https://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=The_Earl_of_Lindsay&feed=atom&action=historyThe Earl of Lindsay - Revision history2024-03-29T07:32:11ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.28.2https://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=The_Earl_of_Lindsay&diff=28011&oldid=prevPatrick Hearn: Added everyday name2023-01-24T17:55:04Z<p>Added everyday name</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay''' was a Non-executive Director of the [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited|Severn Valley Railway Company]] from 1969.<ref>SVR News 15</ref> He succeeded [[Sir Gerald Nabarro]] as Chairman of the Severn Valley Railway in 1973.  Nabarro’s time at the SVR had resulted in divisions within the SVR organisation, and in the following years Viscount Garnock (as he was then titled) was instrumental in bringing the Railway together.  At the [[SVR(H)]] AGM in May 1976 he stepped down as Chairman for business reasons, being succeeded by [[Bill Broadbent]].<ref>SVR News 39, 40</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay''' was a Non-executive Director of the [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited|Severn Valley Railway Company]] from 1969.<ref>SVR News 15</ref> He succeeded [[Sir Gerald Nabarro]] as Chairman of the Severn Valley Railway in 1973.  Nabarro’s time at the SVR had resulted in divisions within the SVR organisation, and in the following years Viscount Garnock (as he was then titled) was instrumental in bringing the Railway together.  At the [[SVR(H)]] AGM in May 1976 he stepped down as Chairman for business reasons, being succeeded by [[Bill Broadbent]].<ref>SVR News 39, 40</ref></div></td></tr>
</table>Patrick Hearnhttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=The_Earl_of_Lindsay&diff=27359&oldid=prevPatrick Hearn: Update as of date2022-10-15T17:13:34Z<p>Update as of date</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay''' was a Non-executive Director of the [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited|Severn Valley Railway Company]] from 1969.<ref>SVR News 15</ref> He succeeded [[Sir Gerald Nabarro]] as Chairman of the Severn Valley Railway in 1973.  Nabarro’s time at the SVR had resulted in divisions within the SVR organisation, and in the following years Viscount Garnock (as he was then titled) was instrumental in bringing the Railway together.  At the [[SVR(H)]] AGM in May 1976 he stepped down as Chairman for business reasons, being succeeded by [[Bill Broadbent]].<ref>SVR News 39, 40</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay''' was a Non-executive Director of the [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited|Severn Valley Railway Company]] from 1969.<ref>SVR News 15</ref> He succeeded [[Sir Gerald Nabarro]] as Chairman of the Severn Valley Railway in 1973.  Nabarro’s time at the SVR had resulted in divisions within the SVR organisation, and in the following years Viscount Garnock (as he was then titled) was instrumental in bringing the Railway together.  At the [[SVR(H)]] AGM in May 1976 he stepped down as Chairman for business reasons, being succeeded by [[Bill Broadbent]].<ref>SVR News 39, 40</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Earl had worked on the LNER as a young man, and in time became the owner of the SVR’s only LNER locomotive, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[61994 </del>The Great Marquess<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] (LNER 3442)</del>.  The locomotive was briefly steamed at the SVR in 1973, but would not steam again until 1989.  It was always the Earl’s wish to see 3442 working on the West Highland Line, for which Gresley’s K4 class was designed.  On 15 July 1989 the Earl, although ill, saw his wish fulfilled when he rode for the last time on the footplate of his engine as it departed from Fort William.  Sadly he died 16 days later on 1 August 1989.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Earl had worked on the LNER as a young man, and in time became the owner of the SVR’s only LNER locomotive, The Great Marquess.  The locomotive was briefly steamed at the SVR in 1973, but would not steam again until 1989.  It was always the Earl’s wish to see 3442 working on the West Highland Line, for which Gresley’s K4 class was designed.  On 15 July 1989 the Earl, although ill, saw his wish fulfilled when he rode for the last time on the footplate of his engine as it departed from Fort William.  Sadly he died 16 days later on 1 August 1989.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>3442 carried a wreath for the return working over the Settle and Carlisle Line and also on the following days in service on the SVR. The Earl’s funeral was marked in accordance with railway tradition by the sounding of 3442’s whistle at Kidderminster.