New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-30
HIGHLAND CHIEF HERE.
Lord CrascfOrd, Head of the Lindsay
Clan, ArTiUes for the Ocean Race.

,ors Crawford who is one OF the two Rr,sons
,sr,rp part In the ocean for the Kaiser's Gun
. foyTpieht hence, his yacht WaIhalla, on which
= .-rved here Friday. is one OF the most IA
o,s Of English yachtsmen. who has carried the
,gee Of the Royal Yacht Squadron into every
~-1er OF the maritime universe. spending many
,,s IN the scientific exploration OF all the ISL
- n the Southern Pacific, and the great-grand-
- =, that twenty-thiud Earl OF Crawford who. on
- introduced by King George III 20 she Amer
-. General Benedict Arnold. put his hand behind
-. hs,k aud exclaimed that he had no intention OF
,.ts,r hands with traitor. OF course. Benedict
.-os challenged him and a meeting took place
I'D won the first fire and missed the earl. The
,..,sr oeemlng that he had granted the man sum
.ssrt satisfaction. thereupon walked away.
WIN don't you FREE cried Arnold
"A, voue" exclaimed Lord Crawford over his
louder NO. sir; I leave you 10 the hangman"
-s.s Lord Crawford. by the bye. was one OF the
.-.,sb generals at the battle Of Ticonderoga.
- he received no less than thirteen bullets
-, mention that this particular earl was the
..,v.third Of his line. and that the present lord
= .te tWenty-sixth. ii viii be realized how ancient
: .his peerage the 50Oth anniversary OF the Gre
- ~ vhich--ln lS9s-was celebrated some seven
- aeo bv the numerous members OF the his
-. house OF Lindsay throughout the length ana
ssaltb OF the British Empire. IL IS claimed that
=. rt,5savs are Of Scandinavian rather than OF
-. origin and that they are descended from
es+t.aIly the same stock as the dukes Of Nor
,s,. who after the battle Of Hastings became
80 ~ Fneland. in fact, this relationship was
,ov,lesged by the early English monarchs, ana
.,s e,,nd carl was suTnaEned the Consanguinous'
- Kfne Henry Y. For time the earls OF Craw-
- vrs-e the feudal lords Of the now giorifed
1r.-,ptons and frequently intermarried with the
- houses Of Stuart and Bruce, WINE OF
- ,,reien sovereign families that include lairos
= r,,5sav among their ancestors is the royal
Ana CIV saf -
s.r. ,r,nerial House OF Hapsburg So great was
-. .-.nseur Of the Lindsay family in the fifteenth
- .rst when its chief the nth Earl OF CraNT-
s5 lord high admiral and lord high 1nsuciary
- scotland was created Duke OF Montrose oy
-, ra-,es he refrained from assuming the IKE.
I1s $50. I, "a be beneath his dignity, an eX-
- which was followed by his SUCCESSORS VINO
-, even think IL worth while TO protest when,
.-lv two hundred years later, the dukedom OF
-r,,t-ose was conferred on the head OF the mousse
Of Graham. .,, ,..,-,,,
The present earl is a somewhat striking looking
= sis aggressively ruddy locks. beard ana
--rs+acbe have now been softened by the presehee
~ MANY silver hairs But he still retains his lAul
,p5e Of freckles invariably wears blue specuUies
marched on a very aquiine nose, ana IS almost "A
yaratlv dressed in dark blue sack coat. with ms
lsf hand forever IN its pocket He is prooaDiy 1he
v,ost learned member Of the House OF LORDS anu
., addition 70 the Scotch order Of the Thistle. the
french Legion Of Honor and other distinctions OF
the same kind has about twenty-five letters AhteE
his name ali OF which are the initials OF famous
english and foreign scientific bodies to which he
belongs.
widely known as is his name. as the former presi-
denr OF me Royal Astronomical Society and as
leader in all sorts Of scientific movements. IT has
received still more notoriety in connection with the
mysterious robbery Of his fathers corpse some
Years ago the outrage being almost identical with
hat perpetrated upon the body OF A T. Stew
an CT New York Three months after the late
ssrls death the mausoleum which he had erect
ed IN the park OF his country seat, Dun Echt,
was found broken open. and the corpse removed
The services Of every imaginable detective agency
both Official and private. brought into play
n ordsF 10 discover clew 10 the resurrecttonists
and 70 recover the body. An enormous amount OF
money was spent IN this manner, without the
slightest result being obtained. Nearly year later
however the body Of the dead earl was recovered
by the head gardener OF Dun Echt. buried in a
shrubbery not more than a hundred yards distant
from the mausoleum. The reason for the ghoulish
theft As well as the circumstances OF the recovery
q The body and the failure 10 punish the real in
s1gators OF the crime. have all remained shronded
in mystery 10 this day. But Lord Crawford became
imbued with such aversion 10 Dun Echt after
this that, leaving the place shut up for number
Of years, he finally sold H. and now makes his
principal home at Haig Hall, near Wigan.
The superb astronomical instruments which were
a feature OF Dun Echt, and which earned for its
observatory name throughout Europe and Amer
lea, have been presented by him TO the Royal
Scotch Observatory, near Edinburgh. with which
be has endowed his native kingdom, while his
splendid astronomical library. second only 10 that
Of tbs Imperial Observatory AT 81. Petersburg has
also been presented to the Scotch people.