Reginald Lindesay-Bethune, 12th Earl of Lindsay
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Reginald Lindesay-Bethune, 12th Earl of Lindsay JP
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(18 May 1867 - 14 January 1939) was a Scottish nobleman.
The eldest son of the 11th Earl of Lindsay and Emily Marian Crosse, he succeeded his father in 1917, and assumed the additional surname of Lindesay in 1919. A Major in the 8th Hussars, he served in South Africa in 1901-1902.
He was unsuccessful Conservative
parliamentary candidate for Buckrose
, East Yorkshire, in 1906. He was a Scottish representative peer
from 1917
He was formerly Master of Fife Fox Hounds.
Justice of the Peace
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Lord Lieutenant
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(18 May 1867 - 14 January 1939) was a Scottish nobleman.
The eldest son of the 11th Earl of Lindsay and Emily Marian Crosse, he succeeded his father in 1917, and assumed the additional surname of Lindesay in 1919. A Major in the 8th Hussars, he served in South Africa in 1901-1902.
He was unsuccessful Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
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parliamentary candidate for Buckrose
Buckrose (UK Parliament constituency)
Buckrose was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a county constituency comprising the northern part of the East Riding of Yorkshire, represented by one Member of Parliament, and was created for the 1885 general election.It was redefined in...
, East Yorkshire, in 1906. He was a Scottish representative peer
Representative peer
In the United Kingdom, representative peers were those peers elected by the members of the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland to sit in the British House of Lords...
from 1917
He was formerly Master of Fife Fox Hounds.