James Lindsay, 7th Lord Lindsay

James Lindsay, 7th Lord Lindsay PC (1554 – 5 November 1601), Scottish landowner who was a gentleman of King James's bedchamber.

Early life James Lindsay was the only son of Patrick Lindsay, 6th Lord Lindsay and Euphemia Douglas. His only sister, Margaret Lindsay, was the first wife of James Leslie, Master of Rothes, son of Andrew Leslie, 5th Earl of Rothes and mother of John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes.

In January 1593, he led a group protesting at Holyrood Palace against the Catholic earls. He was made a Privy Councillor of Scotland in .

On 17 December 1596, he was involved in a riot at the Tolbooth Church in Edinburgh against the Octavians which was declared treason. His property was forfeited. At first Anne of Denmark hoped to use the profit of his goods as a dowry for Jean Stewart, one of her ladies-in-waiting.

Personal life In 1573, he married Lady Eupheme Leslie, a daughter of Andrew Leslie, 5th Earl of Rothes and Grizel Hamilton (a daughter of Sir James Hamilton of Finnart). Together, they were the parents of at least two sons and four daughters, including: Helen Lindsay (d. 1658), who married, as his second wife, John Cranstoun, 2nd Lord Cranstoun before .

Descendants Through his eldest son John, he was a grandfather of Hon. Anne Lindsay, who married Alexander Falconer, 1st Lord Falconer of Halkerton.

Through his son Robert, he was a grandfather of John Lindsay (–1678), who became the 9th Lord Lindsay in 1616, was created the 1st Earl of Lindsay in 1633, and inherited the Earldom of Crawford in 1652.