John Lindsay, 17th Earl of Crawford

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John Lindsay, 17th Earl of Crawford, 10th Lord of the Byres

Also Known As: "John Lindsay Baron Lindsay of The Byres", "John Crawford"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Pitcruvie, Largo, Fife, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: circa 1678 (58-75)
Tyninghame, East Lothian, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Son of Robert Lindsay, 9th Lord Lindsay of the Byres and Lady Christian Hamilton
Husband of Lady Margaret Hamilton, Countess of Crawford Lindsay and Jeanar Jemet Autherie
Father of Lady Christian Lindsay; William Lindsay, 18th Earl of Crawford; James Lindsay; John Lindsay; Anna Leslie, Duchess of Rothes and 4 others
Half brother of Robert Boyd, VIII Lord Boyd; Christian Boyd; Helen Boyd; Jean Morrison; Marion Boyd and 2 others

Managed by: Peter James Herbert
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About John Lindsay, 17th Earl of Crawford

Biographical Summary

"John, seventeenth Earl of Crawford, who assumed the dignity after the forfeiture of Earl Ludovic, was retoured heir to his father Robert, Lord Lindsay of the Byres, 1 October 1616, and by letters patent dated 8 May 1613, he was created Earl of Lindsay and Lord Parbroath... He was also created in 1641 an Extraordinary Lord of Session and a Commissioner of the Treasury...

...He died in 1678 at Tynninghame, and was succeeded by his fourth but eldest surviving son. He married Margaret, daughter of James, second Marquess of Hamilton."

SOURCE: The Scots peerage, Vol. III, page 35-36

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John Lindsay, 17th Earl of Crawford's Timeline

1611
1611
Pitcruvie, Largo, Fife, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1631
September 1, 1631
probably at St. Andrews and St. Leonards, Fifeshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1632
1632
Whittingehame, East Lothian, Scotland
1632
Cares, Fifeshire, Scotland
1636
March 21, 1636
1639
December 3, 1639
1644
April 1644
Dumfries, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1646
September 1646
Kilbirnie, North Ayrshire Council, Scotland, United Kingdom
1678
1678
Age 67
Tyninghame, East Lothian, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1678
Age 67