James Lindsay, 7th Lord Lindsay
James Lindsay, 7th Lord Lindsay (1554-1601), Scottish landowner.
James Lindsay was the son of Patrick Lindsay, 6th Lord Lindsay and Euphemia Douglas, daughter of Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven and Margaret Erskine.
Lindsay was a gentleman of King James's bedchamber.
He married Eupheme Leslie in 1573, a daughter of Andrew Leslie, 5th Earl of Rothes and Grissel Hamilton.
He was an active Protestant, writing to Elizabeth I of England in favour of the Puritan preacher John Udall. In 1592 the printer Robert Waldegrave dedicated an edition of Dudley Fenner's Certain Godly and Learned Treatises to him.
On 17 November 1592 Margaret Douglas, the heavily pregnant wife of the rebel Earl of Bothwell kneeled on the street before James VI as he was going to Edinburgh Castle, and after Lord Home and Lord Lindsay spoke in her favour she was allowed to kiss the king's hand, who then spoke harshly of her and her husband. She was applauded and carried back to her lodging by well-wishers.[1]
In January 1593 he led a group protesting at Holyrood Palace against the Catholic earls.[2]
On 17 December 1596 he was involved in a riot at the Tolbooth Church in Edinburgh against the Octavians which was declared treason. His property was forfeited. At first Anne of Denmark hoped to the profit of his goods as the dowry for one of her ladies-in-waiting.[3]
References
- Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1589-1593, vol. 10 (Edinburgh, 1936), p. 817.
- Keith Brown, Noble Power in Scotland (Edinburgh, 2011), p. 20.
- Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 12 (Edinburgh, 1952), pp. 425, 427.
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
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| Preceded by Patrick Lindsay |
Lord Lindsay of the Byres 1589–1601 |
Succeeded by John Lindsay |