[1] His younger brother was Robert Lindsay, a Scottish Ecclesiastical High Commissioner.
Jane Lindsay (wife of Robert Lundie of Balgonie), Hon.
[2] His paternal grandparents were Patrick Lindsay, 6th Lord Lindsay and Euphemia Douglas (a daughter of Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven, who was killed at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh in 1547, and Lady Margaret Erskine, a mistress of King James V of Scotland who was a daughter of John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine).
As he had no male issue, his titles passed to his younger brother, Robert.
[5] On his death, the estate of Byres was sold to Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington.