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	Your Free Gordon Art History Online Reference and Guide
		The main resource for this huge branch of the Gordon Clan is J.W. Gordon's genealogy website: http://www.gordonsofmaine.com Another famous Gordon is Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-1870) who became National Poet of Australia.
		In Melbourne, Australia there is a square outside the Parliament House named Gordon Square with two bronze statues to the two great Gordons, Adam Lindsay and Charles George.
		Gordon is a traditional Scottish clan name (see Gordon clan) and it is now a common forename.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Gordon

	Clan Lindsay USA - History: Clan Lindsay USA
		Clan Lindsay Association USA received its Certificate of Incorporation from the State of South Carolina on February 1, 1974 and held the Charter meeting on July 14, 1974 at the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games in Linville, North Carolina.
		Upon William Lindsay's death, Dr. James Pressly was elected Clan Chief.
		Lindsay, along with Dr. James Pressly, approached the Lindsay Society of Scotland with the idea of forming a branch in the United States.
	www.clanlindsayusa.org /history_clan.html (638 words)

	Clan Lindsay USA - History: Clan Lindsay USA
		Lindsay, along with Dr. James Pressly, approached the Lindsay Society of Scotland with the idea of forming a branch in the United States.
		Robert Alexander Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford, 12th Earl of Balcarres, the Premier Earl of Scotland and Head of the House of Lindsay, was the honored Guest of the games.
		William Lindsay served as the first President, and was then elected Chief.
	www.clanlindsayusa.org /history_clan.html (638 words)

	Clan LINDSAY
		The Lindsays are celebrated for their literary talent, Sir David Lindsay of the Mount in Fife, created L yon King of Arms, was a poet and reformer, and Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie was famed as a witty although unreliable historian.
		A daughter of Sir William Lindsay of Rossie was wooed, won, and forsaken by the Duke of Rothesay, eldest son of Robert III., and it was in anger for this treatment of his daughter that Lindsay himself took part in the plot which sent the dissolute young prince to die by starvation at Falkland.
		Sir David Lindsay of Crawford acquired Glenesk in Angus by marriage with Maria Abernethy one of the heiresses of the Earldom of Angus a nd was hence created Earl of Crawford in 1398.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/htol/lindsay2.html (638 words)

	Clan LINDSAY
		To-day the Clan Lindsay Society is one of the largest and most influential of the bodies which perpetuate the traditions of their name in the past, and utilise the spirit of race and patriotism for benevolent purposes in the present.
		The Lindsays are celebrated for their literary talent, Sir David Lindsay of the Mount in Fife, created L yon King of Arms, was a poet and reformer, and Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie was famed as a witty although unreliable historian.
		A daughter of Sir William Lindsay of Rossie was wooed, won, and forsaken by the Duke of Rothesay, eldest son of Robert III., and it was in anger for this treatment of his daughter that Lindsay himself took part in the plot which sent the dissolute young prince to die by starvation at Falkland.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/htol/lindsay2.html (4501 words)

	Clan LINDSAY
		To-day the Clan Lindsay Society is one of the largest and most influential of the bodies which perpetuate the traditions of their name in the past, and utilise the spirit of race and patriotism for benevolent purposes in the present.
		A daughter of Sir William Lindsay of Rossie was wooed, won, and forsaken by the Duke of Rothesay, eldest son of Robert III., and it was in anger for this treatment of his daughter that Lindsay himself took part in the plot which sent the dissolute young prince to die by starvation at Falkland.
		The Lindsays are celebrated for their literary talent, Sir David Lindsay of the Mount in Fife, created L yon King of Arms, was a poet and reformer, and Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie was famed as a witty although unreliable historian.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/htol/lindsay2.html (4501 words)

	Tour Information
		Departing Oban, we travel south to Inveraray the capital of the Clan Campbell who fought against the Lindsays during Montrose's campaign.
		To the east of the village is Kilconquhar House (a former home of the Earls of Lindsay) and the remains of a castle built in 1547.
		We continue south along the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond and on to Stirling to visit the spectacular castle, a favorite Royal residence and the birthplace of James II in 1430.
	caledoniantravelinc.com /lindsaytour.html (4501 words)

