View source for James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford

{{Short description|Scottish politician, astronomer, ornithologist, bibliophile and philatelist. (1847–1913)}}
{{Other people|James Lindsay}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix    = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name                = {{resize|96%|The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres}}
| honorific_suffix    = [[Knight of the Thistle|KT]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] [[Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society|FRAS]]
| image               = Lord Lindsay - Earl of Crawford.jpg
| caption             = ''Caricature of Lord Crawford'' by [[Leslie Ward]]
| office              = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Wigan (UK Parliament constituency)|Wigan]]
| alongside           = [[Thomas Knowles]]
| term_start          = 1874
| term_end            = 1881
| predecessor         = [[John Lancaster (MP)|John Lancaster]]<br />[[Henry Woods (MP)|Henry Woods]]
| successor           = [[Francis Sharp Powell]]<br />[[Thomas Knowles]]
| birth_name          = James Ludovic Lindsay
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1847|07|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[Saint-Germain-en-Laye]], France
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1913|01|31|1847|07|28|df=yes}}
| death_place         =
| alma_mater          = [[University of Edinburgh]]
| party               = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| parents             = [[Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford]]<br />Margaret
| spouse              = {{marriage|Emily Florence Bootle-Wilbraham|1869|1913}}
| children            = 7
| relations           =
}}
'''James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres''', [[Knight of the Thistle|KT]], [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]], [[Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society|FRAS]] (28 July 1847{{snd}}31 January 1913)<ref>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 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34542, accessed 15 Feb 2011]</ref><ref>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</ref> 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.<ref name="obit_mnras">{{cite journal | title = James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford |journal = [[Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society]] |volume= 74  |number= 4 | pages = 271–273 |publisher= [[Royal Astronomical Society]] |date= 1914 |bibcode = 1914MNRAS..74..271. |doi = 10.1093/mnras/74.4.271 | doi-access = free}}</ref><ref name="obit_nature">{{cite journal  |title = Lord Crawford, F.R.S. |journal = [[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |volume= 90 |number= 2259 |pages= 652–653 |date= 1913 |bibcode= 1913Natur..90..652. |url= https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91254#page/756/mode/1up   | access-date = 17 February 2017|doi = 10.1038/090652a0 | doi-access = free}}</ref><ref name="obit_obs">{{cite journal   |title= Obituary |journal= [[The Observatory (journal)|The Observatory]] |volume= 36 |page=153 |date= 1913 | bibcode = 1913Obs....36..149. |url = http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/gif/1913Obs....36..149./0000153.000.html |access-date= 17 February 2017 }}</ref><ref name="obit_jbaa">{{cite journal | title = Obituary–The Earl of Crawford |journal = [[Journal of the British Astronomical Association]] |volume= 23 |page = 207 |publisher = [[British Astronomical Association]] |date= 1913 |bibcode = 1913JBAA...23..182.   | url = http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/seri/JBAA./0023//0000207.000.html | access-date = 17 February 2017 }}</ref> He was a prominent [[Freemasonry|Freemason]], having been initiated into [[Isaac Newton University Lodge]] at the [[University of Cambridge]] in 1866.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.knightstemplar.org/KnightTemplar/articles/20130108.pdf |title=The Liverpool Masonic Rebellion and the Grand Lodge of Wigan |last= Harrison |first=David |date=January 2013 |access-date=February 8, 2022}}</ref>
==Early life==
The future Earl was born at [[Saint-Germain-en-Laye]], France on 28 July 1847,<ref>Barker (1978), p. 129</ref> the only son of [[Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford]] and his wife Margaret. He was asthmatic and spent considerable periods at sea studying the more portable sections of the family library which had been established by his father.<ref group=Note>Crawford was a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron and owner of several private yachts that he used for scientific expeditions, most famously the 1490 ton ''Valhalla'' (see below "Further reading").</ref>
== Astronomy ==
[[File:FMIB 36422 Earl of Crawford and the Live Birds and Animals Collected in 1906.jpeg|left|thumb|Lord Crawford aboard his yacht ''Valhalla'' in 1906]]
Crawford was interested in [[astronomy]] from an early age. Along with his father, he built up a private observatory at [[Dunecht|Dun Echt]], [[Aberdeenshire (historic)|Aberdeenshire]]. He employed [[David Gill (astronomer)|David Gill]] to equip the observatory, using the best available technology. Among his achievements, Gill later made the first photograph of the [[Great Comet of 1882]],<ref>[[David Gill (astronomer)|Gill, D.]] "On Photographs of the Great Comet", ''[[Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society]],'' Vol. 43, p.53</ref> pioneering [[astrophotography]] and [[Carte du Ciel|the mapping of the heavens]]. Crawford mounted expeditions to [[Cadiz]] in 1870, to observe the [[Solar eclipse of December 22, 1870|eclipse of the sun]]; India in 1871, to observe the [[Solar eclipse of December 12, 1871|eclipse of the sun]]; and then to Mauritius in 1874, to observe the [[1874 transit of Venus|transit of Venus]].<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Crawford, Earls of|volume=7|pages=385–386}}</ref> On the latter two expeditions Crawford employed London photographer [http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~victorianphotographs/davis/davis.htm Henry Davis], who in 1876 was appointed Crawford's personal librarian.