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>3442 carried a wreath for the return working over the Settle and Carlisle Line and also on the following days in service on the SVR. The Earl’s funeral was marked in accordance with railway tradition by the sounding of 3442’s whistle at Kidderminster.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay''' succeeded his father as Earl of Lindsay in 1989.<ref>Wikipedia</ref> In summer 1997 he was appointed a [[The Severn Valley Railway in preservation#Chairmen|Vice-President of SVR(H)]] representing the Loco Owners, as his family at the time still owned The Great Marquess.<ref>SVR News 123</ref> {{As of|2020}} he remains a Vice-President of SVR(H).</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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</table>Patrick Hearnhttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=The_Earl_of_Lindsay&diff=23742&oldid=prevPatrick Hearn: Update as of date2020-12-13T10:28:32Z<p>Update as of date</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay''' was a Non-executive Director of the [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited|Severn Valley Railway Company]] from 1969.<ref>SVR News 15</ref><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. </del>He succeeded [[Sir Gerald Nabarro]] as Chairman of the Severn Valley Railway in 1973.  Nabarro’s time at the SVR had resulted in divisions within the SVR organisation, and in the following years Viscount Garnock (as he was then titled) was instrumental in bringing the Railway together.  At the [[SVR(H)]] AGM in May 1976 he stepped down as Chairman for business reasons, being succeeded by [[Bill Broadbent]].<ref>SVR News 39, 40</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay''' was a Non-executive Director of the [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited|Severn Valley Railway Company]] from 1969.<ref>SVR News 15</ref> He succeeded [[Sir Gerald Nabarro]] as Chairman of the Severn Valley Railway in 1973.  Nabarro’s time at the SVR had resulted in divisions within the SVR organisation, and in the following years Viscount Garnock (as he was then titled) was instrumental in bringing the Railway together.  At the [[SVR(H)]] AGM in May 1976 he stepped down as Chairman for business reasons, being succeeded by [[Bill Broadbent]].<ref>SVR News 39, 40</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Earl had worked on the LNER as a young man, and in time became the owner of the SVR’s only LNER locomotive, [[61994 The Great Marquess]] (LNER 3442).  The locomotive was briefly steamed at the SVR in 1973, but would not steam again until 1989.  It was always the Earl’s wish to see 3442 working on the West Highland Line, for which Gresley’s K4 class was designed.  On 15 July 1989 the Earl, although ill, saw his wish fulfilled when he rode for the last time on the footplate of his engine as it departed from Fort William.  Sadly he died 16 days later on 1 August 1989.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Earl had worked on the LNER as a young man, and in time became the owner of the SVR’s only LNER locomotive, [[61994 The Great Marquess]] (LNER 3442).  The locomotive was briefly steamed at the SVR in 1973, but would not steam again until 1989.  It was always the Earl’s wish to see 3442 working on the West Highland Line, for which Gresley’s K4 class was designed.  On 15 July 1989 the Earl, although ill, saw his wish fulfilled when he rode for the last time on the footplate of his engine as it departed from Fort William.  Sadly he died 16 days later on 1 August 1989.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Patrick Hearnhttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=The_Earl_of_Lindsay&diff=19298&oldid=prevRobin: add James, Earl of Lindsay2019-04-26T15:11:30Z<p>add James, Earl of Lindsay</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>3442 carried a wreath for the return working over the Settle and Carlisle Line and also on the following days in service on the SVR. The Earl’s funeral was marked in accordance with railway tradition by the sounding of 3442’s whistle at Kidderminster.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>3442 carried a wreath for the return working over the Settle and Carlisle Line and also on the following days in service on the SVR. The Earl’s funeral was marked in accordance with railway tradition by the sounding of 3442’s whistle at Kidderminster.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay''' succeeded his father as Earl of Lindsay in 1989.