	Lindsay Genealogy
		It was purchased by Sherwood Conner Lindsay, and later passed to his eldest daughter, Anne Lindsay, who married Augustus Howard, another member of the John and Jane Vivian Howard clan, which included five sons and four daughters.
		Alexander H. Stephens), was a daughter of COLONEL JOHN LINDSAY, a Georgia planter of Wilkes county, of Scotch-Irish descent, and a distinguished commander of a Georgia regiment during the Revolution.
		John Lindsay Stephens, an attorney at law of western Georgia.
	www.bradfordgenealogy.org /LindsayGenealogy.html (4088 words)

	Picnic at Hanging Rock Info from Tim Colebatch
		- the Lindsay clan into which Joan married was a family of artists who waged war on the repressed sexual attitudes of that era.
		The story essentially originated in the mind of Joan Lindsay, and I think it dishonors her imagination to think that she was merely embellishing a historic event.
		- The young Joan Lindsay, daughter of a Supreme Court judge, was part in the summer excursion of the elite to the Macedon region.
	www.bookmice.net /darkchilde/rock/picnictc.html (1554 words)

	Clan Lindsay USA - Welcome
		Clan Lindsay Association USA, Inc. is a nonprofit, purely voluntary association that exists solely for the benefits of its members, their descendants, and other people of Scottish descent.
		Anyone bearing the same name as a Scottish Chief or the name of a sept associated with that clan, is a Clansman of the Chief and has the privilege of wearing the Crest surrounded by a strap and buckle garter, which indicates an individual's allegiance to the Chief.
		This blood relationship is an important fundamental in the clan system and was a strong element in the patriarchal system of government, all being bound together in a common interest.
	www.clanlindsayusa.org (1554 words)

	Creag Dhubh No. 25
		Clan March Once again a major attraction of the gathering was the arrival of Clan Macpherson after a march across the Spey from Old Ralia, one of the former Macpherson holdings.
		The Clan Macpherson Trophy for the highest points in all piping events (presented by the Clan Macpherson Association) was awarded to H. McCallum; and the Dr. Kenneth Mackay Quaich for first in the senior pibroch went to Iain Duncan.
		On Thursday, the Guest of Honour was the Duke of Argyll, on Friday, Sir Gordon MacMillan represented his Clan, on Saturday, the Clan Macpherson was featured with Cluny as Guest of Honour.
	www.sonasmor.net /CD25.html (11853 words)

	Clan LINDSAY
		Sir William was a famous knight, one of the "Enfants de Lindsay" of the chronicler Froissart, and knighted the son of St. Bridget of Sweden at the Holy Sepulchre.
		Sir David Lindsay of Crawford acquired Glenesk in Angus by marriage with Maria Abernethy one of the heiresses of the Earldom of Angus a nd was hence created Earl of Crawford in 1398.
		At the same time there were Lindsays, father and son, of Crawford in Upper Clydesdale, who were likewise both named David, and were benefactors to the monks of Newbotle.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/htol/lindsay2.html (11853 words)

	Clan Lindsay USA - History: The Lindsays
		Clan Lindsay Society, Scotland, produced an article, which was researched and written by Alistair Lindsay, then editor of the Society publications and his daughter, Alison, who is the current Secretary and editor for the Society.
		David Lindsay, Bishop of Edinburgh, crowned Charles I at Holyrood in 1633.
		David Lindsay of Glenesk was, by solemn belting and investiture, created Earl of Crawford by his brother-in-law, Robert, III, on the 21st of April, 1398 in the Parliament held at Perth.
	www.clanlindsayusa.org /history.html (1155 words)

	The Scottish Clan Lindsey Single Hook Tartan Fly
		The Lindsay clan were engaged in bitter feuds with the clan Ogilvies and Alexanders.
		The senior Chieftain is the Earl of Lindsay and holds the Premier Lordship as Lord Lindsay of the Byres.
		William Lindsay of Ercildoun married Marjory, daughter of Henry, Prince of Scotland, sister to William.
	freespace.virgin.net /flyfishing.flies/scotland-lindsey.html (1800 words)

	Clan Lindsay USA - History: The Lindsays
		Lady Anne Lindsay, daughter of the 5th Earl of Balcarres, wrote "Auld Robin Gray", one of the finest and most favorite of Scottish ballads.
		In the reign of William the Lion, 1165-1214, the greater part of the parish of Crawford was held by William de Lindsay in lordship of Swan, the son of Thor.
		David Lindsay, minister of Leith, became Bishop of Ross in 1600.
	www.clanlindsayusa.org /history.html (1800 words)

