The grave of John Lindsay, Earl of Crawford, Ceres, Fife

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John Lindsay, 20th Earl of Crawford (4 October 1702 – 25 December 1749) was a Scottish peer and the first

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of the

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on its formation in 1739.

Biography

Lindsay was the son of Lieutenant-General

John Lindsay, 19th Earl of Crawford John Lindsay, 19th Earl of Crawford and 3rd Earl of Lindsay (died December 1713) was a Scottish peer and politician. Life He was born before 1672, the eldest son of William Lindsay, 18th Earl of Crawford, and succeeded to the earldoms in 1698 ...

and Emilia Stuart and inherited his titles on the death of his father in 1714. He was educated at

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and the Vaudeuil Military Academy, Paris. The Earl of Crawford was commissioned into the 3rd Foot Guards in 1726, but later served in the Austrian and Russian armies before returning to Britain and taking command of the Black Watch (1739–1740). He was then Colonel of the 2nd Troop of

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(1740–1743) and Colonel of the 4th Troop of Horse Guards ('Scottish Horse Guards') (1743–1746), fighting at the

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on 16 June 1743. He gained the rank of Brigadier-General in 1744 and Major-General in 1745. He fought in the

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and the

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on 30 April 1745. 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

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. In 1734 he was Grand Master of the

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Family

Crawford married Lady Jean Murray, daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir

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, in 1747, but she died only nine months after their marriage. He died on 26 December 1749, from a leg wound received at the

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in 1739. He was the last member of the Lindsay family to be buried in the

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in the cemetery at

Ceres, Fife Ceres is a village in Fife, Scotland, located in a small glen approximately over the Ceres Moor from Cupar and from St Andrews. The former parish of that name included the settlements of Baldinnie, Chance Inn, Craigrothie, Pitscottie and Tarvit ...

, Scotland.

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