The Lindsays of Balcarres

“A collection of unique photographs, unexplored for 80 years, which present a fascinating cast of characters and shed light on over 150 years of leisure, travel, industry, relationships and passions in a family that has been at the heart of Scottish history for centuries.” * History Scotland *
”…Remarkable pictures…More than just a family’s memories, it offers an important glimpse into the nation’s social history through the story of one aristocratic family.” * Scottish Field *
“The wealth of images within, unexplored for over eighty years, provided the perfect way to present the fascinating untold stories of the people who had been brought up at Balcarres. The collection also serves as a social history, recording the rapidly changing industries they were involved in and the relationships with their staff on which their way of life depended.” * Listed Property Owners Club magazine *
“A superb testimony requiring the widest readership.” * The Field *
“Forgotten but thankfully not lost, the Lindsay albums area fascinating and valuable archive.” * The Herald (Scotland) *
“A diverting book of biography, richly illustrated with over 300 photographs.” * The Victorian *
“The photographs, which could so easily have overwhelmed the narrative, are skilfully pressed into service to personalise a fascinating slice of family, economic and national history.” * Historic House magazine *
”…crammed with chapters on themes as diverse as electricity and yachts, as well as profiles on dozens of Ludovic’s ancestors.” * Scotland magazine *

Ludovic Lindsay, who was born in London in 1957, was inspired to write The Lindsays of Balcarres through his interest in photography and his ancestors’ history, the latter dating from childhood summers spent at Balcarres, the family seat in the East Neuk of Fife and the home of his grandfather David, 28th Earl of Crawford. Unearthing the family’s albums, he realized he had inherited many of their passions and had even shared similar experiences. He too has travelled, explored and crossed oceans, worked in the art world, visited coal mines, worked on farms and studied the stars. These experiences led him to produce a diverse array of television documentaries over the last thirty years, with subjects ranging from Fabergé to design, the peoples of Africa to motorsport. He lives in Wiltshire with his sons Merlin and Cosmo, both of whom share the family genes that have drawn them to technology and fine art.

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