	Clan Lindsay USA - History: The Septs
		They took their name from the mountain territory of Crawford, later the barony of Crawford, in the upper ward of Lanarkshire.
		This family is from the parish of Inverarity in Angus, a race that settled early in the province and are said to have descended from Henry de Fedringhay who received the lands of Balewny, near Dundee, from Robert II prior to 1377.
		Their connection with the lands ceased in 1819 when the lands were sold and the late owner left Scotland for the colonies.
	www.clanlindsayusa.org /history_septs.html (1800 words)

	Clan Crawford
		The Crawfords were a sept of the Clan Lindsay whose chiefs are the Earls of Crawford.
		As this story is about the CRAWFORD CLAN and the McKAY CLAN basically, I close this little chapter, but much can be read from the large book I published on the whole BOSTOCK family from Cheshire 1600 to Australia and the present day.
		Excerpts from book on the BIRRELL CLAN family are also included on ELECTRIC SCOTLAND WEB PAGES.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/atoc/crawfor2.html (1800 words)

	Clan LINDSAY
		To-day the Clan Lindsay Society is one of the largest and most influential of the bodies which perpetuate the traditions of their name in the past, and utilise the spirit of race and patriotism for benevolent purposes in the present.
		A daughter of Sir William Lindsay of Rossie was wooed, won, and forsaken by the Duke of Rothesay, eldest son of Robert III., and it was in anger for this treatment of his daughter that Lindsay himself took part in the plot which sent the dissolute young prince to die by starvation at Falkland.
		The Lindsays are celebrated for their literary talent, Sir David Lindsay of the Mount in Fife, created L yon King of Arms, was a poet and reformer, and Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie was famed as a witty although unreliable historian.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/htol/lindsay2.html (4501 words)

	Clan Lindsay USA - History: The Lindsays
		Clan Lindsay Society, Scotland, produced an article, which was researched and written by Alistair Lindsay, then editor of the Society publications and his daughter, Alison, who is the current Secretary and editor for the Society.
		In the reign of William the Lion, 1165-1214, the greater part of the parish of Crawford was held by William de Lindsay in lordship of Swan, the son of Thor.
		Though the Lindsays were now situated in Glenesk, Crawford was their principal fief and remained so until the 5th Earl resigned the superiority of the various lands in the barony of Crawford.
	www.clanlindsayusa.org /history.html (1155 words)

	History of the Lindsay Clan
		The Lindsay clan motto is "Endure fort" which means "Endure boldly".
		Sir David de Lindsay took part in a famous tournament in London in 1390 in front of King Richard II of England.
		But at one stage there were over 100 Lindsay families who held land in Scotland.
	www.rampantscotland.com /clans/blclanlindsay.htm (1155 words)

	Clan LINDSAY
		The Lindsays are celebrated for their literary talent, Sir David Lindsay of the Mount in Fife, created L yon King of Arms, was a poet and reformer, and Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie was famed as a witty although unreliable historian.
		A daughter of Sir William Lindsay of Rossie was wooed, won, and forsaken by the Duke of Rothesay, eldest son of Robert III., and it was in anger for this treatment of his daughter that Lindsay himself took part in the plot which sent the dissolute young prince to die by starvation at Falkland.
		Sir David Lindsay of Crawford acquired Glenesk in Angus by marriage with Maria Abernethy one of the heiresses of the Earldom of Angus a nd was hence created Earl of Crawford in 1398.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/htol/lindsay2.html (4501 words)

	Clan LINDSAY
		The Lindsays are celebrated for their literary talent, Sir David Lindsay of the Mount in Fife, created L yon King of Arms, was a poet and reformer, and Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie was famed as a witty although unreliable historian.
		A daughter of Sir William Lindsay of Rossie was wooed, won, and forsaken by the Duke of Rothesay, eldest son of Robert III., and it was in anger for this treatment of his daughter that Lindsay himself took part in the plot which sent the dissolute young prince to die by starvation at Falkland.
		Sir William was a famous knight, one of the "Enfants de Lindsay" of the chronicler Froissart, and knighted the son of St. Bridget of Sweden at the Holy Sepulchre.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/htol/lindsay2.html (4501 words)

