History
The Clan Lindsay Society was founded at a meeting held in George Street Edinburgh on 27th October 1897 under the direction of its first President, James Ludovic Lindsay, the 26th Earl of Crawford. At this inaugural meeting Lord Crawford uttered the following words: - "The meeting today is the meeting of a family" reflecting the structure of the clan being predominately formed from descendents of those bearing the same name. His lordship further described it as the resuscitation of a family group. Since its formation, the Society has endeavoured to hold Annual Meetings and Gatherings whenever possible, although this has not always been achieved, particularly during the war years. A list of Gatherings has been compiled (listed below) since the first Gathering at Balcarres in 1898 up to the most recent 2008 Gathering held at Floors Castle by Kelso in the Borders. The accompanying photograph, by the Dover Street Studios, is of the late 26th Earl as deputy of the Great Stewart of Scotland (the Prince of Wales), at the coronation of King Edward VII in August 1902. Present Clan ChiefThe present Clan Chief, and President of the Society, is the Right Honourable Robert Alexander Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford. Lord Crawford is the premier Earl of Scotland with a direct blood link to Robert the Bruce through the marriage of David, the 1st Earl of Crawford, to Princess Catherine Stewart, the daughter of Robert II just over 600 years ago. He was appointed as a Knight of the Thistle in 1996 and is shown in full regalia beside the Queen in the accompanying picture taken at a sombre occasion in 2006. Past Gatherings The purposes for which the Clan Lindsay Society was formed included "the collection and preserving of records and traditions relating to the history of the Clan", and it has now existed long enough to have developed some traditions of its own. Although the Society was inaugurated in 1897, the preparatory work began in 1895. The first important event (which in some measure gave rise to the Society's formation) was the meeting at Balcarres to mark the 500th anniversary of the creation of the Earldom of Crawford in September 1898. At the first Annual General Meeting held on 21st October 1898 it was moved that a Gathering be held at Edzell Castle in the following September, and so began the Gatherings as we know them. The following complete list has been compiled from records contained in the Society's Publications, Bulletins and Newsletters:- 1898, 21st September: Balcarres, Fife (500th anniversary of Earldom) 1899, 15th/16th September: Edzell, Forfarshire 1900, 14th/15th September: Cupar, Lordscairnie, Mount, Crawford Priory, Ceres 1901, 7th September: Glasgow, Loch Lomond 1902, 12th/13th September: Dundee, Glamis, Kinnaird Castle 1903, 19th/20th June: Edinburgh and Gosford 1904, 9th/10th September: Edzell 1905, 9th September: Crawford 1906, 8th September: Kinross and Dowhill 1907, 14th September: St Andrews and Kilconquhar 1908, 12th September: Edinburgh (Exhibition), Newbattle and Rosslyn 1909, 10th/11th September: Glasgow, Mains, Crossbasket 1910, 9th/10th September: Edzell 1911, 9th September: Glasgow (Exhibition) 1912, Postponed: Biggar 1913, 13th September: Biggar and Covington 1914, Cancelled: (Earlston) WORLD WAR I 1922, 9th September: Edzell 1923, 8th September: Edinburgh and Dunbar 1924, 19th July: London (Exhibition) 1925, 6th September: St Andrews, Crawford Priory, Balcarres, Kilconquhar 1926, 3rd/4th September: Dundee, Arbroath, Glamis 1927, 10th September: Edinburgh, Earlston 1928, 8th September: Edzell 1929, 7th September: Glasgow, Bonhill 1930, 6th September: Biggar, Crawford, Covington 1931, 5th September: Kinross, Dowhill 1932, 4th September: Dumfries, Southwick, Auchenskeoch, Fairgirth 1933, 2nd September: Perth, Evelick 1934, 1st September: Cupar, Struthers, Balcarres 1935, 7th September: Edzell 1936, 6th September: Lanark, Douglas and Mains 1937, 4th September: Edinburgh, Borthwick 1938, 3rd September: Glasgow (Exhibition) 1939, Cancelled: (Edzell) WORLD WAR II 1948, 4th September: Perth, Evelick 1949, 10th September: Balcarres, Kilconquhar 1950, 9th September: Edzell 1951, 8th September: Earlston 1952, 13th September: Dowhill 1953, 12th September: Covington, Crawford 1954, 11th September: Kilconquhar
Webmaster meets Lady Garnock, mother of the present Earl of Lindsay, at Kilconquhar Castle, 1954
1955, 10th September: Kilbirnie 1956, 8th September: Finhaven, Glamis
Society Pipers at Glamis Castle, 1956
1957, 7th September: Crawford Priory 1958, 6th September: Edzell 1959, 30th May: Aberfoyle and the Trossachs 1960, 28th May: Rosslyn, Ormiston, Garleton, Byres, Luffness 1961, 27th May: Abbotsford 1962, 8th September: St Andrews, Leuchars 1963, 7th September: Blair Atholl 1964, 5th September: Kilconquhar 1965, 4th September: Perth, Falkland 1966, 3rd September: Scone Palace 1967, 9th September: Loch Katrine and Trossachs 1968, 7th September: Kinross, Loch Leven Castle 1969, 6th September: Edzell 1970, 5th September: Traquair House 1971, 4th September: Glamis 1972, 9th September: Scone Palace 1973, 1st September: Falkland 1974, 7th September: Stirling Castle and University 1975, 6th September: Linlithgow, Torphichen 1976, 4th September: Biggar, Leadhills, Crawford 1977, 14th May: Edzell, Glenesk, Invermark Castle 1978, 9th September: Scone Palace 1979, 8th September: Balcarres 1980, 6th September: Mains Castle, East Kilbride 1981, 5th September: Lochleven Castle 1982, 4th September: Edzell Castle 1983, 3rd September: Gladstone Court Museum, Biggar 1984, 8th September: Falkland Palace 1985, 7th September: Fisheries Museum, Anstruther and Kilconquhar Church 1986, 30th August: Linlithgow Palace 1987, 29th August: Kilconquhar Castle and Balcarres 1988, 27th August: Edzell Castle 1989, 2nd September: Coates House, Fife 1990, 1st September: Tartan Museum, Comrie 1991, 24th August: Angus Folk Museum, Glamis 1992, 29th August: Hill of Tarvit, Fife 1993, 28th August: Melrose, Abbotsford 1994, 27th August: Earlshall, Fife 1995, 26th August: Aberdour Castle 1996, 31st August: Biggar, Greenhill House 1997, 30th August: Kilconquhar, Balcarres and Lahill (100th anniversary of Society) 1998, 22nd August: Edzell Castle (600th anniversary of Earldom) 1999, 28th August: Stirling Castle and Argyll's Lodging 2000, 26th August: Arniston House 2001, 25th August: Linlithgow 2002, 24th August: Dunfermline Abbey and Palace 2003, 23rd August: Falkland Palace 2004, 28th August: Edzell Castle and Lindsay Aisle, Edzell 2005, 27th August: Biggar Museum & Gladstone Court, Biggar 2006, 2nd September: Thirlestane Castle, Lauder 2007, 1st September: Kellie Castle, Fife 2008, 6th September: Floors Castle, Kelso
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