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Sir David "3rd Earl of Crawford" Lindsay

(1405 - 27 Jan 1446)

[[Category:Scotland, Notables]]
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== Biography ==
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}David was the son and heir of [[Lindsay-153|Alexander Lindsay]], 2nd Lord of Crawford.
[[#Paul3|Paul - Peerage Vol. III]]: [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun03pauluoft#page/17/mode/1up pp. 17-8]
[[#CokayneP2-3|Cokayne - Peerage, Ed. 2 Vol III]][https://archive.org/stream/completepeerageo03coka#page/509/mode/1up p. 509]

On his father's death, he became 3rd Earl of Crawford and also inherited the office of Sheriff of Aberdeenshire.
[[#Paul3|Paul - Peerage Vol. III]]: [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun03pauluoft#page/18/mode/1up p. 18]
In 1443, he was styled Lord the Lyndissay.
[[#CokayneP2-8|Cokayne - Peerage, Ed. 2 Vol VIII]][https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/594161-the-complete-peerage-of-england-scotland-ireland-great-britain-and-the-united-kingdom-extant-extinct-or-dormant-vol-8?viewer=1&offset=20#page=12&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= p. 6]

was a regent to James II of Scotland. He was a member of Clan Lindsay, a Scottish Lowland clan.
At the Battle of Arbroath in 1445 the Clan Lindsay, led by the Master of Crawford, advanced with over 1000 men. Their enemy was the Clan Ogilvy who were also supported by men from the Clan Oliphant, Clan Gordon, Clan Seton and Clan Forbes of Pitsligo. The Earl, who was the Master of Crawford's father, rode between the two armies in an attempt to call a truce. However, an illadvised Ogilvie, thinking that this was the start of the Lindsay's attack, threw his spear at the Earl, hitting him in the mouth and killing him instantly. So the battle began which went in the Clan Lindsay's favour.
He married [[Ogilvy-16|Marjory Ogilvy]], daughter of Alexander Ogilvie of Auchterhouse. By her he had issue:
[[#Paul3|Paul - Peerage Vol. III]]: [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun03pauluoft#page/18/mode/1up pp. 18-22]
# }, 4th Earl of Crawford, called "Tiger Earl" or "Earl Beardie." He married Elizabeth Dunbar, of the house of March (Earl of March), and his son, David Lindsay, 5th Earl of Crawford (d.1495), was created Duke of Montrose on 18 May 1488.
[[#Lee33|Lee - DNB Vol. 33]]:[https://archive.org/details/dictionarynatio24stepgoog/page/n289/mode/1up pp. 279-80]
# } of Beaufort and Edzell, styled of Kinblethmont, had charters of the baronies of Arde and Bewfort in 1459, and of the barony of Panbride in 1463. He married first Sophia, daughter of Livingston of Saltcoats, but by her had no issue.[2]
# } of Lekoquhy
# } (k. 1452- Battle of Brechin)
# }, who founded a house in Austria.[3]
# }, married William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas
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He was wounded in battle on 23 Jan 1445/6 and died on the 27th.

== Sources ==

* Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage (London, St. Catherine Press, 1913) Ed. 2 Vol III
* Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage (London, William Pollard & Co, 1932) Ed. 2 Vol VIII
* Lee, Sidney, ed,"Dictionary of National Biography", (London, Smith Elder & Co., 1903), Vol. XXXIII
* Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom" (Edinburgh,David Douglas,,1906) Vol. III

See also:
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p2038.htm#i20371 The Peerage: David Lindsay]
* Wikipedia: [[Wikipedia:David_Lindsay,_3rd_Earl_of_Crawford|David Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Crawford]]

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* [http://cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/crawford1398.htm Cracrofts's Peerage: David Crawford]

    Events

    Birth1405Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    MarriageMar 1423Scotland - Lady Marjory "Countess of Crawford" Ogilvy
    Death27 Jan 1446Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland
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