Earl of Crawford

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The Earl of Crawford is a historic Scottish peerage title, one of the oldest in the country, long associated with the Lindsay family and significant roles in Scottish nobility and politics.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Earl of Crawford canonical 6
Earl of Crawford and Balcarres 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish earldom
peerage title
associatedWith Scottish nobility
Scottish politics
country Kingdom of Scotland
createdFor Lindsay family
genderOfTitleHolder male-preference primogeniture (historically)
hasAlternativeTitleCombination Earl of Crawford and Balcarres
linked to: Earl of Crawford
hasCategory Clan Lindsay titles
Noble titles created in the Middle Ages
Scottish earls
hasClanChiefRole Chief of Clan Lindsay
hasCourtesyTitleForHeir Lord Lindsay
hasHereditaryStatus hereditary peerage
hasHistoricRole House of Lords
Parliament of Scotland
Scottish Privy Council
Scottish royal court
hasInfluenceOn Scottish feudal barony structure
Scottish peerage system
hasMotto Endure Fort (associated with Lindsay family)
linked to: Endure Fort
hasNotableOfficeHolder Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford
Anthony Robert Lindsay, 30th Earl of Crawford
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford
David Alexander Robert Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford
David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford
David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford
David Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford
David Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Crawford
David Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford
James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford
James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
Ludovic Lindsay, 16th Earl of Crawford
Robert Alexander Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford
hasReligionHistorically Church of Scotland
hasSeatIn House of Lords (historically)
linked to: House of Lords
hasSymbol arms of the Lindsay family
historicallyHeldLandsIn Angus
Crawford, Lanarkshire
Fife
isOneOf oldest extant Scottish peerage titles
languageOfTitle English
mergedWith Earl of Balcarres
nobleFamily Clan Lindsay
Lindsay family
region Scotland
subclassOf Earl in the Peerage of Scotland
linked to: Peerage of Scotland
titleHolderStyle The Right Honourable
traditionalTerritorialDesignation Crawford

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Crawford hasNotableBearer Earl of Crawford
Clan Lindsay associatedTitle Earl of Crawford
Clan Lindsay clanChiefTitle Earl of Crawford
Lindsay family nobleTitle Earl of Crawford
Earl of Crawford hasAlternativeTitleCombination Earl of Crawford and Balcarres
linked to: Earl of Crawford
Countess of Crawford linkedTitle Earl of Crawford
Countess of Crawford counterpartTitle Earl of Crawford