ine ▁Const ance ▁L inds ay ▁married ▁Sir ▁God f rey ▁Nich ol son , ▁ 1 st ▁Baron et , ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁mother ▁of ▁Baron ess ▁Nich ol son ▁of ▁Winter bourne . ▁ ▁The ▁Earl ▁said ▁of ▁himself ▁that ▁" he ▁was ▁public ly ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁premier ▁Sc ots ▁ear l , ▁whereas ▁in ▁reality ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁Lanc ash ire ▁coal ▁merchant ". ▁On ▁one ▁occasion ▁he ▁invited ▁the ▁other ▁govern ors ▁of ▁the ▁John ▁Ry lands ▁Library ▁to ▁view ▁an ▁exhibition ▁of ▁the ▁tre asures ▁of ▁his ▁library ▁and ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁other ▁profess ors ▁of ▁the ▁Victoria ▁University ▁of ▁Manchester ▁were ▁also ▁present . ▁Among ▁these ▁was ▁the ▁professor ▁of ▁commerce , ▁George ▁William ▁Daniel s , ▁who ▁paid ▁the ▁ear l ▁and ▁count ess ▁the ▁following ▁compl iment , ▁" You ▁know , ▁it ' s ▁worth ▁five ▁centuries ▁of ▁bre eding ▁to ▁bre ed ▁two ▁like ▁those ". ▁ ▁Lord ▁C raw ford ▁died ▁in ▁March ▁ 1 9 4 0 , ▁aged ▁ 6 8 , ▁and ▁was ▁succeeded ▁in ▁his ▁titles ▁by ▁his ▁el dest ▁son ▁David , ▁Lord ▁Bal n iel . ▁The ▁Count ess ▁of ▁C raw ford ▁died ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 9 4 7 . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Further ▁reading ▁L inds ay , ▁David ▁( 1 9 8 4 ) ▁The ▁C raw ford ▁Pap ers : ▁the ▁journ als ▁of ▁David ▁L inds ay , ▁ 2 7 th ▁Earl ▁of ▁C raw ford ▁and ▁