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H. A. F. Lindsay Carnegie.—On 14th November 1008,
died at Kinblethmont House, Forfarshire, Hcary Alexander
FuUarton Lindsay Carnegie, of Spynie and Buysack, heir of
line of the original Earls of Crawford,
Alexander Lindsay, fourtl) son of David, Tenth Earl of
Crawford, Vice-Chamberlain to, and a great favourite of. King
James VL, was created a Lord of Parliament in 1590, and the
temporalities of the See of Moray having been ertcted into the
barony of Spynie and granted to him, he took the title of Lord
Spynie. He was accidentally killed in Edinburgh when in the
company of the Master of Crawford, who was the object of
an attack by the young laird of Edzell and his followers.
Alexander, second Lord Spynie, only son of the first lord, commanded
a Scots regiment in the service of Gustavus Adolphus,
and afterwards took part with Montrose in the attempt to
secure Scotland for King Charles L George, his son, tlie third
lord, died without issue in 1G71, the last of the male line of the
" Wicked Master" of Crawford. But the third lord Spynie had
a sister, Margaret, who married William Fullarluu of Fullarton,
in the county of Perth, and their descendant, Lieut.-Col.
Fullarton of Fullarton and Glenquick, married Stewart, only
daughter and heiress of James Carnegie, fourth laird of Boy-
sack. Lieut.-Col. Fullarton adopted the surname of Lindsay,
and called himself" of Spynie and Boysack." He put forward
a claim to the Spynie Peerage, and proved himself heir of
line, but failed to make good his right to the title as this was a
male fief.
The late laird was a great-grandson of Lieut.-Col. Fullarton.
He was born 5th July 1836. In his youth he received a
commission in the Bengal Engineers of the Hon. East India
Company's array, and landed in India just before the outbreak
of the Mutiny. After taking part in the Siege of Delhi and