Upon hearing of a threat to close down the Edinburgh Royal Observatory,<ref>[http://www.roe.ac.uk/ The Royal Observatory, Edinburgh]</ref> in 1888 Crawford made a donation of astronomical instruments and his books on mathematics and the physical sciences from the ''Bibliotheca Lindesiana'' in order that a new observatory could be founded.<ref>[http://www.roe.ac.uk/roe/library/crawford/ Lord Crawford's donation of books and instruments]</ref> Thanks to this donation, the new [[Royal Observatory, Edinburgh]] was opened on [[Blackford Hill]] in 1896.
As well as much astronomical equipment, Crawford's observatory included an extensive collection of rare books, part of the ''Bibliotheca Lindesiana'' at [[Haigh Hall]], which his father and he had accumulated till it was one of the most impressive private collections in Britain at the time.
==The ''Bibliotheca Lindesiana''==
{{see also|Crawford Library}}
[[File:Bibliotheca Lindesiana book plate.jpg|right|thumb|A [[book plate]] from the ''Bibliotheca Lindesiana'']]
The ''Bibliotheca Lindesiana'' (i.e. Lindsayan or Lindsian library) had been planned by the 25th Earl and both he and his eldest son had been instrumental in building it up to such an extent that it was one of the most impressive private collections in Britain at the time, both for its size and for the rarity of some of the materials it contained. Alexander William Lindsay had been a book collector from his schooldays and so he continued. In 1861 he wrote to his son James (then 14 years old) a letter which describes his vision of the Bibliotheca Lindesiana; in 1864 he redrafted and enlarged it while visiting his villa in Tuscany. By now it was 250 pages long and under the name of the "Library Report" it continued to be added to during their lifetimes. He based his plan on the ''Manuel'' of [[Jacques Charles Brunet|J.-Ch. Brunet]]<ref>''Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres''; 4<sup>e</sup> édition / dans laquelle les nouvelles recherches bibliographiques, pub. par l'auteur en 1834, pour y servir de supplément, sont refondues et mises à leur place ... le tout rédigé et mis en ordre par une société de bibliophiles belges. Bruxelles: Meline, Cans & comp</ref> in which knowledge is divided into five branches: Theology, Jurisprudence, Science and Arts, Belles Lettres, History; to which Alexander added six of his own as paralipomena: Genealogy, Archaeology, Biography, Literary History, Bibliography and Encyclopaedias; and finally a Museum.<ref>Defined as "those manuscripts and books which were «monuments not so much of thought and literature as of bibliography»"--Barker (1978); p. 225</ref> Features of the collection included reacquired stock from earlier Lindsay collections, manuscripts both eastern and western, and printed books, all chosen for their intellectual and cultural importance.<ref>Barker (1978) ''Bibliotheca Lindesiana''; chapter 8: the library report, pp. 195–230</ref>
The bulk of the library was kept at [[Haigh Hall]]<ref>Since April 1974 in Greater Manchester</ref> in Lancashire with a part at Balcarres. The Earl issued an extensive catalogue of the library in 1910: ''Catalogue of the Printed Books Preserved at Haigh Hall, Wigan'', 4 vols. folio, [[Aberdeen University Press]], printers. Companion volumes to the catalogue record the royal proclamations and [[philatelic literature]]. The cataloguing and organisation of the library was a major task for a team of librarians led by [[John Philip Edmond|J. P. Edmond]].<ref>Edmond (together with Robert Dickson) compiled ''Annals of Scottish Printing: from the introduction of the art in 1507 to the beginning of the seventeenth century''. Cambridge: Macmillan & Bowes, 1890</ref><ref>''Second International Library Conference. List of Manuscripts, Printed Books, and examples of Bookbinding exhibited to the American librarians on the occasion of their visit to Haigh Hall''; compiled by Edmond. 1897</ref> Two catalogues were issued privately in 1895 and 1898, of the Chinese books and manuscripts (by J. P. Edmond) and of the Oriental manuscripts, Arabic, Persian, Turkish (by Michael Kerney).<ref>Murgatroyd, T. (1942) "Index to the first twenty-five volumes of the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library"; Manchester University Press; p. 46</ref> The manuscript collections (including Chinese and Japanese printed books) were sold in 1901 to [[Enriqueta Augustina Rylands]] for the [[John Rylands Library]]. Other parts of the collections have since been donated to or deposited in national or university libraries, including the [[National Library of Scotland]]. In 1946 the deposited collections were distributed to the [[British Museum]], [[Cambridge University Library]], and the John Rylands Library.<ref>Guppy, Henry (1946) "The 'Bibliotheca Lindesiana', in: ''Bulletin of the John Rylands Library''; vol. 30, pp. 185–94</ref> Changes to these locations were made by later Earls of Crawford; apart from the Crawford family muniments those at the John Rylands Library were removed in 1988.
