Sir John Crawfurd, 1st Baronet

Sir John Crawfurd, 1st Baronet, of Kilbirnie (c. 1619 – 1662) was a Scottish landowner and politician.

[3] Crawfurd was knighted by King Charles I, and took part in the Civil Wars as Commander of the Royalist Regiment of Foot.

[3] He was created 1st Baronet Crawfurd, of Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 14 May 1628 (though some sources say 1642),[4] with, presumably, remainder to heirs male whatsoever, but the creation is not in the Great Seal Register or in the Registrum Preceptorum Cartarum pro Baronettis Novæ Scotiæ, neither is there record of any grant or seizin of lands in Nova Scotia.

The representation of the family passed to Cornelius Craufurd of Jordanhill, as heir-male; while his estate, including Kilbirnie Castle, was settled on his youngest daughter, Margaret, according to his last will was dated 31 July 1662.

His baronetcy remained dormant for over 100 hundred years, before being assumed in 1765 by a distant cousin, Sir Hew Crawfurd of Jordanhill.