NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Crawford, Alexander Crawford Lindsay, Earl of, 1812-1880 NRA: Lindsay Alexander William Crawford (1812-1880) 25th Earl of Crawford DNB: Lindsay, Alexander William Crawford, twenty-fifth earl of Crawford and eighth earl of Balcarres (1812–1880), book collector and writer on art LBT ID: LdBalcar8 VIAF ID: 97751058 LOC ID: n85273899 | B/BAP: 1812-10-16 DIED: 1880-12-13 |
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The son of James Lindsay, the seventh earl (d. 1869); educated at Eton and Trinity
College, Cambridge, he was a poet, bibliophile, and art critic. | |