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The most notable Barons of
Cartsburn are Thomas Crawfurd of Cartsburn, 4th Baron of Cartsburn, Thomas Macknight Crawfurd of Cartsburn and Lauriston Castle, 8th Baron of Cartsburn, and Mark Lindley-Highfield of Ballumbie Castle, 14th Baron of Cartsburn. The current Baron is the 15th Baron of
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Excerpts from the Baron Court Book of
Cartsburn have been published, rendering it one of the few Baronies with comprehensive evidence for research into the social history of the area. George Crawfurd, the compiler of the notable and esteemed work
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The purpose of this website is only to inform about the historical events, traditions and the cultural message of the ancient Barony of
Cartsburn, so it cannot be lost, bringing further benefit to its territory.
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Alan Howard
Crawfurd Colls, 13th Baron of Cartsburn (1958–2008) (as senior heir and joint holder with his brother Richard Andrew Colls, for both of whom the Barony was held in trust 1958–1974)
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Cartsburn: being a History of the Estate from the Year 1669, downwards, with nothices of the families of Kilbirnie, Jordanhill and Cartsburn and Excerpts from the Baron Court Book of Cartsburn
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Memoirs of Sir Ewen
Cameron of Locheill, chief of the Clan Cameron: with an introductory account of the history and antiquities of that family and of the neighbouring clans
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was created for Thomas
Crawfurd of Cartsburn in 1669, when the lands of Cartsburn in the Parish of Easter Greenock in the Shire of Renfrew were erected
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Marion
Woddrop Dennistoun Mitchell Crawfurd of Cartsburn, 9th Baroness of Cartsburn (1909–1912) (married James Dennistoun Mitchell of Carwood)
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Crawfurd of Cartsburn in 1669, when the lands of Cartsburn in the Parish of Easter Greenock in the Shire of Renfrew were erected
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Robert Arthur
Christie Crawfurd of Cartsburn, 11th Baron of Cartsburn (1912–1935) (with liferent to Lilian Parkinson or Macknight Crawfurd)
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was invited to stay at the estate at the invitation of the 4th Baron, Thomas Crawfurd of Cartsburn. He later mentioned the Baron in his work.
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Amy Christie Crawfurd of Cartsburn, 12th Baroness of Cartsburn (1935–1958) (held in trust for her sons by her husband, 1958–1974)
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criticising the Students' Association's "ill-advised move". Lindley-Highfield received the title in 2008 before assigning it on in 2010.
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Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain: together with members of the titled and non-titled contemporary establishment
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Christian Crawfurd of Crawfurdsburn, 6th Baroness of Cartsburn (1796–1818) (married Thomas Macknight of Ratho)
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In 2010 the dignity 'Baron of Cartsburn' was disponed by assignation to Dr. Pier Felice degli Uberti.
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Thomas Macknight Crawfurd of Cartsburn and Lauriston Castle, 8th Baron of Cartsburn (1856–1909)
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Thomas Crawfurd of Cartsburn, 2nd Baron of Cartsburn (1695–1743)
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Macknight, J.; Drummond, J. (1842). Macknight, J. (ed.).
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Thomas Crawfurd of Cartsburn, 4th Baron of Cartsburn
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