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Endure fort (Endure with strength)
The Lindsay surname was first assumed by the owners of the manor of Lindsai in England. William de Lindsay held lands in Crawford in Upper Clydesdale, and the parish of Crawford took the name Crawford-Lindsay from him and his successors; Sir David Lindsay was raised to the peerage as Earl of Crawford in 1398. In 1848 the House of Lords decided that the Crawford title belonged to James, 7th Earl of Balcarres, and one chief has held both earldoms since.
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The motto of Clan Lindsay is Endure fort (Endure with strength). It appears on the Clan Lindsay crest badge: the chief’s heraldic crest set inside a strap and buckle that carries the motto.
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View all Lindsay productsDavid Lindsay is named among the barons in the Declaration of Arbroath[4]
Sir David Lindsay is created Earl of Crawford[3]
Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl, the 'Tiger Earl', is defeated by the king's forces near Brechin and later pardoned[3]
The 6th Earl of Crawford dies at Flodden[3]
The Balcarres branch of the Lindsays is raised to an earldom[3]
The House of Lords decides the Crawford title belongs to James, 7th Earl of Balcarres[3]
Map outline: Natural Earth (public domain). Pins use official Historic Environment Scotland grid references.
These family names are connected with Clan Lindsay. Each list says who records the link.
Crawford: Listed under Lindsay by COSCA, which also lists Crawford as a clan name in its own right, giving Hugh Crawfurd of Auchinames (d. 1942) as its last chief; the overlap with Lindsay is the lands and parish of Crawford, not a documented merger.
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Endure fort, which Clan Lindsay Association, USA gives as meaning 'endure with strength'. COSCA records the same motto as 'Endure forte (Suffer bravely)'.
The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres; COSCA names him as Anthony Robert Lindsay, 30th Earl of Crawford and 13th Earl of Balcarres, who succeeded his father in March 2023.
In 1398, when Sir David Lindsay was raised to the peerage as Earl of Crawford.
The two earldoms came together in 1848, when the House of Lords decided that the Crawford title belonged to James, 7th Earl of Balcarres; the present chief holds both.
No. COSCA lists Crawford as a clan name in its own right, giving Hugh Crawfurd of Auchinames (d. 1942) as its last chief. The link with Lindsay is the lands and parish of Crawford, which took the name Crawford-Lindsay from its Lindsay owners.
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