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 418 CRAWFORD. bravest, and the finest nobleman of his time."(") He was b. i Oct. 1702 ; ed. at the Univ. of Glasgow and at the military academy at Vaudenil, in Paris, entering the array 1726, and becoming Capt. in the Scots Guards, 1734 ; Rep. Peer [S.J Jan. 1732, till hi'3 death in 1749 ; Geut. of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales, 1733. In 1735 he joiued the Imperial army, and was at the battle of Clauasen, 17 Oct. 1735. In April 1738 he served with the Russian array against the Turks, declining, however, a regiment of horse and the rank of Lieut.-Gen. in that service. He greatly distin- guished himself in various engagements, as also at the battle of Krotzha, near Belgrade, 22 July 1739, wheu his horse was killed under him, and he himself fearfully and desperately wounded- He returned home, and that year was made Adjutant Gen. and Col. of the 42nd Foot (the Black 'Watch," then first made a Regt., and called " Lord Crawford- Lindsay's Highlanders ") ; Col. of the 2nd troop of Gren. Guards, 1740 ; Col. of the Scottish Horse Guards (disbanded 1740), 1743 ; Col. of the Scotch Greys, and Lieut.-Gen., 1747. He was in command at Dettingeu, 10 June 1743 ; at Pontenoy (where he conducted the retreat in excellent order), 30 April 1715 ; in Scotland to repress the rising in 1745, and at the battle of Roucoux, in the Netherlands, in Oct. I746.( b ) He m. 3 March 1747, at Belford, Jean, 1st da. of James (Murray), 2nd Duke op Athole [S.], by his 1st wife, Jean, da. of Thomas Fredkuick. She d. of fever 10 Oct. following, at Aix la Chapelle, and was bur. 12 March 174S, at CeTes, in Fife. Fun. entry in Lyon Office. He d. s.p. in London, in great suffering (his wound of 1739 breaking out for the 29th time), 25 Dec. 1749, aged but 47, and was bur. at Ceres afsd.f) Admon. 24 April 1750 to a creditor. XXI. 1749. 21. George (LnfDSAY-CRA-wTORD), Earl of Crawford, Earl op Lindsay, Viscount Gaunock, &e. [S.], cousin and h. male, (retoured heir IS Jan. 1757) being 2nd but only surv. s. of Patrick, 2nd Viscount Gaunock [S.], by Margaret, da. of George Home, which Patrick was s. and n. of John, 1st Viscount Gaunock [SJ, who was s. and h. of the Hon. Patrick CRAWFORD formerly Lindsay, 2nd s. of John, 17th Earl op Crawpord and 1st Earl ok Lindsay [S.] abovenamed.('') He was 6. about 1723, and ski;, his brother, the 3rd Viscouut, 22 Sep. 1738. He served as Lieut, iu Drumlaurig's regiment, in the service of Holland. On his succession to the Earldom, he paid off many of the incumbrances on the estates. He m. 26 Dec. 1755, Jean, 1st da. and h. of line of Robert Hamilton, of Bourtree hill, co. Ayr, by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Archibald Hamilton, of Rosehall.f 0 ) Bed. 11 Aug. 1781, at Crawford Lodge, co. Fife. Will pr. Dec. 1781. His widow d. at Rosel, 6 Oct. 1809, in her 74th year. Will pr. Jan. 1810. XXII. 1781. 22. George (Lindsay-Crawford), Earl of Craw- ford [SJ, Earl op Lindsay [S., 1633], Viscount Gaunock IS., 1703], LoitD Lindsay or the Byres [S., 1445], Loud Pauhroath [S., 1633], and Lord Kilhirny and Drumuy [S., 1703], a. and h. He was 4. 31 Jan. 1758, at Bourtree lull, co. Ayr ; entered the army, 1776 ; becoming finally, 1805, Major General. Lord Lieut, of co. Fife, 1798. He d. unm. 30 Jim. 1808, aged 50, at his mother's house, Rosel, co. Ayr, and was bur. in the mausoleum at Crawford Lodge, co. Fife. Admon. June 1811. By his death the issue male of John, 17th Earl of Crawford and 1st Karl of Lindsay, became extinct, and the Earldom of Crawford devolved as below, while all the other honours, abovenamed, devolved on the heir male collateral of the said Earl John. See " Lindsay," Earldom of [S.J, dr. 1633, under the 7th Earl. ( a ) Chambers' Traditions of Edinburgh, p. 93. ( b ) A life of him written by John Rolt was pub. 1753 and 1769. (°) Among his pictures sold by auction at Edinburgh, on his death, were several interesting family portraits enumerated in the " Lives of the Lindsays." ( d ) See tabular pedigree, p. 410, note "b." ( e ) The fine old castle of FJlbirnie, co. Ayr (which he had inherited from the family of Crawford through his great grandmother, Margaret, wife of the Hon- Patrick Crawford, formerly Lindsay), was destroyed by fire, April 1757, and never rebuilt. After that date, he settled at the old residence of the family of Lindsay of the Byres, at Struthere, co. Fife, building there a house, since called Crawford Lodge, or Priory,