Reginald Lindesay-Bethune, 12th Earl of Lindsay

Reginald Lindesay-Bethune, 12th Earl of Lindsay, JP, DL (18 May 1867 – 14 January 1939), known as Viscount Garnock from 1894-1917, was a Scottish nobleman and British Army officer.[1]

The Earl of Lindsay in 1933

The eldest son of David Clarke Bethune, 11th Earl of Lindsay (1832–1917) and Emily Marian Crosse, he succeeded his father as the 12th Earl of Lindsay upon his death in 1917, and assumed the additional surname of Lindsay in 1919.[citation needed]

Lord Garnock was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 8th Hussars on 16 November 1887, promoted to lieutenant on 5 June 1889, and to captain on 30 July 1894.[2] He served with the regiment in South Africa in 1901–1902 during the Second Boer War,[3] and was promoted major on 19 October 1901.[4] The war ended in June 1902, and Lord Garnock stayed in South Africa until December that year, when he left on the SS Kinfauns Castle.[5] He later served with the East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry.[1]

Lord Garnock was unsuccessful Conservative parliamentary candidate for Buckrose, East Yorkshire, in 1906.[3] He was a Scottish representative peer in the House of Lords from 1917. He was also Master of Fife Fox Hounds.

Garnock married Beatrice Mary, daughter of John Shaw of Welburn Hall, Yorkshire, but had no issue.[3] His younger brother, Archibald Bethune, 13th Earl of Lindsay, succeeded him to the earldom upon his death in 1939.

Arms

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Coat of arms of Reginald Lindesay-Bethune, 12th Earl of Lindsay
 

 
Coronet
The coronet of an Earl
Crest
A swan with wings expanded proper.
Escutcheon
Quarterly, 1st & 4th: Gules, a fess chequy Azure and Argent, in chief three mullets of the second(Lindsay); 2nd & 3rd: counter-quartered, 1st & 4th: Azure, a fess between three lozenges Or (Bethune); 2nd & 3rd: Argent, on a chevron Sable, an otter's head erased of the first (Balfour) all within a bordure embattled Or.
Supporters
On both dexter and sinister, a griffin Gules, armed and legged Or
Motto
Above the crest: Je ayme (French: "I love")
Below shield: "Live but Dreid"

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Officers". eastridingmuseums.co.uk.
  2. ^ Hart′s Army list, 1903
  3. ^ a b c (Hesilrige 1921)
  4. ^ "No. 27403". The London Gazette. 4 February 1902. p. 716.
  5. ^ "The Army in South Africa - Troops returning Home". The Times. No. 36953. London. 17 December 1902. p. 7.

Further reading

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Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Earl of Lindsay
1917–1939
Succeeded by