<ref>Wikipedia</ref>  In summer 1997 he was appointed a [[The Severn Valley Railway in preservation#Chairmen|Vice-President of SVR(H)]] representing the Loco Owners, as his family at the time still owned The Great Marquess.<ref>SVR News 123</ref> {{As of|2019}} he remains a Vice-President of SVR(H).</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Robinhttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=The_Earl_of_Lindsay&diff=19237&oldid=prevRobin: Chairmanship, add links etc2019-04-22T16:35:35Z<p>Chairmanship, add links etc</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>was a Non-executive Director of the [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited|Severn Valley Railway Company]] from 1969.<ref>SVR News 15</ref>. He succeeded [[Sir Gerald Nabarro]] as Chairman of the Severn Valley Railway in 1973.  Nabarro’s time at the SVR had resulted in divisions within the SVR organisation, and in the following years Viscount Garnock (as he was then titled) was instrumental in bringing the Railway together.  <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">He became President of </del>SVR(H) in 1976.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''</ins>David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''' </ins>was a Non-executive Director of the [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited|Severn Valley Railway Company]] from 1969.<ref>SVR News 15</ref>. He succeeded [[Sir Gerald Nabarro]] as Chairman of the Severn Valley Railway in 1973.  Nabarro’s time at the SVR had resulted in divisions within the SVR organisation, and in the following years Viscount Garnock (as he was then titled) was instrumental in bringing the Railway together.  <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">At the [[</ins>SVR(H)<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] AGM </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">May </ins>1976 <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">he stepped down as Chairman for business reasons, being succeeded by [[Bill Broadbent]]</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><ref>SVR News 39, 40</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Earl had worked on the LNER as a young man, and in time became the owner of the SVR’s only LNER locomotive, [[61994 The Great Marquess]] (LNER 3442).  The locomotive was briefly steamed at the SVR in 1973, but would not steam again until 1989.  It was always the Earl’s wish to see 3442 working on the West Highland Line, for which Gresley’s K4 class was designed.  On 15 July 1989 the Earl, although ill, saw his wish fulfilled when he rode for the last time on the footplate of his engine as it departed from Fort William.  Sadly he died 16 days later on 1 August 1989.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Earl had worked on the LNER as a young man, and in time became the owner of the SVR’s only LNER locomotive, [[61994 The Great Marquess]] (LNER 3442).  The locomotive was briefly steamed at the SVR in 1973, but would not steam again until 1989.  It was always the Earl’s wish to see 3442 working on the West Highland Line, for which Gresley’s K4 class was designed.  On 15 July 1989 the Earl, although ill, saw his wish fulfilled when he rode for the last time on the footplate of his engine as it departed from Fort William.  Sadly he died 16 days later on 1 August 1989.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Robinhttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=The_Earl_of_Lindsay&diff=12208&oldid=prevRobin: additional info and history2017-04-18T14:13:53Z<p>additional info and history</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Earl had worked on the LNER as a young man, and in time became the owner of the SVR’s only LNER locomotive, [[61994 The Great Marquess]] (LNER 3442).  The locomotive was briefly steamed at the SVR in 1973, but would not steam again until 1989.  It was always the Earl’s wish to see 3442 working on the West Highland Line, for which Gresley’s K4 class was designed.  On 15 July 1989 the Earl, although ill, saw his wish fulfilled when he rode for the last time on the footplate of his engine as it departed from Fort William.  Sadly he died 16 days later on 1 August 1989.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Earl had worked on the LNER as a young man, and in time became the owner of the SVR’s only LNER locomotive, [[61994 The Great Marquess]] (LNER 3442).  The locomotive was briefly steamed at the SVR in 1973, but would not steam again until 1989.  It was always the Earl’s wish to see 3442 working on the West Highland Line, for which Gresley’s K4 class was designed.  