New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-09
SCOTS PREMIER EARL
New Lord Crawford Now Chief
tain of All the LindSayS.


rCopyrieht. 1918, by tho BRENTWOOD No'"pa"S -
I,,,erv member OF the grand old Scotnsh
ian of Lindsay on this side oil inc Az
antic-and there arc thousands Oh 'iei"
., the New World-has cause for sa'lS-
action that their new chieftain' hi'her'o
<rown as Lord Balcaues. VINO no"
through the death of his learned ialhei
mas become twenty-seventh Earl OF 'raW-
ord and thirtv-fifth Lord Lindsay, should
90 universally popular. good looking,
l,cful and altogether wholesome c'u-
zen. Hitherto known among MS rtlauN'S
and friends by the nickname OF bdI'
he new premier Earl Of SCOTLAND mas
-cpresented the Chorlcy Division OF Lam
.,-birc in the House Of Commons for the
ast eighteen months, was Lord OF inc
Treasury i'm the last BaltOHr adminstra-
ion and has won favor in Parliament ny
.be cIcyerncss and lucidity of his speech
IS and his keen sense of kindly huinor'
Eoth at Eton and AT Masdalen COLLEGE
oxford. ne won fame as an athlete, when
lid not prevent him from taking hohors at
The university.
After leaving oxford he became idenl-
ned with the Magdalen College settlement
work in the East End of London. Magda-
,cn College. at oxford, has for near half
a century maintained this institution in
he slums of the British metropolis, ana
every Magdalen man, both while al ON-
ford and after leaving the university Is
.Npected 10 show personal interest i'll the
work In fact the young Prince OF Wales
now an undergraduate at Masdalen. has
already paid several visits TO the Settle
ncnt House. i'm the nciGhborhood OF Beth-
nal Green. When the present Loid CfdW-
sord was working there he was closely
associated with the present Bishop OF
London. then a hard working East Eng
rlergyman. and the community OF inter
ests led to the two forming very strong
friendship. which has lasted ever since.
Lord Crawford. who, like several other
members of the House of Lords, is an eA-
trcmcly clever boxer. Is Jeetotallei'
from taste rather than from principle Is
an adept chess player, Is an authoiit!
on Italian art, and is married TO a dauGh-
ter Of Sir Henry Pcily. by whom he mas
family of six children. one of his
Younger brothers the Hon. Ronald Llhd-
say. who was second secretar! OF inc
british Embassy at Washington under
Sir Mortimer Durand. and has lately pcel
APPOINTED Under Secretary of state OF
Finance. TO the Egyptian government at
Cairo. is married to Miss Martina cam
crou daughter of j. Donald Cameron
fornIcr Secretary Of War and Jnlieu
STATES Senator for Pennsylvania
This Lindsay Not Sandy Haired
Unlike his father and most of the mem
bers of his family and of his clan. the ne"
Lord Crawford is dark haired. The late
earls hair was particularly carroty. AS d
General rule the Lindsays are sandy haired
Perhaps il is by reason Of this hue oil the
tair. or in consequence of their alleged
nightiness Of conduct that they are
popularly known throughout scotland as
..tbe light Lindsays." just iu the SAINT
WAY as the Douglases are known as the
Black DOuslases' owing to their intense
Is dark hair and that the McLeods oeal
proudly the nickname of THE McLeods oil
the handy legs" owing 10 the DETECTED eN-
identities which are supposed to be pecui-
lar 10 this clan \ few other classiiica-
lions Of clan characteristics u Scotland
ar, "the dirty Dalrymples.' the windy
iurravs." the slow Macliintoshes. the
Llack-mounted Campbells" and the IDIOT
5cOueens." while the Maccullums are re-
nowned north of Castle Stirling as the
descendants of the sixty fools
some twelve years ago, on the occasion
Of the celebration Of the thousandth an
niversary Of the constitution OF the Clan
Lindsay at Knross. in that Loeb Leven
country where the Lindsays of olden days
gave 50 many proofs Of their chivalric
loyalty to the i'll fated Mary Queen Of
Scots a Lindsay Society was organized
and an appeal was sent out signed by
ire late Lord Crawford. the Earl of Lind
say. the late General Lord Vantage. Y. c.,
and by other Lindsay chieftans addressed
10 the Lindsays in the New World, invit-
ing them to Join the society. 1t met with
an enthusiastic response, and the annual
meetings of the society in Scotland are
invariably attended by representatives
from the members Of the clan on this side
IF the Atlantic.
Disdaned Dukedom.
The Lindsays are one Of the srandest
houses in the history Of scotland, and
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