James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford, 7th Earl of Balcarres, Baron Wigan of Haigh Hall

1783 - 17 Dec1869

• Name	James Lindsay
  Suffix	24th Earl of Crawford, 7th Earl of Balcarres, Baron Wigan of Haigh Hall
  Birth	24 Apr 1783	Balcarres House, Colinsburgh, Fife, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  _UID	5697A0530D5F4E76801A7BF448AB4D358E5F
  Death	17 Dec1869
  Notes	(Research):James Lindsay was born on 24 April 1783 at Balcarres House in Fife, the son of Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres and inherited the title of 7th Earl of Balcarres on his father's death in 1825. In 1826 he was created Baron of Wigan in the Peerage of Great Britain. In 1843 he claimed the abeyant title of Earl of Crawford and in 1848 the House of Lords allowed the claim and conferred on him the title of 24th Earl of Crawford, and by extension, the title of 23rd Earl of Crawford on his dead father. He was subsequently commissioned into the British Army and attained the rank of major in the 20th Light Dragoons until he left in 1804. He was returned as Tory MP for Wigan from 1820 to 1825. After the Slave Compensation Act 1837 was passed, he successfully claimed one third of the compensation given out by the British government for the Army's practise of hiring slaves in Jamaica as temporary labourers from the partnership Atkinson & Hozier. The Army contract had been negotiated by his father when he had served as the governor of Jamaica. He designed Haigh Hall in Haigh, Greater Manchester, to replace the then-existing hall which dated back to Norman times and lived in a cottage in the grounds whilst it was constructed between 1830 and 1849. The family owned Haigh Colliery, cannel and coal mines, and formed the Wigan Coal and Iron Company in 1865. After his death on 23 December 1869 he was buried at All Saints' Church, Wigan, Lancashire, and succeeded by his eldest son, Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford. Marriage and children On 21 November 1811 at Muncaster in Cumberland (now Cumbria), Crawford married the Hon Maria Margaret Frances Pennington, daughter of John Pennington, 1st Baron Muncaster. They had four sons: Alexander William Crawford Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford (16 October 1812 - 13 December 1880) Lt Gen Hon Sir James Lindsay (25 August 1815 - 13 August 1874) Colonel Hon Charles Hugh Lindsay (11 November 1816 - 25 March 1889) Hon Colin Lindsay (6 December 1819 - 28 January 1892) Eldest son Alexander's genealogical research had enabled his father to claim the title of Earl of Crawford which had fallen into abeyance.
  Person ID	I70326	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Gen. Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres, 23rd Earl of Crawford,   b. 18 Jan 1751/52   d. 27 Mar 1825, Haigh Hall, Lancashire, England (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Dalyrymple   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F24283	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hon Maria Margaret Frances Pennington   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	21 Nov 1811	Muncaster Castle, Cumbria, England
  Children	1. Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford,   b. 16 Oct 1812, Muncaster Castle, Cumbria, England d. 13 Dec 1880, Villa Palmieri, Florence, Italy (Age 68 years)   2. Sir James Lindsay, K.C.M.G.,   b. 25 Aug 1815, Muncaster Castle, Cumbria, England d. 13 Aug 1874 (Age 58 years)   3. Charles Hugh Lindsay, C.B,   b. 11 Nov 1816, Muncaster Castle, Cumbria, England d. 25 Mar 1889, Lyons, France (Age 72 years)   4. Maria Lindsay,   b. 3 Aug 1818, Muncaster Castle, Cumbria, England d. 6 Apr 1819 (Age 0 years)   5. Colin Lindsay, of Deerpark, County Devon,   b. 6 Dec 1819, Muncaster Castle, Cumbria, England d. 28 Jan 1892, Kensington (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F24285	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2024