CRAWFORD 525 16 Oct., and bap. 6 Dec. 18 12, at Muncaster; ed. at Eton, and at Trin. Coll. Cambridge, M.A. i833.(") A Conservative. He m., 23 July 1846, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., his 2nd cousin, IMargaret, ist da. of Lieut. Gen.'james Lindsay, of Balcarres, by his 2nd wife, Anne, da. of Sir Coutts Trotter, Bart. He (/. at Villa Palmieri, Florence, 13, and was bur. 29 Dec. 1880, at Dun EchtjC") in Skene parish, co. Aberdeen, and subsequently at All Saints', Wigan. Will dat. 20 July 1871 to 10 July 1873, pr. 27 Oct. 188 i. His widow, who was b. 31 Dec. 1824, d. at 8 Lennox Gardens, Chelsea, 28, and was bur. 31 Dec. 1909, at Clifton Hampden, Oxon, aged almost 86.('=) Will pr. 1 1 Feb. 19 10, over ;^2 7,000 gross, and ^£2 6,000 net. XXVL 1880. 26. James Ludovic (Lindsay), Earl of Crawford [i398]> Earl of Balcarres [1651], Lord Lindsay [as allowed in 1848], Lord Lindsay of Balcarres [1633], and Lord Lindsay and Balneil [1651], in the Peerage of Scotland, also Baron Wigan of Haigh Hall [1826], only s. and h., b. 28 July 1847, at St. Germain-en- Laye, in France, and bap. at the Episc. Church there; ed. at Eton and Trin. Coll. Cambridge; sometime Lieut. Gren. Guards; M.P. (Conservative) for Wigan, 1874-80. F.R.S. 1878; Pres. of the Royal Astronom. Soc. 1878-80; F.S.A. 16 Apr. 1885; Trustee of the Brit. Museum 1885; Pres. of the Camden Soc. 1888; K.T. 10 Dec. 1891; as Deputy Lord High Steward for Scotland he walked at the Coronation of Edward VII in 1902, and at that of George V, 1911. A Knight of Grace of St. John of Jerusalem, and a Commander of the Legion of Honour. He m., 22 July 1869, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Emily Florence, 2nd da. of Col. the Hon. Edward Bootle- WiLBRAHAM (2nd s. of Edward, ist Baron Skelmersdale), by Emily, da. of James Ramsbottom. She was i^. 3 Apr. 1848, in Portland Place. He <i'. at his town house in Cavendish Sq., 31 Jan., and was bur. 4 Feb. 1913, at Balcarres, aged 66. C') Will pr. Apr. 191 3, at ;^43 6,279 gross and /;3 2 1,509 net. [David Alexander Edward Lindsay, Master of Crawford, sty/ed Lord Balcarres, s. and h. ap., b. 10 Oct. 1 871, at Dun Echt; ed. at Eton, and at Magd. Coll. Oxford, B.A.; M.P. (Conservative) for Chorley div. of Lancashire, May 1895 to Jan. 1913; F.S.A. 20 Dec. 1900. Trustee of the (*) Well known as an accomplished writer, being author of The Lives of the Lindsays, The history of Christian art, iffc. (^) His body was mysteriously stolen therefrom, 3 Dec. 1881, and not recovered till 18 July 1882, when it was found near that place. V.G. (') She was beautiful in face and mind, and never wearied of doing acts of kindness. V.G. {^) He was author of several astronomical works, a yachtsman taking long voyages to out-of-the-way places for scientific objects, and carrying with him a trained ornithologist. Owner of a magnificent library which was housed at Haigh Hall, he was also a collector of stamps, and in his early years an enthusiastic Freemason. He was also a director of public companies. See also note "a" on following page. V.G.
