James Randolph Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay, DL

Deputy Lieutenant

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, (born 19 November 1955) is a Scottish

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 nobleman, businessman and Conservative

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 politician.

The son of David Lindsay, 15th Earl of Lindsay

David Lindsay, 15th Earl of Lindsay

David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay , styled Viscount Garnock between 1943 and 1985, was a British soldier....

 and his first wife Mary Douglas-Scott-Montagu, he was educated at Eton College

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, the University of Edinburgh

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 and the University of California, Davis

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.

Lindesay-Bethune succeeded his father as Earl of Lindsay

Earl of Lindsay

Earl of Lindsay is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1633 for John Lindsay, 10th Lord Lindsay, who later inherited the ancient Earldom of Crawford. The two earldoms remained united until the death of the twenty-second Earl of Crawford, also sixth Earl of Lindsay...

 in 1989.
He was vice-chairman of the Inter-Party Union Committee on Environment 1994–95, and was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland

Under-Secretary of State for Scotland

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from 1995–97, during which time he was responsible for agriculture, fisheries and environment. His work has been involved with the environment and the food industry.

He married Diana Mary Chamberlayne-Macdonald 2 March 1982, and the two have five children:

• Lady Frances Mary Lindsay-Bethune (b. 1986)
• Lady Alexandra Penelope Lindsay-Bethune (b. 1988)
• William Wolf Lindesay-Bethune, Viscount Garnock (b. 30 December 1990)
• Hon. David Nigel Lindsay-Bethune (b. 1993)
• Lady Charlotte Diana Lindsay-Bethune (b. 1993)