Examination of the claim of John Lindsay Crawfurd

JOHN LINDSAY CRAWFURD. 29
over to Castle Dawson, gave him a farm called Broagh, and appoint-
ed him his factor. We will now proceed to support this state-
ment by a series of depositions, after which we shall resume his his-
tory in Ireland. Deposition of Mrs Urie, sworn at Ayr in 1810,
states, ' that whilst in the service of Mrs Kerr, she heard that lady,
whilst conversing about Sir Andrew Cathcart's claim, say, " it would
be a very troublesome affair if neither Lord George, nor his brother,
the Honourable Kobert Hamilton Lindsay, had issue, as some of the
family in Ireland would come over and drop into the title ;" and she
added that James Crawfurd, uncle to George, the Earl of Crawfurd,
had fallen in love with Lady Susan Kennedy, afterwards Countess of
Eglinton, and that he had fought on her account, but not having wait-
ed for the signal, was adjudged to have killed his antagonist un-
fairly, and was in consequence obliged to fly the country.' Depo-
sition of Mrs Ann Barclay, sworn at Ayr in 1812, states, ' that she
recollects the report of the duel of the Honourable James Crawfurd,
and that it was believed he had fled to some part of Ireland for
protection.' Deposition of Mrs Jane Allan, sworn at Paisley, 1812,
states, ' that she well remembers to have heard her father, William
Allan, say, that none of Lord John's sons were married but Lord
Patrick and Mr James. That Mr James had to flee to Irelandybr
killing a man. That she has often heard that he married there,
and that she recollects to have heard old people say that it was the
Countess of Eglinton whom Mr James fought the duel about. That he
dared not reside in Scotland after ; but that he often came over for
a short time to Kilbirnie.' The deposition of Agnes Gibson of
Kilbirnie is given in an abridged form, which it is not necessary here
to repeat. Declaration of Christian Orr. ' Declares that she has iiu. P . a
heard her grandmother often tell, that when she' (that is to say, her
grandmother) ' was living at Ugdale with Lady Margaret, who was
a sister of the Honourable James Crawfurd, she was called into her
room one morning, and that she found her in a state of seemingly great
agitation. That as soon as she entered the room, Lady Margaret
exclaimed, " Oh ! Mary, my brother James is gone !" She enquired
what was the matter with him. Lady Margaret said, that on getting
out of bed she observed a letter, with a black seal, lying on the table,