Name James 16th | Role Politician | |
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Education Eton College, University of California, Davis, University of Edinburgh | ||
James Randolph Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay, DL (born 19 November 1955) is a Scottish nobleman, businessman and Conservative politician.
The son of David, Earl of Lindsay and his first wife Mary Douglas-Scott-Montagu, he was educated at Eton, the University of Edinburgh and the University of California, Davis. He succeeded his father as 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 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.
In 1982 he married Diana Mary Chamberlayne-Macdonald, a granddaughter of Sir Alexander Somerled Angus Bosville Macdonald of Sleat, 16th Baronet; the two have five children:
Diana, Countess of Lindsay, is a Patroness of the Royal Caledonian Ball and a Master of the Fife Foxhounds.