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Rt. Rev. David LINSAY, Bishop of Ross ay, IX Earl of Crawford 1550–1610 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1550

Birth Location: Castle Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 18 Dec 1610

Death Location: Edzell, Angus, Scotland

Father: Sir Edzell

Mother: Catherine Campbell

Spouse(s): Lady Lindsay, Lady Drummond

Children(s): Lady Edzell

The story of Rt. Rev. David LINSAY, Bishop of Ross ay, IX Earl of Crawford began in 1550 in Castle Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Rt. Rev. David LINSAY, Bishop of Ross ay, IX Earl of Crawford married Lady Helen Lilias Drummond, Lady Helen Lindsay, and had children including Lady Margaret Lyndsay Of Edzell. Rt. Rev. David LINSAY, Bishop of Ross ay, IX Earl of Crawford passed away in 1610 in Edzell, Angus, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Rt. Rev. David LINSAY, Bishop of Ross ay, IX Earl of Crawford began in 1550 in Castle Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • Rt. Rev. David LINSAY, Bishop of Ross ay, IX Earl of Crawford married Lady Helen Lilias Drummond, Lady Helen Lindsay, and had children including Lady Margaret Lyndsay Of Edzell.
  • Rt. Rev. David LINSAY, Bishop of Ross ay, IX Earl of Crawford passed away in 1610 in Edzell, Angus, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Rt. Crawford's Ancestors

Self
Rt. Crawford
1550–1610
Birth Place: Castle Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir David of Edzell Lindsay of Edzell
1500–1558
Edzell Castle, Angushire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Catherine Campbell
1525–1578
Nairn, Highland, Scotland
Grandparents
Walter (Lord Lindsay van) Edzell
1480–1513
Elisabeth Erskine
1475–
John (Campbell Earl of) Cawdor
1485–1546
Cawder Castle, Nairn, Nairnshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Muriëlle (Lady Calder of) Cawdor
1489–
Cawdor Castle, Nairnshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Lady 🦋
1472–1498
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Rt. Crawford's Descendants

1.
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Rt. (Rev. David LINSAY, Bishop of Ross ay, IX Earl of) Crawford (1550–18 Dec 1610) m. Lady (Helen) Lindsay (1558–December 1579) m. Lady (Helen Lilias) Drummond (1558–Dec 1579)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret Lyndsay of) Edzell 1575–1614 m. David ((1st Earl of Southesk)) Carnegie –1658
    1. 1. Lady (Magdalene (Maggie) Carnegie, Lady of Farnell, Countess of Dahlhousie, Countess of Montrose, 1st Marchioness of) Montrose 1610–1650 m. Sir (James I "The Great Marquis of Montrose" Graham, Scottish Poet, Knight of the Garter, Chief of Clan Graham, 5th Earl of Montrose, Lord Lieutenant of Scotland, 1st Marquess of) Montrose 1612–1650
      1. 1. John Graham 1630–1669 m. Mary Johnstone 1627–1679
        1. 1. William (Thomas (Sir Captain) Graham (Scotctish Covenanter) 1st Viscount of) Dundee 1648–1751 m. Blanch (Grewell) Irvin 1650–1703

Rt. Crawford's Timeline

2 Records

1550
1550
Birth of Rt. Rev. David LINSAY, Bishop of Ross ay, IX Earl of Crawford in Castle Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Castle Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1610
18 Dec 1610
Age 60
Death of Rt. Rev. David LINSAY, Bishop of Ross ay, IX Earl of Crawford in Edzell, Angus, Scotland
Edzell, Angus, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: Castle Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Dec 1610
    Event Place: Edzell, Angus, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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