On 15 July 1989 the Earl, although ill, saw his wish fulfilled when he rode for the last time on the footplate of his engine as it departed from Fort William.  Sadly he died 16 days later on 1 August 1989.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay, succeeded Sir Gerald Nabarro as Chairman of the Severn Valley Railway in 1973.  Nabarro’s time at the SVR had resulted in divisions within the SVR organisation, and in the following years Viscount Garnock (as he was then titled) was instrumental in bringing the Railway together.  He became President of SVR(H) in 1976.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay, succeeded <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Sir Gerald Nabarro<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>as Chairman of the Severn Valley Railway in 1973.  Nabarro’s time at the SVR had resulted in divisions within the SVR organisation, and in the following years Viscount Garnock (as he was then titled) was instrumental in bringing the Railway together.  He became President of SVR(H) in 1976.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Earl had worked on the LNER as a young man, and in time became the owner of the SVR’s only LNER locomotive, 61994 The Great Marquess (LNER 3442).  The locomotive was briefly steamed at the SVR in 1973, but would not steam again until 1989.  It was always the Earl’s wish to see 3442 working on the West Highland Line, for which Gresley’s K4 class was designed.  On 15 July 1989 the Earl, although ill, saw his wish fulfilled when he rode for the last time on the footplate of his engine as it departed from Fort William.  Sadly he died 16 days later on 1 August 1989.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Earl had worked on the LNER as a young man, and in time became the owner of the SVR’s only LNER locomotive, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>61994 The Great Marquess<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>(LNER 3442).  The locomotive was briefly steamed at the SVR in 1973, but would not steam again until 1989.  It was always the Earl’s wish to see 3442 working on the West Highland Line, for which Gresley’s K4 class was designed.  On 15 July 1989 the Earl, although ill, saw his wish fulfilled when he rode for the last time on the footplate of his engine as it departed from Fort William.  Sadly he died 16 days later on 1 August 1989.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>3442 carried a wreath for the return working over the Settle and Carlisle Line and also on the following days in service on the SVR. The Earl’s funeral was marked in accordance with railway tradition by the sounding of 3442’s whistle at Kidderminster.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>3442 carried a wreath for the return working over the Settle and Carlisle Line and also on the following days in service on the SVR. The Earl’s funeral was marked in accordance with railway tradition by the sounding of 3442’s whistle at Kidderminster.</div></td></tr>
</table>Robinhttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=The_Earl_of_Lindsay&diff=1590&oldid=prevRobin: Create page for The Earl of Lindsay2015-02-05T20:38:39Z<p>Create page for The Earl of Lindsay</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay, succeeded Sir Gerald Nabarro as Chairman of the Severn Valley Railway in 1973. Nabarro’s time at the SVR had resulted in divisions within the SVR organisation, and in the following years Viscount Garnock (as he was then titled) was instrumental in bringing the Railway together. He became President of SVR(H) in 1976.<br />
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The Earl had worked on the LNER as a young man, and in time became the owner of the SVR’s only LNER locomotive, 61994 The Great Marquess (LNER 3442). The locomotive was briefly steamed at the SVR in 1973, but would not steam again until 1989. It was always the Earl’s wish to see 3442 working on the West Highland Line, for which Gresley’s K4 class was designed. On 15 July 1989 the Earl, although ill, saw his wish fulfilled when he rode for the last time on the footplate of his engine as it departed from Fort William. Sadly he died 16 days later on 1 August 1989.<br />
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3442 carried a wreath for the return working over the Settle and Carlisle Line and also on the following days in service on the SVR. The Earl’s funeral was marked in accordance with railway tradition by the sounding of 3442’s whistle at Kidderminster.<br />
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==See also==<br />
[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1989 | History of 1989]]</div>Robin