The Earl of Lindsay | |
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Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
as a hereditary peer 21 December 1989 –11 November 1999 | |
Preceded by | The 15th Earl of Lindsay |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished [a] |
as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 | |
Preceded by | Seat established [a] |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | |
In office 6 July 1995 –2 May 1997 | |
Prime Minister | John Major |
Preceded by | Sir Hector Monro |
Succeeded by | Sam Galbraith |
Lord-in-waiting Government Whip | |
In office 12 January 1995 –6 July 1995 | |
Prime Minister | John Major |
Preceded by | The Lord Inglewood |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Courtown |
Personal details | |
Born | James Randolph Lindesay-Bethune 19 November 1955 |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Diana Chamberlayne-Macdonald (m. 1982) |
Children | Lady Frances Gabinsky Lady Alexandra Coleman William Lindesay-Bethune, Viscount of Garnock Hon. David Lindesay-Bethune Lady Charlotte Lindesay-Bethune |
Parents |
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Alma mater | University of Edinburgh University of California, Davis |
James Randolph Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay (born 19 November 1955), is a Scottish businessman and Conservative politician.
The son of David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay, and his first wife Mary Douglas-Scott-Montagu, he was educated at Eton, the University of Edinburgh and the University of California, Davis.
He succeeded his father as Earl of Lindsay in 1989. He was vice-chairman of the Inter-Party Union Committee on Environment 1994–95, and was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland from 1995 to 1997, during which time he was responsible for agriculture, fisheries and the environment. His work has been involved with the environment and the food industry. Between 2012 and 2017, Lord Lindsay was President of the National Trust of Scotland and appointed President of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute in April 2021. [1]
In 1982 he married Diana Mary Chamberlayne-Macdonald, a granddaughter of Sir Alexander Somerled Angus Bosville Macdonald of Sleat, 16th Baronet; the two have five children:
The Countess of Lindsay is a patroness of the Royal Caledonian Ball [5] and a master of the Fife Foxhounds. [6]
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