William Lindsay CVO FSA Clarenceux King of Arms from 1922 until 1926.

William Alexander Lindsay CVO FSA (8 June 1846 – 13 September 1926) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.[1] Lindsay was the son of Hon. Colin Lindsay son of James 7th Earl of Balcarres, 24th Earl of Crawford and Lady Frances Howard, daughter of the Earl of Wicklow. On 7 May 1870, he married Lady Harriet Hamilton-Gordon, a daughter of the 5th Earl of Aberdeen and Mary Baillie. His heraldic career began in 1882 when he was appointed Portcullis Pursuivant in Ordinary at the College of Arms.[2] He was promoted to the office of Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary in 1894.[3] In 1919, he was promoted Norroy King of Arms after Charles Athill was promoted to Clarenceux King of Arms.[4] Three years later, Lindsay followed Athill to the role of Clarenceux on Athill's death.[5] Lindsay held the office from 1922 until his own death in 1926.[6]

Arms

Coat of arms of William Lindsay
Adopted
Matriculated Lyon Register 1871, and with the College of Arms in 1897.
Crest
From an antique ducal coronet a swan's head neck & wings proper.
Escutcheon
Quarterly, (1 & 4) gules, a fess checquy argent & azure (Lindsay); (2) or, a lion rampant gules armed and langued azure debruised of a ribbon sable (Abernethy); (3) quarterly, (i & iv) gules, a bend between six cross crosslets fitchy argent (Howard); (ii & iii) argent, a lion rampant gules armed and langued azure (Forward).[7]
Motto
Endure Fort

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lindsay, William Alexander (LNDY864WA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ↑ "No. 25183". The London Gazette. 29 December 1882. p. 6649.
  3. ↑ "No. 26494". The London Gazette. 13 March 1894. p. 1523.
  4. ↑ "No. 31574". The London Gazette. 30 September 1919. p. 12009.
  5. ↑ "No. 32781". The London Gazette. 29 December 1922. p. 9162.
  6. ↑ "No. 33210". The London Gazette. 12 October 1926. p. 6543.
  7. ↑ "Clarenceux King of Arms | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2018.


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