John Lindsay, 20th Earl of Crawford
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Biography
Lindsay was the son of Lieutenant-General John Lindsay, 19th Earl of Crawford and Emilia Stuart and inherited his titles on the death of his father in 1714.[citation needed] He was educated at University of Glasgow and the Vaudeuil Military Academy, Paris.
The Earl of Crawford was commissioned into the
He was then Colonel of the 2nd Troop of
Crawford was Colonel of the 25th Foot (1746–1747). He fought in the Battle of Rocoux on 11 October 1746 and gained the rank of Lieutenant-General in 1747. He was Colonel of the 2nd Dragoons ('Scots Greys') (1747–1749)
In 1732 Crawford was elected a
Family
Crawford married Lady Jean Murray, daughter of
He was half brother (through a common mother, Lady Emelia Stuart, Countess of Crawford) to the judge Alexander Fraser, Lord Strichen.[2]
Notes
- ^ Beograd u delima evropskih putopisaca [Belgrade in the Works of European Travel Writers] (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. 2003. pp. 67–84.
- ^ "Count Alexander Fraser, 7th Lord of Strichen". 17 December 2022.
Bibliography
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]