John Lindsay, 19th Earl of Crawford
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John Lindsay, 19th Earl of Crawford and 3rd Earl of Lindsay (died December 1713) was a Scottish
peer
and politician
. He succeeded to the earldoms in 1698 on the death of his father William Lindsay, 18th Earl of Crawford. He was elected as one of the first representative peer
s in February of 1707, and so served until September of 1710.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
peer
Peerage of Scotland
The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was...
and politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
. He succeeded to the earldoms in 1698 on the death of his father William Lindsay, 18th Earl of Crawford. He was elected as one of the first representative peer
Representative peer
In the United Kingdom, representative peers were those peers elected by the members of the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland to sit in the British House of Lords...
s in February of 1707, and so served until September of 1710.