William de Lindsay

Sir William de Lindsay (1155–1205), Lord of Crawford, Lord and Baron of Luffness, Lord of Ercildum, Justiciar of Lothian, was a 12th-century Scottish noble.

Life Lindsay was a son of Sir William de Lindsay of Luffness and Ercildum, Baron of Luffness (c. 1120-c. 1185), paternal grandson of Sir William de Lindsay (1100–Earlston, 1163), in turn son of Sir William de Ghent de Lindsay (c. 1085–c. 1150 or East Lothian, abt. 1072–22 August 1139), and maternal grandson of Thor, Lord of Crawford. His sister Margaret de Lindsay (b. Kilmarnock, 1160, d. Kilmarnock, c. 1240) married Sir Malcolm Drummond, 5th Thane of Lennox, Chief of Clan Drummond (b. Drymen, c. 1165, d. Stirling, 1200), son of Sir John Drummond, 4th Thane of Lennox, Chief of Clan Drummond (b. Drymen, 1135, d. Drymen, 1180), brother of Malcolm Drummond (b. abt. 1125, d. 1180), paternal grandson of Sir Maurice Drummond, 3rd Thane of Lennox, Chief of Clan Drummond (b. Drymen, 1100, d. 1155), brother of John Drummond (b. 1105, d. 1155), great–grandson of Sir Malcolm Drummond, 2nd Thane of Lennox, Chief of Clan Drummond (b. Drymen, c. 1075, d. 1131), brother of George Drummond (b. Perthshire, abt. 1093), and great–great–grandson of Sir Maurice Drummond, 1st Thane of Lennox, Chief of Clan Drummond (b. 1060, d. Alnwick, 13 November 1093), and wife Margaret de Drymen (b. 1060), and had two sons, Sir Malcolm Beg Drummond, 6th Thane of Lennox, Chief of Clan Drummond (b. aft. 1169, d. 1259), married to Ada of Lennox, daughter of Maol Domhnaich, Earl of Lennox, and wife Elizabeth or Beatrix Stewart, and Roderick Drummond (b. Drymen, abt. 1195, d. before. 1283, m. Perthshire, abt. 1233).

William inherited half moiety of the barony of Cavendish, Suffolk, through his wife Alice or Aleanora, as heiress to her nephew Hugh de Limési or de Limesay. He held the office of Justiciar of Lothian between 1189 and 1199.

In 1164 his father William, jure uxoris 1st Lord of Crawford, sat in the Scottish Parliament as Baron of Luffness. After King William I of Scotland was captured in 1174 at the Battle of Alnwick, William was provided as a hostage for William I at Falaise, Normandy.

Marriage and issue He married Alice or Aleanora de Limési or de Limesay, daughter of Gerard, Lord of Limési, and Amicia de Bidun, they had the following known issue: Sir David de Lindsay of Luffness, Crawford, Ercildum and Limési (died 1214), married Margerie or Marjorie de Huntingdon, had issue. William de Lindsay (died c. 1238), had issue.