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Reginald Lindesay-Bethune, 12th Earl of Lindsay

1867 – 1939

Scottish representative peer

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Lived 1867 – 1939 (aged 71). Reginald Lindesay-Bethune, 12th Earl of Lindsay was a British.

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

Early life 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 Lindesay in 1918. He served with the regiment in South Africa in 1901–1902 during the Second Boer War, 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. He retired from the 8th Hussars after his return, on 11 February 1903, and later served with the East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry.

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Scottish representative peer (1867-1939)

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Reginald Lindesay-Bethune, 12th Earl of Lindsay was born on 18 May 1867.

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Reginald Lindesay-Bethune, 12th Earl of Lindsay died on 14 January 1939.

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Reginald Lindesay-Bethune, 12th Earl of Lindsay was British.

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