Archibald Lionel Bethune, 13th Earl of Lindsay

Archibald Lionel Bethune, 13th Earl of Lindsay (14 August 1872 – 14 October 1943) was a Scottish aristocrat.

Early life

Archibald Lionel Bethune was born on 14 August 1872 at Frenchay, Gloucestershire, England. He was the second son of David Bethune, 11th Earl of Lindsay and Emily Marian Crosse. His younger sister, Lady Muriel Maud Stuart Bethune, married Watkin James Yuille Strang Watkins of Shotton Hall, Shropshire, and, after his death, Joseph Alexander Drummond Kirkpatrick.

His paternal grandparents were David Ayton-Lindsay and Jane Emilia Ayton. His maternal grandfather was Robert Crosse of Doctors' Commons, London. Bethune married American heiress Ethel Tucker (1878–1942), daughter of New York banker William Austin Tucker and Elizabeth Foster (a daughter of The Right Rev. Randolph Sinks Foster, Bishop of Ohio). Her brother, Ralph Tucker, married Mona Louise House (a daughter of diplomat Edward M. House). An artist, Ethel had studied at the New York School of Applied Design for Women. Before their divorce in 1906, they were the parents of:

William Tucker Lindesay-Bethune, 14th Earl of Lindsay (1901–1985), who married Marjory Cross, a daughter of Arthur John Graham Cross and Marjory ( Edwards), in 1925.

Eight months their divorce, she married Ezra C. Fitch Jr., son of the president of the Waltham Watch Company, and remained married to him until his death in 1917. moved to 10 Bridge St., Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, and remained married until her death on 31 May 1942. Ethel had another sister, Marian, who died unmarried and left half of her estate to her and their son, William, in 1941. Lord Lindsay died on 14 October 1943, aged 71, at his home in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts.

Descendants Through his only son, he was a grandfather of four, including David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay.