Biography of William Lindsay 1846-1926

On 29th July 1845 [his father] Colin Lindsay (age 25) and [his mother] Frances Howard (age 18) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] James Lindsay 7th Earl Balcarres 24th Earl of Crawford (age 62) and [his grandmother] Maria Pennington.

On 8th June 1846 William Lindsay was born to Colin Lindsay (age 26) and Frances Howard (age 19).

On 7th May 1870 William Lindsay (age 23) and Harriet Gordon (age 20) were married. She the daughter of George John Hamilton-Gordon 5th Earl Aberdeen and Mary Bailie-Hamilton Countess Aberdeen (age 55).

In 1877 [his brother-in-law] John Hamilton-Gordon 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (age 29) and Isabel Marjoribanks Marchioness of Aberdeen and Ternair (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Countess Aberdeen. They had four children. He the son of George John Hamilton-Gordon 5th Earl Aberdeen and [his mother-in-law] Mary Bailie-Hamilton Countess Aberdeen (age 62).

The London Gazette 25183. Whitehall, December 27, 1882. The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland granting unto William Alexander Lindsay (age 36), Esq., the office of Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms, vacant by the promotion of Arthur Staunton Larken, Esq., to the office of Richmond Herald

On 28th January 1892 [his father] Colin Lindsay (age 72) died.

The London Gazette 26494. Whitehall, March 12, 1894. THE Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting unto William Alexander Lindsay (age 47), Esq., Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms, the office of Windsor Herald, vacant by the promotion of William Henry Weldon (age 57), Esq., to the office of Norroy King of Arms.

On 20th August 1897 [his mother] Frances Howard (age 70) died.

The London Gazette 31574. Whitehall, September 29, 1919. The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to grant unto William Alexander Lindsay (age 73), Esq., K.C., Windsor Herald, the Office of , vacant by the promotion of Charles Harold Athill, Esq., M.V.O., to be Clarenceux King, of Arms.

The London Gazette 32781. Whitehall, December 28, 1922. The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date the 12th December, 1922, to grant unto William Alexander Lindsay (age 76), Esquire, K.C., Norroy King of Arms, the Office of Clarenceux King of Arms, and Principal Herald of the South, East and West parts of England, vacant by the death of Charles Harold Athill, Esquire.

On 13th September 1926 William Lindsay (age 80) died.

On 15th February 1942 [his former wife] Harriet Gordon (age 92) died.