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| | Scotland - Clans and Tartans of Scotland and the Scottish Highlands |
 | | Lindsay, ane surname of renown, is derived from a place-name, and first appears on the Borders during the twelfth century. |
 | | Bitter feuds existed between the Lindsays and the Ogilvies, and Alexander, 4th Earl, Known as Earl Beardie, was severely defeated by the Earl of Huntley in 1452, when Earl Beardie was deprived of all his lands, titles and offices, but after a reconciliation he was pardoned, and died in 1454. |
 | | Sir David Lindsay, of the Mount (1490-1567), poet and reformer, and Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie (sixteenth century), author of the Chronicles of Scotland are two of Scotlands celebrated literary men. |
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