Arms: Quarterly, 1st & 4th : Gules, a fess chequy Argent and Azure, in chief three mullets Argent (Lindsay); 2nd & 3rd grand-quarter: counter-quarterly I & IV: Azure, a fess between three lozenges Or (Bethune); II & III: Argent, On a chevron Sable, an otter’s head erased Argent (Balfour) all within a bordure embattled Or.
The shield of the 16th Earl of Lindsay, James Randolph Lindesay-Bethune, 1955-date. He is a Scottish businessman and conservative politician sitting as an elected hereditary peer in the British House of Lords.
The earldom is a title in the peerage of Scotland created in 1633 by Charles I
for John Lindsay, 10th Lord Lindsay.
The artwork is a rendering by John Hamilton Gaylor
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AAA Preface
October 15, 2025
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Introduction
For some years we have desired to have and build our own armorial. In mid 2007, the opportunity arose where an heraldic artist agreed to work with me to create the shields we desired and to create masters for table banners
