The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-05
New Premier Earl of Scotland
Universally Popular and a
Good Citizen.

VERY member OF tnS Srdnu oao
l. Scottish clan of Lindsay on this
side of the Atlantic-and there
are thousands OF them IN the Ne"
Worid-has cause for satisfaction that
their new chieftain, hitherto known
as Lord Balcarres, who now, through
the death of his learned father. has
become twenty-seventh Earl OF Craw-
ford and thirty-ffth Lord Lindsay
should be so universally popular good
looking useful and altogether whole
some a citizen. Hitherto known among
his relatives and friends by the nick
name of Bal" the new premier Earn
OF Scotland has represented the Chor-
ley Division Of Lancashire in the House
of Commons for the past Eighteen
months, was a lord Of the treasury in
the last Balfour administration ana
mas won favor in Parliament BY the
cleverness and lucidity Of his speeches
and his keen sense Of kindly humor
Both at Elton and at Magdalen College,
oxford, he won fame as an, athlete
which did not prevent him from TAX
ing honors at the university.
After leaving oxford. he became
Identified with the Magdalen College
settlement house in the neighborhooo
London. Magdalen College al OXFORD
has for near half century maintained
this institution in the slums OF the
British metropolis and every Nagdalen
man both while at oxford and after
leaving the university. is expected to
show personal interest in the WORK
In fact, the young Prince OF wales
now an undergraduate AT Magdalen,
has already paid several visits 10 the
Settlement House in the neighborhood
of Bethnal Green When the present
Lord Crawford was working there ne
was closely associated with the pres
ent Bishop of London. then Hard-
working East End clergyman. and the
community Of interests led - the two
forming very strong friendship
which has lasted ever since
Lord Crawford. who, like several oth-
or members of the House of Lords, is an
extremely clever boxer. is teetotaler
from taste rather than from principle,
is an adept chess player, is an authori-
" upon italian art and is married TO
daughter OF Sir Henry Pelly. by whom
he has a family of six children. One
~ MS Younger brothers. the Hon. Ron
aid Lindsay. who was second secretary
of the British embassy at Washington
under Sir Mortimer Durand and nas
lately been appointed Under-Secretary
If state. of France, to the Egyptian
government at Cairo. is married 10
Miss Martha Cameron. daughter ot J.
Donald Cameron, former Secretary o.
War and United States senator lor
Pennsylvania
Unlike his father and most OF the
memb ers of his family and OF MS cidn'
the new Lord Crawford is dark-halred-
The late earl was particularly carrottY.
A. General rule the LindsayS are
sandy-haired. Perhaps il Is by reason
of this hue of the hair or IN cohSe
louence OF their alleged hightlness OF
conduct that they are popuiariy known nHb1
throughout Scotland as the hehI
Lindsays," just IN the same way as tne
lDouglases are known as The BLACK
lDougIases." owing TO their intenseIS
dark hair. and that the Mci-eods pea
proudlv the nickname of the McLeoos
of the handy legs. owing TO the ~
tectsd extre1nities which are supposed
~ he peculiar t. this clan. \ re"
other ciassifcations of clan character
istics in Scotland are ire olIts Ia.
slow Mackintoshes. tine biackHoutneo
while the Maccullums are renowned
rorth of Castle Stirling as the de-
scendants of the sixty fools.
Some twelve years ago; on the DC
casion of the celeoratioh Vi 1
,housandth anniversary Of the consul
tuition Of the Clan Lindsay, at hinross'
4, that Loeb Leven country where the
Iindsays of olden days gave 80 man
proofs of their chivalric loyalty 10 tne
Inflated Mary queen Of scots. Lahu-
60 Society was organized and an ap-
neal was sent out. signed oy the late
ord crawford by the Earl OF LINDSAY.
bv the late General Lord vantage '.
& and by other Lindsay cnieltalns, ao
dressed to the Lindsays in the New
TVo-ld inviting them to join the So
cietv. Il met with an enthusiastic re-
SDonse. and the annual meetings OF tHe
socse.x in scotland are invariably at
tended BY representatives from the
members Of the clan on this side OF the
Atlantic ...A.s,
The IIndsays are one of the grandes,
h ,1,ses in the history of Scotland and
there are few names TO De touno 50
sreouentlv and that figure so prom
1870 %, every page of the most
rIortous annals Of King George
northern kingdom. II is claimed tna'
tbev are OF Scandinavian rather than
- Gaelic origin, and that they are de-
sc.nded from the same stock as the
Dukes Of Normandy VINO AFTER th-
England They were for long tim-
M fcudal lords Of the now Siorii.ed
iffar,iItons. and frequently intermarried
vrith the royal houses OF ~tn"fs H"'
Bruce while among the foreign 80.
Il, ...-r- that include iatrds OF lino-
80 among their ancestors Is the roy al
a,pastv Of Bourbon and the Imperial
line Of Hspsburg-
e,,ch vas the grandeur Of the clan In
-. dfteenth century that when David
Earl Of CRAWFORD. >ot1 sisn
aud Lord Justicisry II Scotland. wa
rre,ted Duke OF Montrosc By kius
fsr,cs he RETAINED from assuming the
st,sc rousidcriuc 10 to BE- ben,ath hts
dsanttv. an example which was follow
-, 81 bie SUCCESSORS. IL - owing TO
mis- that goa years later the crown felt
itself AZ liberty 20 bestow inc ouhe
a., 81 MontrSse upon the house OF
Graham $500. .
ord crawford among them. took part
-, 80 American War Of Indcpendence
- ~ them lies buried IN New Jersey.
,,b.r, the tombstone marks his birth
and lineage. The Lord Crawford OF
81 War of Independence. who received
-, 80 than thirteen bullets through
~. roaf at the battle OF TicouderoEa-
-, =. f,troduced after his return O.