Sir David Lindsay, of Evelick, 4th Baronet

Abt 1732 - 1797  (~ 65 years)

• Name	David Lindsay
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	of Evelick, 4th Baronet
  Birth	Abt 1732  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Mar 1797	Cavendish Square, London, St. Marylebone, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Person ID	I95935	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Sir Alexander Lindsay, of Evelick, 3rd Baronet,   b. 11 May 1683   d. 6 May 1762 (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Amelia Murray   d. 8 Feb 1774, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Marriage	Abt 1720  [1]
  Family ID	F35155	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susannah Charlotte Long   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F35157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2019

  
  

• Notes

  The obvious candidate to paint David Lindsay would have been his fellow Scotsman, Allan Ramsay, who was also Reynolds's chief artistic rival during the 1750s. Lindsay's choice of Reynolds in 1759 reflects a family quarrel that had begun earlier that decade. In 1752, Lindsay's sister Margaret had eloped with Ramsay to become his second wife, much to the disapproval of her grandiose family. They felt that the humbly born painter Ramsay was an unsuitable match for their daughter. Lindsay's patronage of his brother-in-law's younger English rival reveals the tension between the families. They were not reconciled until after 1763 at the death of Margaret and David's father, Sir Alexander Lindsay.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3503] Peter Barns-Graham, Stirnet Genealogy, Lindsay10 (Reliability: 3).