== Philately ==
Crawford's [[philatelic]] interests<ref>[http://www.ukphilately.org.uk/bpt/whowaswho/whowaswho-c.htm British Philatelic Trust, Rowland Hill, promotion of "the study, research and dissemination of knowledge" about philately – UK Philately, Stamps and stamp collecting plus much, much more GB] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011085958/http://www.ukphilately.org.uk/bpt/whowaswho/whowaswho-c.htm |date=11 October 2006 }}</ref> grew out of his work in extending the Lindsay family's library.<ref name="aps hall of fame">{{cite web |url=http://www.stamps.org/Almanac/alm_HallofFame_1941.htm#Lindsay |website=American Philatelic Society |title=APS Hall of Fame – 1941 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020623145257/http://stamps.org/almanac/alm_HallofFame_1941.htm#Tapling |archive-date=23 June 2002}}</ref> He purchased a large collection of philatelic literature formed by [[John K. Tiffany]]<ref name="aps hall of fame" /> of [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], the first president of the [[American Philatelic Society]]. Tiffany's was already the world's largest and most complete collection of philatelic literature. He added to this by purchases throughout Europe. He added a codicil to his will bequeathing his philatelic library to the British Museum, of which he was a Trustee.<ref>The Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society, April 1913, Volume 6, Issue 2, p.24.</ref>
Crawford formed notable collections of the stamps of the [[Italy|Italian States]], the United States and Great Britain. The [[Crawford Medal]] was established by the [[Royal Philatelic Society London]] in Crawford's honour for distinguished contributions to philately. It is awarded annually for "the most valuable and original contribution to the study and knowledge of philately published in book form during the two years preceding the award". The 26th Earl of Crawford by the time of his death in 1913 had amassed the greatest philatelic library of his time.<ref name="aps hall of fame" /> Crawford's name was included as one of the "Fathers of Philately" in 1921.
==Politics==
Crawford was elected as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] Member of Parliament for [[Wigan (UK Parliament constituency)|Wigan]] in 1874, and held the seat until his elevation to the peerage in 1880.
