George Lindsay-Crawford, 21st Earl of Crawford (14 March 1723 – 11 August 1781), ''styled'' Lord Kilbirny and Drumry from 1723 to 1738, then 4th Viscount of Garnock from 1738 to 1749; was a Scottish aristocrat.

Early life

Lindsay-Crawford was born on 14 March 1723 at

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, Scotland. He was the second son of Patrick Lindsay-Crawford, 2nd Viscount of Garnock and Margaret Home. His elder brother was John Lindsay-Crawford and his sister, Christian Graham Lindsay-Crawford, married Patrick

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.Cockburn: Thomas H. Cockburn-Hood, ''The House of Cockburn of That Ilk and the Cadets Thereof…'' (

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, 1888), p. 151 and 152 His paternal grandparents were John Crawford, 1st Viscount of Garnock (son of Hon. Patrick Crawfurd ( Lindsay) and grandson of the 17th Earl of Crawford) and the former Lady Margaret Stuart (a daughter of 1st Earl of Bute). His maternal grandfather was George Home of Kello,

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.G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14'' (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes,

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, 2000), volume III, page 522.

Career

Upon the death of his elder brother,

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at age 17, on 22 September 1739, he succeeded as the 4th Lord Kilbirnie, Kingsburn and Drumry and as the 4th Viscount of Garnock both in the

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. Upon the death of his distant cousin, John Lindsay, 20th Earl of Crawford, on 24 December 1749, he succeeded as the 14th Lord Lindsay of the Byres, the 5th Lord Parbroath, the 5th

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, and the 21st

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.Dewar, Peter Beauclerk (ed.), ''Burke's Landed Gentry 19th edition, vol 1- The Kingdom of Scotland'', Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2001, p. 884 He served as a Lieutenant in the Earl of Drumlanrig's Regiment, in

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Personal life

On 26 December 1755, he married Jean Hamilton (–1809), daughter of Robert Hamilton of

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(the son of Hugh Hamilton of Clongall) and Jean Mitchell. Together, they were the parents of:Mosley, Charles, editor, ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes'' (

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: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), vol. 1, p. 120; vol. 2, p. 2342 * Lady Jean "Jane" Lindsay (d. 1778), who married

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, son of

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and Susanna Kennedy, in 1772. After her death, without issue, he married Frances Twysden, the daughter of Sir William Twysden, 6th Baronet. *

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(1758–1808), a Maj.-Gen. in the

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who never married. Lord Crawford died on 11 August 1781 at Crawford Lodge,

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, Scotland. He was succeeded in his titles by his son, George. Upon his son's death in 1808 with no heir, the male line of the 17th Earl of Crawford and 1st Earl of Lindsay became extinct, and his titles passed to the male heirs of the 9th Earl of Crawford, under the regrant of 1642. His widow, the dowager Countess of Crawford, outlived George and both of their children before her death on 6 October 1809.Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cockburn, Henry Thomas" .

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. Vol. 6 (11th ed.).

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. pp. 624–625.

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