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 CRAWFORD. 419 [XX1H. 1808.] 23. Alexander (Lindsay), Earl of Balcarres [S., 1651], Lord Lindsay of Balcarres [S., 1633], Lord Lindsay and Balnbil [S., 1051], and de jurc(*) Earl op Crawford [S.], being heir male of Ludovic, 16th Earl of Crawford, and heir male of the body of the 1st (as also of the 2nd, 3rd, and 9th) Earl,( b ) and, as such, entitled to that Earldom, on failure of the heirs male of body of John the 17th Earl, under the regrant of 1642. He was s. and b. of James (Lindsay), 5th Earl op Balcarres [S.], by Anne, da. of Sir Robert Dalry.mfle, was b. IS Jan. 1752 ; sue. his father, 20 Feb. 1768, as Earl of Balcarres [S.j He joined the army in 1767, served under Gen. Burgoyne in Canada, being wounded at Ticonderago, 7 July 1777 ; Lieut-Col. 24th Foot, 1777 ; Col. of the 63rd Foot, 17S9 ; becoming, finally, General in the army, 1803 ; Gov. of Jersey, 1793 ; Gov. of Jamaica, 1794-1801, suppressing a dangerous revolt of the Maroon negroes. Rep. Peer [S.J, 1784-96 and 1802-25. He m. 1 June 1780, at St. Marylebone, Elizabeth, da. of his maternal uncle, Charles Dalhymple, of North Berwick, and only child and heir of her mother, Elizabeth/ 0 ) da. and h. of John Edwin, of Haigh Hall, co. Lancaster. He finally resided on her property, Haigh, selling his paternal estate of BolcarresC 1 ) to his yst br. Robert Lindsay. She, who was 6. 5 July 1759, d. 10 Aug. 1816. The Earl of Balcarres (for he never assumed the title of Earl of Crawford), d. 27 March 1825, at Haigh Hall, aged 73, and was bur. at All Saints', Wigan. Will pr. June 1825. XXIV. [1825] 34. James (Lindsay), Earl of Balcarres, &c. iq<q [S.], and de jure Earl op Crawford [S.],( a ) s. and h„ 5. 23 „ April 1 783, at Balcarres, co. Fife ; M. P. for Wigan, 1 820-25. On b July 1826 he was cr. BARON WIGAN OF HAIGH HALL, co. Lancaster [U.K.] He claimed the Earldom of Crawford and Barony of Lindsay [S.] as heir male of the 16th Earl (the issue male of the 17th being extinct) under the regrant of 1642. His claim to the dignities of "Earl of Crawford and Lord Lindsay" wa3, after reference to the House of Lords, declared to have been made out 11 Aug. 184S, whereby he became de facto Earl of Crawford and Lord Lindsay [S. ] He also unsuccessfully, in 1853, claimed the Dukedom of Montrose [S.], which had, in 1488, been granted to the 5th Earl (whom sec), as heir male [collateral] of that EarL He m. 21 Nov. 1811, Maria Frances Margaret, only da. and h. of John (Pennington), 1st Baron Munoaster [I.], by Penelope, da. and h. of James Co.mpto.v. She d. 16 Nov. 1850, at Haigh Hall, aged 67. He d. 15 Dee. 1869, at Dun Echt, co. Aberdeen, aged 86. Will pr. 14 March 1870, under £7,000. XXV. 1869. 25. Alexander William Cua-wford (Lindsay), Earl of Crawford, Earl op Balcarres, &c. [S ], also Baron Wioan op Haigh Hall, h. and h., 6. 16 Oct. 1812, at Muncaster Castle, co. York ; ed. at Trin. Coll., Cambridgo ; M.A., 1833. Well known as an accomplished writer, being author of " The Lives of the Lindsays," " The history of Christian art," &c. He to. 23 July 1846. at St. Geo. Han. Sq., his second cousin, Margaret, 1st da. of Lieut. -Gen. James Lindsay of Balcarres, by his 2nd wife, Anne, da. of Sir Coutt3 Trotter, Bart. He d. at Villa Palmiera, Florence, 13 Dec. 1880, and was bur. on 29th at Dun Echt in Skene parish, co. Aberdeen, and subsequently at All Saints' Wigan. His widow, who was 4. 31 Dec. 1824, living 1889. ( a ) According to the decision of the House of Lords, in consequence whereof that Earldom was confirmed to the Earl of Balcarres, on 11 Aug. 1848. ( b ) See tabular pedigree, p. 410, note "b." (°) Through this match the estate of Haigh, co. Lancaster, for many conturies the pro- perty of the Biadshaigh family, passed to that of Lindsay ; Elizabeth, sister of Sir Roger Bradshaigh, 4th and last Bart, (who d. 1787), m. 8 April 1731, John Edwin (5th and yst. s. of Sir Humphrey Edwin, Lord Mayor, 1697-98), and d. 24 June 1735, aged 37, leaving Elizabeth (as in the text), who m. Charles Dairy triple. This Charles Dairy mple to. secondly, in Sep. 1758, Martha, da. of Charles Edwin, brother of the said John Edwin. See "Her. and Gen." vi, pp. 56-62, and viii, p. 187. ( a ) This estate of Balcarres passed to the purchaser's sou, Lt.-Gen. James Lindsay, and on his death, 4 Dec. 1855, to his son, Sir Coutts Lindsay, Bart., whose trustees, iu April 1888, resold it to the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres for £150,000. 2D 2