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 526 CRAWFORD Nat. Portrait Gall. 1903. Chief Unionist Whip 191 1 till his succession to the Earldom. (^) He m., 25 Jan. 1900, at St. Margaret's, Westm., Constance, 2nd da. of Sir Henry Carstairs Pelly, 3rd Bart., by Lilian Harriet, 2nd da., by his ist wife, of Francis (Charteris), loth Earl of Wemyss. Having sue. to the Peerage after 22 Jan. 1901, he is, as such, outside the scope of this work.] Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 1,931 acres in Lancashire (worth ;^3 1,763 a year), 1,670 in Carmarthenshire, 24 In Westmorland, and 9,855 in Aberdeenshire. Total, 13,480 acres, worth C'i9i~S'^ ^ year. Principal Residences. — Haigh Hall, near WIgan, co. Lancaster; Dun Echt House, CO. Aberdeen; and Balcarres, near Collnsburgh, co. Fife. Note. — Dun Echt was sold to Mr. A. C. Pirie in 1899. CRAWSHAW OF CRAWSHAW AND OF WHATTON BARONY. I. Thomas Brooks, a Banker, 4th s. of John B., of T „ ^ Crawshaw Hall (is'. 27 Oct. 1849, aged 60), by Alice, da. of ""■ James Marshall, was b. 15 May 1825, and bap. at All Saints', Manchester; was High Sheriff of Lancashire 1884, and was cr. a Baronet, 9 Feb. 1891. On 25 Aug. i892('') he was cr. BARON CRAWSHAW OF CRAWSHAW, co. Lancaster, AND OF WHATTON, CO. Leicester. He m., 7 Aug. 1851, at Donnington, Salop, Catherine, da. of John Jones, of Kelsall Hall in that co., by Anne, his wife. She was b. 9 June 1829, and bap. at Donnington. He d. 5, and was bur. 10 Feb. 1908, at Long Whatton, aged 82. [William Brooks, ist s. and h. ap., b. 16 Oct. 1853; ed. at Rugby school, and at Ch. Ch. Oxford, B.A. 1876, M.A. 1886. He w., 12 Oct. 1882, at Coin St. Aldwyn's Church, co. Gloucester, Mary Ethel, yst. da. of William Frederick Hicks-Beach, of WItcombe Park, co. Gloucester, by his 2nd wife, Susan, da. of Adm. Henry Christian. Having sue. to the Peerage after 22 Jan. 1901, he Is, as such, outside the scope of this work.] Family Estates. — These, in 1883, were under 2,000 acres. Principal Seats. — Crawshaw Hall, near Rawtenstall, co. Lancaster, and Whatton House, near Loughborough, co. Leicester. {*) He is one of the numerous peers who are or have been directors of public companies, for a list of whom (in 1896) see vol. v, Appendix C. C") This was one of 8 Baronies conferred on the recommendation of Lord Salisbury when leaving office, for a list of which see sub Llangattock. He was created a peer to console him for his defeat as Liberal Unionist candidate for the Rossendale division of Lancashire. For these Consolation Peerages see vol. v, Appendix B.