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Thursday, May 04, 2023

Colonel Alexander Thomas Lindsay 1936-2023

 Colonel Alexander Thomas Lindsay, 17th/21st Lancers, scion of the Earls of the Earls of Crawford and the Baons Howard De Walden, died 19 April, 2023, aged 86.

He was born 18 December, 1936, the second son of the Hon James Louis Lindsay (1906-1997), sometime MP for North Devon, and his wife the former Hon Bronwen Mary Scott-Ellis (1912-2003), daughter of the 8th Baron Howard De Walden (1880-1946), and twin sister of the 9th Baron (1912-1999).

Alexander Lindsay was a grandson paternally of the 27th Earl of Crawford & Balcarres (1871-1940).

He married 31 December, 1966, (Jessie) Miranda Cecilia Barstow, daughter of Colonel John Andrew Tristram Barstow, DSO, DL, by whom he had issue, three sons, James (born 29 Oct, 1968), Roderick (Rory) (born 27 Sept, 1970), and Felix (born 18 July, 1973).

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