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 522 CRAWFORD Lieut. Gen. 1747. He held a command at Dettingen, 16 June 1743, where he was made a Knight Banneret by the King;('') at Fontenoy (where he conducted the retreat in excellent order), 30 Apr. 1745; in Scotland to repress the Rising in 1745, and shared in the defeat of the Allies at Roucoux, in the Netherlands, 11 Oct. 1746. He w., 3 Mar. 1747, at Belford, Jean, ist da. of James (Murray), 2nd Duke of Atholl [S.], by his ist wife, Jean, da. of Thomas Frederick.^') She d. within 6 months, of fever, 10 Oct. 1747, at Aix la Chapelle, and was bur. 12 Mar. 1748, at Ceres, in Fife. Fun. entry in Lyon Office. He d. s.p.^ in Upper Brook Str., London, in great suffering (his wound of 1739 breaking out for the 29th time), 24 Dec. 1749, aged but 47, and was bur. at Ceres (') afsd., 18 Jan. i75o.('^) Admon. 24 Apr. 1750 to a creditor. XXI. 1749. 21. George (Lindsay-Crawford), Earl OF Crawford, Earl of Lindsay, Viscount Garnock, &'c. [S.], cousin and h. male (retoured h. 18 Jan. 1757), being 2nd but only surv. s. of Patrick, 2nd Viscount Garnock [S.], by Margaret, da. of George Home, which Patrick was s. and h. of John, ist Viscount Garnock [S.], who was s. and h. of the Hon. Patrick Crawford, formerly Lindsay, 2nd s. of John, 17th Earl of Crawford and ist Earl of Lindsay [S.] abovenamed.(°) He was b. 14, and bap. 21 Mar. 1728/9, at Kilbirnie,(') and sue. his brother, the 3rd Viscount, 22 Sep. 1738. He served as Lieut, in Drum- lanrig's regt., 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. 1 755, Jean, ist da. and h. of line of Robert Hamilton, of Bourtree hill, co. Ayr, by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Archibald Hamilton, of Rosehall.(8) He d. II Aug. 178 1, at Crawford Lodge, co. Fife. Will pr. Dec. 1781. His widow d. at Rosel, 6 Oct. 1809, in her 74th year. Will pr. Jan. 18 10. (*) For a list of Knights Bannerets cr. by the King on this occasion, see post, p. 572, note "e." C") The marriage was clandestine, and much to her father's annoyance, as he was much older than his wife and deeply in debt. V.G. if) Not Cupar as in Scots Peerage. V.G. i^) " The most generous, the most gallant, the bravest, and the finest nobleman of his time." (Chambers' Traditions of Edinburgh, p. 93). A life of him, written by John Rolt, was pub. 1753 and 1769. Among his pictures sold by auction at Edin- burgh, on his death, were several interesting family portraits enumerated in the Lives of the Lindsays. (') See tabular oedigree, p. 511. (') The fine old castle of Kilbirnie, 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, Apr. 1757, and never rebuilt. After that date, he settled at the old residence of the family of Lindsay of the Byres, at Struthers, co. Fife, building there a house, since called Crawford Lodge, or Priory. (6) The marriage proved unhappy, and they were separated, the Earl having several bastard children. V.G.