Examination of the claim of John Lindsay Crawfurd

JOHN LINDSAY CRAWFURD. 11
chimney-tops, falling into the garret through a window, carelessly
left open on the preceding evening.
As the ruins of Kilbirnie-House form an interesting object in
the surrounding landscape, we have annexed an engraving, which
exhibits a correct view of them as seen from the north. It will be Descrip-
noticed that the building consisted of two parts — the square tower, iZVot e
common in feudal times, and an addition to the front in more mo- Ho""""
dern style. Being situated on rising ground, the ruins are seen at
a considerable distance, and have much of that imposing grandeur
which is given to ruins and denied to inhabited houses, however
antique or magnificent ! No attempt was ever made by the family
to repair this residence. The adjoining offices were fitted up as
shooting quarters, and were occasionally so occupied ; but for many
years these have been let along with the farm. The chief residence
of the family is now Crawfurd Priory, in Fife, where Lady Mary
Lindsay Crawfurd has erected a mansion in the Gothic style of
architecture, which forms a powerful and splendid contrast to the
dilapidated house of Kilbirnie. We refer to the frontispiece of and of that
this work for a view of Crawfurd Priory, and have no doubt of the turd i>ri-
reader's concurring with us in opinion, that it reflects no small °'
degree of credit on the skill which designed, and on the taste which
adopted, a plan of such magnificence.
The issue of the marriage between George, Earl of Crawfurd, and Family of
his lady, consisted of three sons and two daughters ; 1st, George, ElrT ge '
his successor ; 2d, the Honourable Robert Lindsay Hamilton, who
entered the army, and had a company in the 92d foot, and after-
wards in the 21st — he died unmarried at Buxton, on 2d Novem-
ber, 1801 ; 3d, the Honourable Bute Lindsay, who also entered the
army, and had a company in the 92d foot, and died unmarried ;
4th, Lady Jean, the first-born of the family, who, in infancy, was
saved from the fire, as before mentioned, and who married, 20th
March, 1772, Archibald, eleventh Earl of Eglinton, and died, with-
out issue, on 22d January, 1778, aged twenty-one ; and 5th, Lady
Mary Lindsay, now in possession of the estates.
George, the twentieth Earl Crawfurd, succeeded his father in George
1781. He entered the army as an ensign in the 51st, and after- Earicraw-