Crawford, Lawrence

Dates	c.1644-45
Location	York, Ayelsbury, Hereford
Vocation	Army officer
Place of Birth	Jordanhill, near Glasgow
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Place of birth		Source	Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Entered the foreign service in Denmark and Sweden (1626-37). From 1641 was employed by the English parliament, serving in Ireland. Appointed third in command of the army of the eastern association with the rank of sergeant-major-general and the command of his own regiment of foot (1644). Fought at the siege of York and at the battle of Marston Moor. Earl of Manchester then sent Crawford south to Sheffield, Staveley, Bolsover, and Welbeck. With the new modeling of the parliamentarian armies, Crawford and other Scots commanders resigned their commissions in the New Model Army. Remained in English service as governor of Ayelsbury. Killed at the battle of Hereford by a stray bullet (1645). Buried at Gloucester Cathedral.