Name George Crawfurd | ||
Died 1748, Glasgow, United Kingdom Books The History of the Shire of Renfrew: Containing a Genealogical History of the Royal House of Stewart, with a Genealogical Account of the Illustrious House of Hanover, ... Also a Genealogical History of the Nobility and Gentry of the County of Renfrew. ... Brought from the Earliest Accounts to the Year MDCCX, by Mr. George Crawfurd: and Continued to the Present Period by William Semple | ||
George Crawford (also Crawfurd) (died 1748) was a Scottish genealogist and historian.
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Life
He was the third son of Thomas Crawfurd of Cartsburn. When Simon Fraser laid claim to the barony of Lovat, he employed Crawfurd to investigate the case and to supply materials to support it. It is said to have been chiefly due to the researches of Crawfurd that Fraser obtained a favorable decision; but he declined to pay Crawfurd anything.
He died at Glasgow, 24 December 1748.
Works
Crawfurd was the author of:
The Description of the Shire of Renfrew was published separately, with a continuation by Semple, at Paisley in 1788, and a second edition, with a continuation by Robertson, also at Paisley, 1818.
The "Letters of Simon, Lord Fraser, to George Crawfurd, 1728–30", while the Lovat case was in progress, were published in the Spottiswoode Miscellany, 400–9.
Family
By his wife, Mary, daughter of James Anderson, author of ‘Diplomata Scotiæ,’ he had four daughters.