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NOBILITY
CONNECTED WITH THE COUNTY OF FIFE.i
1399.—George Lindesay Craufdrd, Earl
Craufurd, Earl Lindesay 1633, Vise. Garnock 170
&c.; died 1808, without issue. He was succeeds
in his estates by his sister Lady Mary. It is unde:
stood there are three claimants to this Estate, vi
Henry Bethune of Kilconquhar, eldest son of Mart:
E. Lindesay. Lieut. Col. Campbell, eldest survivin
son of the late John Campbell of Newfield, an
grand-nephew of the Great Gen. John, 17th Earl <
Craufurd and 4th of Lindesay, claims the title of th
Earldom of Craufurd, as heir of line, in right of h!
grandmother Lady Mary Lindesay Campbell, siste
of the above Earl. Lieut. Col. Lindesay, 39th .Reg:
ment, claims as the descendant of Patrick, 4th Lor
Lindesay of Byres, ancestor of the Earls of Lindesaj >
and Craufurd.—Craufurd Priory, Fife.
1457.—George TVilliam EvyeyS Leslie, Ea% L
of Rothes, Lord Leslie and Ballenbreich, (son ql
Henrietta Ann, Countess of Rothes, and George Leg i
lie of Leslie,'Esq. born Nov. 8, 1809; sue. his inothe
Jan. 30, 1819; a minor.—Leslie House, Ffeshire
iShruhhall, Surry.
1457.—George Douglas, Earl of Morton, Lon
Aberdour, (Lord Douglas of Lochleven 1791,) K. T
Lord Lieutenant of the County, Col. of Fifesh. mili
tia, and Lord High Commissioner to the Generai
Assembly Of the Church of Scotland, (son of Sholto
last Earl, by Katherine, daughter of the hon. Johr
Hamilton; born in 1761, succeeded his father ii !i
1774. Married, in 1814, Susanne, grand-daughte: fc
of Sir Francis Duller, Bart. Presumptive heir r
George Sholto, his cousin.—Dalmahoy, Mid-Lothian,
Aberdour-House, Fife.
1681.—Francis Stuart, Earl of Moray, Lord
Doune, (Lord Stuart of Castlestuart 1796,) Lord
Lieut, of Elginsh. (son of Francis, last Earl, by Jean,
daughter of’John, Lord Gray) ; born 1771, succeed*