James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford

He was subsequently commissioned into the British Army and attained the rank of major in the 20th Light Dragoons until he left in 1804.

[1] After the Slave Compensation Act 1837 was passed, he successfully claimed one third of the compensation given out by the British government for the Army's practise of hiring slaves in Jamaica as temporary labourers from the partnership Atkinson & Hozier.

The Army contract had been negotiated by his father when he had served as the governor of Jamaica.

[2] He designed Haigh Hall in Haigh, Greater Manchester, to replace the then-existing hall which dated back to Norman times and lived in a cottage in the grounds whilst it was constructed between 1830 and 1849.

After his death on 23 December 1869 he was buried at All Saints' Church, Wigan, Lancashire, and succeeded by his eldest son, Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford.