457 thepeerage.com] |
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* [http://http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/balcaress.htm The Balcarres history] |
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Revision as of 19:51, 18 February 2010
James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres (14 November 1691 – 20 February 1768) was a Scottish peer, the son of Colin, 3rd Earl of Balcarres and Lady Margaret Campbell, daughter of the Earl of Loudoun. He became the 5th Earl of Balcarres on 25 July 1736 on the death of his brother Alexander.
Military Career
He joined the Royal Navy at the age of 13 and served in it for 12 years. On his return to Scotland he was persuaded to join his father in the 1715 Jacobite Rising and took part in the inconclusive Battle of Sheriffmuir. After the suppression of the uprising he was forced to hide for some time in a secret chamber at the nearby castle of Newark until his aunt secured him a pardon. He then joined the army of George I and fought in the War of the Austrian Succession, being present at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743, and the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745.
After he left the army, his prospects limited by his past allegiances, he concentrated on improving the house and estate farms at Balcarres.
Marriage and Family
On 24th October 1749, at the age of 58, he married in Edinburgh the 22 year old Anne Dalrymple, daughter of Sir Robert Dalrymple, with whom he had eight sons and three daughters, including:
- Lady Margaret Lindsay (d.1814), married firstly Alexander Fordyce, without issue. Married secondly Sir James Bland Lamb, 1st Bt., without issue.
- Lady Anne Lindsay (1750 - 1825), married Andrew Barnard, without issue.
- Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres (1752-1825), married Elizabeth Dalrymple, and had issue.
- Hon. Robert Lindsay (1754-1836), married Elizabeth Dick, and had issue.
- Rt. Rev. Hon. Charles Dalrymple Lindsay (1760-1846), married firstly Elizabeth Fudell, and had issue. Married secondly Catherine Coussmaker, and had issue.
- Lt.-Col. Hon. John Lindsay (1762-1826), married Lady Charlotte North, daughter of Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, without issue.
- Lady Elizabeth Lindsay (1763-1858), married Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, and had issue.
- Hon. Hugh Lindsay (1765-1844), married Jane Duff-Gordon, daughter of Hon. Alexander Gordon, Lord Rockville,and had issue.
Death
He died on 20 February 1768 at age 76 at Balcarres, Fife, Scotland, where he was buried. His title was inherited by his eldest son Alexande Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres.