![]() ![]() He gained the rank of Brigadier-General in 1744 and Major-General in 1745. He was then Colonel of the 2nd Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards (1740–1743) and Colonel of the 4th Troop of Horse Guards ('Scottish Horse Guards') (1743–1746), fighting at the Battle of Dettingen on 16 June 1743. ![]() However, after partial recovery and against advice, he travelled back to Vienna, and onward to Britain, where he took command of the Black Watch (1739–1740). In the summer of 1739, during the Battle of Grocka (part of Siege of Belgrade), he was badly wounded by a bullet to his thigh and was almost abandoned for dead on the battlefield. The Earl of Crawford was commissioned into the 3rd Foot Guards in 1726, but later served in the Austrian and Russian armies. He was educated at University of Glasgow and the Vaudeuil Military Academy, Paris. Lindsay was the son of Lieutenant-General John Lindsay, 19th Earl of Crawford and Emilia Stuart and inherited his titles on the death of his father in 1714. Lieutenant-General John Lindsay, 20th Earl of Crawford (4 October 1702 – 25 December 1749) was a Scottish peer and the first colonel of the Black Watch on its formation in 1739. The vault of John Lindsay (often called Lady Boyd's House) Ceres Churchyard ![]()
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