==Military==
Crawford had spent a short period as an [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]] in the [[Grenadier Guards]], and after he became MP for Wigan he was appointed one of two [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant-colonels]] of the [[4th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps]] with his brother-in-law Arthur Bootle-Wilbraham, a former Ensign in the [[Coldstream Guards]], as the other. On 10 October 1900 Crawford was appointed [[Colonel (United Kingdom)#Honorary Colonel|Honorary Colonel]] of the unit, now the [[1st Volunteer Battalion, Manchester Regiment]].<ref>''Army List'', various dates.</ref>
==Marriage and children==
On 22 July 1869, the Earl, who was then Lord Lindsay, married Emily Florence Bootle-Wilbraham (1848–1934), the daughter of [[Colonel]] [[The Honourable|the Hon]] Edward Bootle-Wilbraham (son of [[Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale]]) and his wife Emily Ramsbottom (daughter of James Ramsbottom, [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]], brewer and banker, of Clewer Lodge and Woodside, [[Windsor, Berkshire]])<ref>[http://paulfrecker.com/index.cfm?page=LibraryDetails&itemid=9518 "The Honourable Mrs Emily Bootle-Wilbraham (1814-1899)"], by Paul Frecker – Fine Photographs, London, ''paulfrecker.com''. Retrieved 28 January 2022.</ref><ref>Fisher, David R., [https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/ramsbottom-john-1778-1845 "Ramsbottom, John (1778-1845)"], The History of Parliament: the House of Commons (volumes: 1820-1832), ''[[Institute of Historical Research]]'', 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2022.</ref> and the sister of Ada Constance Bootle-Wilbraham, wife of Italian politician [[Onorato Caetani (1842–1917)|Onorato Caetani]], [[Duke of Sermoneta]] and Prince of Teano. Together, James and Emily were the parents of seven children:<ref name="EarlCrawford">{{cite web |title=Crawford, Earl of (S, 1398) |url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/crawford1398.htm |website=cracroftspeerage.co.uk |publisher=Heraldic Media Limited |access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref>
* Lady Evelyn Margaret Lindsay (8 May 1870 – 3 April 1944), married James Francis Mason, only son of James Mason of [[Eynsham Hall]], in 1895.<ref name="EarlCrawford"/>
* [[David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford|David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford]] (10 October 1871 – 8 March 1940), married Constance Lilian Pelly, second daughter and co-heiress of [[Sir Henry Pelly, 3rd Baronet]], [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]], and Lady Lilian Charteris (daughter of [[Francis Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss]]), in 1900.<ref name="EarlCrawford"/>
* [[The Honourable|Hon]] Walter Patrick Lindsay (13 February 1873 – 2 July 1936), married Ruth Henderson, eldest daughter of [[Isaac Henderson]], of Rome, Italy in 1902.<ref name="1902Wedding">{{cite news |title=What Is Doing in Society. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1902/12/27/archives/what-is-doing-in-society.html |access-date=15 July 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=27 December 1902}}</ref> They divorced in 1927.<ref name="EarlCrawford"/>
* [[Major (rank)|Major]] Hon Robert Hamilton Lindsay (30 March 1874 – 8 December 1911), served as ''[[aide-de-camp]]'' to the [[Viceroy of India]] and married Mary Janet Clarke, a daughter of Hon [[Sir William Clarke, 1st Baronet]] and Janet Marian Snodgrass (daughter of Hon [[Peter Snodgrass]]) in 1903.<ref name="EarlCrawford"/>
* [[The Reverend]] Hon Edward Reginald Lindsay (15 March 1876 – 17 June 1951), a barrister and later [[Curate]] of [[St Matthew's, Bethnal Green]], died unmarried.<ref name="EarlCrawford"/>
* [[The Right Honourable|Rt Hon]] [[Ronald Lindsay|Sir Ronald Charles Lindsay]] (3 May 1877 – 21 August 1945), a diplomat who married Martha Cameron, daughter of American [[U.S. Senator|Senator]] [[J. Donald Cameron]].<ref name="EarlCrawford"/>
* Hon Lionel Lindsay (20 July 1879 – 18 August 1965), married his first cousin, Kathleen Yone Kennedy, daughter of [[John Gordon Kennedy|Sir John Gordon Kennedy]] and Evelyn Adela Bootle-Wilbraham.<ref name="EarlCrawford"/>
Lord Crawford died on 31 January 1913. His widow, Emily, Dowager Countess of Crawford, died on 15 January 1934.<ref name="EarlCrawford"/>
Through his eldest son, the 27th Earl, he was a grandfather of eight, two sons and six daughters, including [[David Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford]], Hon. [[James Lindsay (North Devon MP)|James Lindsay]] ([[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for [[North Devon (UK Parliament constituency)|Devon North]]), Lady Mary Lilian Lindsay (wife of [[Lord Chancellor]] [[Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne]], whose daughter is [[Eliza Manningham-Buller|Baroness Manningham-Buller]]), and Lady Katharine Constance Lindsay (wife of [[Sir Godfrey Nicholson, 1st Baronet]], and mother of [[Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne|Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne]]).<ref name="EarlCrawford"/>
Through his son Robert, he was a grandfather of Australian politician [[Robert Lindsay (Australian politician)|Robert Lindsay]].
