The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres | |
|---|---|
 Caricature of Lord Crawford by Leslie Ward | |
| Member of Parliament for Wigan | |
| In office 1874–1881 Serving with Thomas Knowles | |
| Preceded by | John Lancaster Henry Woods |
| Succeeded by | Francis Sharp Powell Thomas Knowles |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Ludovic Lindsay 28 July 1847 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France |
| Died | 31 January 1913 (aged 65) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Emily Florence Bootle-Wilbraham
(m. 1869–1913) |
| Children | 7 |
| Parent(s) | Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford Margaret |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres, KT, FRS, FRAS (28 July 1847 – 31 January 1913)[1][2] was a Scottish astronomer, politician, ornithologist, bibliophile and philatelist. A member of the Royal Society, Crawford was elected president of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1878.[3][4][5][6] He was a prominent Freemason, having been initiated into Isaac Newton University Lodge at the University of Cambridge in 1866.[7]
- ^ Owen Gingerich, 'Lindsay, James Ludovic, twenty-sixth earl of Crawford and ninth earl of Balcarres (1847–1913)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 15 Feb 2011
- ^ Barker, Nicolas (1978) Bibliotheca Lindesiana: the Lives and Collections of Alexander William, 25th Earl of Crawford and 8th Earl of Balcarres, and James Ludovic, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres. London: for Presentation to the Roxburghe Club, and published by Bernard Quaritch; p. 129
- ^ "James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 74 (4). Royal Astronomical Society: 271–273. 1914. Bibcode:1914MNRAS..74..271.. doi:10.1093/mnras/74.4.271.
- ^ "Lord Crawford, F.R.S." Nature. 90 (2259): 652–653. 1913. Bibcode:1913Natur..90..652.. doi:10.1038/090652a0. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "Obituary". The Observatory. 36: 153. 1913. Bibcode:1913Obs....36..149. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "Obituary–The Earl of Crawford". Journal of the British Astronomical Association. 23. British Astronomical Association: 207. 1913. Bibcode:1913JBAA...23..182. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ Harrison, David (January 2013). "The Liverpool Masonic Rebellion and the Grand Lodge of Wigan" (PDF). Retrieved 8 February 2022.