	Clan Lindsay USA - History: The Lindsays
		Lord Lindsay: Lives of the Lindsays, v.1, 1849; Jervise: Land of the Lindsays, 1853; Smibert: Clans of the Highlands of Scotlands, 1850; Publications of the Clan Lindsay Society, Scotland, 1900 to date.
		In the reign of William the Lion, 1165-1214, the greater part of the parish of Crawford was held by William de Lindsay in lordship of Swan, the son of Thor.
		Though the Lindsays were now situated in Glenesk, Crawford was their principal fief and remained so until the 5th Earl resigned the superiority of the various lands in the barony of Crawford.
	www.clanlindsayusa.org /history.html (4501 words)

	Clan LINDSAY
		A daughter of Sir William Lindsay of Rossie was wooed, won, and forsaken by the Duke of Rothesay, eldest son of Robert III., and it was in anger for this treatment of his daughter that Lindsay himself took part in the plot which sent the dissolute young prince to die by starvation at Falkland.
		Sir William was a famous knight, one of the "Enfants de Lindsay" of the chronicler Froissart, and knighted the son of St. Bridget of Sweden at the Holy Sepulchre.
		The Lindsays are celebrated for their literary talent, Sir David Lindsay of the Mount in Fife, created L yon King of Arms, was a poet and reformer, and Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie was famed as a witty although unreliable historian.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/htol/lindsay2.html (4501 words)

	Scottish name meaning - Scottish clans and family name pages - C
		the clan chief, Sir David Lindsay, was created Earl of Crawford by King Robert III.
		From Gaelic, Campbell meaning 'crooked mouth', the clan claims descent from the early kings of Ireland and the
		Clan Carson Genealogy site -- A history of the Carson family, their Tartan and their Crest
	www.scotlandsclans.com /clans3.htm (452 words)

	Clan Lindsay USA - Other Links
		A telling of the Battle of the Clans, where King Robert III sent the Earl of Crawford to suppress a violent contest between the Clans Chattan and Kay in 1306
		A nice Bed-and-Breakfast near the site of Finavon Castle, the seat of the Lindsays', Earls of Crawford during the 14th through 17th centuries.
		A description of the roll completed by Sir David Lindsay in 1542, the year he was appointed Lyon King of Arms
	www.clanlindsayusa.org /links.html (517 words)

	Clan Lindsay USA - History: The Lindsays
		Lord Lindsay: Lives of the Lindsays, v.1, 1849; Jervise: Land of the Lindsays, 1853; Smibert: Clans of the Highlands of Scotlands, 1850; Publications of the Clan Lindsay Society, Scotland, 1900 to date.
		This is the first Lindsay found associated with the territory of Crawford.
		The 20th Earl of Crawford raised the Black Watch regiment in 1739, which was originally called the Lindsay-Crawford Regiment.
	www.clanlindsayusa.org /history.html (1155 words)

	Clan Lindsay USA - Scotland 2004
		Departing Oban, we travel south to Inveraray the capital of the Clan Campbell who fought against the Lindsays during Montrose’s campaign.
		To the east of the village is Kilconquhar House (a former home of the Earls of Lindsay) and the remains of a castle built in 1547.
		It sheltered David Lindsay after he had killed Lord Spynie in Edinburgh following a longstanding quarrel in 1607 and James Carnegie, Lord Balnamoon who was being sought by government troops after Culloden.
	www.clanlindsayusa.org /scotland_2004/itinerary.htm (1155 words)

	Lindsay Clan @ Mac BraveHeart
		Sir David Lindsay of Crawford and the Byres was made Regent of Scotland, and died in 1286 on a Crusade.
		The philosopher and educationist A D Lindsay, who was born in Glasgow, became Master of Balliol College and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, and founded Keele University.
		The Lindsay lands at this time were extended in southern Scotland in upper Clydeside and in the Lothians.
	www.macbraveheart.co.uk /clansofscotland/l/lindsay (310 words)

	Clan Lindsay USA - History: The Lindsays
		Robert Lindsay, cousin to the 26th Earl, was the first recipient of the Victoria Cross.
		The Lindsays are, however, to be looked on in all respects as a powerful house, Sheriffs in their day of the shires of Forfar or Aberdeen.
		Lindsay is a noble name and has proved to be quite illustrious, when only the facts are given that are backed up by Charter evidence.
	www.clanlindsayusa.org /history.html (310 words)

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