==Other positions and honours==
Lindsay received the degree of [[Legum Doctor|LL.D.]] from the [[University of Edinburgh]] in 1882, and in the following year was nominated honorary associate of the [[Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences]]. He became a trustee of the British Museum and acted for a term as president of the [[Library Association]].<ref name="EB1911"/>
He had a strong connection to [[Wigan]], where he was chairman of the Free Library Authority and head of the Wigan Coal Company. In January 1900 he received the [[Freedom of the City|Freedom of the borough]] of Wigan.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court Circular |date=4 January 1900 |page=6 |issue=36030}}</ref>
Crawford was a member of the Council of the [[Zoological Society of London]] from 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Zoological Society of London |date=30 April 1902 |page=6 |issue=36755}}</ref>
==Notes==
{{reflist|group=Note}}
==References==
{{reflist|30em}}
==Further reading==
* 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
* ''Catalogue of the Crawford Library of Philatelic Literature at the British Library'' (1991).
* Edmond, J. P. "Suggestions for the description of books printed between 1501 and 1640"; by John Philip Edmond, Librarian to the Earl of Crawford. ''Library Association Record''; [1902?]
*Nicoll, M. J. (Michael John), 1880–1925 [https://archive.org/details/threevoyagesofnatu00nico ''Three Voyages of a Naturalist: being an account of many little- known islands in three oceans visited by the "Valhalla," R.Y.S.''; with an introduction by the Earl of Crawford]
== External links ==
* {{Hansard-contribs | lord-lindsay | the Earl of Crawford }}
* Information on the Crawford Collection at [http://www.roe.ac.uk/roe/library/crawford/ "Royal Observatory Website"]. Retrieved 8 January 2005.
* [http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/lindsayjamesludovic/ "Inventory of the James Ludovic Lindsay collection of French manuscripts, 1767–1863"], Rubenstein Library, Duke University.
*[http://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/page/crawford Crawford Collection]; English Broadside Ballad Archive, University of California Santa Barbara
{{s-start}}
{{s-par|uk}}
{{succession box
| title  = Member of Parliament for [[Wigan (UK Parliament constituency)|Wigan]]
| years  = 1874–1881
| with   = [[Thomas Knowles]]
| before = [[John Lancaster (MP)|John Lancaster]]<br />[[Henry Woods (MP)|Henry Woods]]
| after  = [[Francis Sharp Powell]]<br />[[Thomas Knowles]]
}}
{{s-npo|pro}}
{{s-bef|before= [[Wilbraham Egerton, 1st Earl Egerton|Wilbraham, 2nd Lord Egerton of Tatton]] }}
{{s-ttl|title=President of the [[Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society]] |years=1886–89}}
{{s-aft|after= [[William Cunliffe Brooks]] }}
{{s-bef|before= [[George V|The King George V]] }}
{{s-ttl|title=President of the [[List of presidents of the Royal Philatelic Society London|Royal Philatelic Society London]] |years=1910–13}}
{{s-aft|after= [[M. P. Castle]] }}
{{s-reg|sct}}
{{succession box | title=[[Earl of Crawford]]<br />[[Earl of Balcarres]] | before=[[Alexander William Crawford Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford|Alexander William Crawford Lindsay]] | after=[[David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford|David Lindsay]] | years=1880–1913}}
{{s-end}}
{{Lindsay family tree}}
{{portal bar|United Kingdom|Biography|History}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, James Lindsay, 26th Earl Of}}
[[Category:1847 births|Crawford, James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford]]
[[Category:1913 deaths|Crawford, James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford]]
[[Category:People from Saint-Germain-en-Laye]]
[[Category:Nobility from Aberdeenshire]]
[[Category:Earls of Crawford|26]]
[[Category:Earls of Balcarres]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society|Crawford, James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford]]
[[Category:UK MPs 1874–1880|Lindsay, James Ludovic]]
[[Category:UK MPs 1880–1885|Lindsay, James Ludovic]]
[[Category:UK MPs who inherited peerages|Crawford, E26]]
[[Category:British philatelists|Lindsay, James Ludovic, 26th Earl of Crawford]]
[[Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies]]
[[Category:British book and manuscript collectors]]
[[Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Wigan]]
[[Category:Freemasons of the United Grand Lodge of England]]
[[Category:Trustees of the British Museum]]
[[Category:Clan Lindsay|James]]
[[Category:Fathers of philately]]
[[Category:Presidents of the Royal Astronomical Society]]
[[Category:Presidents of the Royal Philatelic Society London]]
[[Category:American Philatelic Society]]
[[Category:British Freemasons]]
[[Category:Members of Isaac Newton University Lodge]]
[[Category:Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh]]