John Crawford-Lindsay, 17th Earl of Crawford ( 1596 - 1678 )

Birth: 1596 Death: Struthers Castle, near Cupar, Fife, Scotland, Europe (1678) Career: Hereditary Steward of the Regality of St Andrews (1618); Privy Councillor (Scotland) (1641); Extraordinary Lord of Session (1641-1649, 1661-1664); one of the leaders of the Covenanting party; distinguished himself fighting with the Scots army allied to Parliament at Marston Moor (1644); Lord High Treasurer (1644-1649, 1661-1663); President of the Scots Parliament (1645); emerged as one of those 'engagers' in the Scots Parliament who favoured compromise with the Royalist party (1649) and was deprived of his offices; carried the sceptre for Charles II at his coronation at Scone (1652); Lieutenant-General in the King's Army; imprisoned and his estates forfeited (1654); retired from public life (1663) Honours: Earl of Lindsay 1633; Earl of Crawford 1644 on the forfeiture of the estates of the 16th Earl Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 22/06/1663 Committee appointments include: Mechanical Committee (1664) Agricultural [Georgical] Committee (1664) Other RSActivity: Wrote a report on dendrological matters (1664).