CRAUFURD, QUINTIN British author, was born at Kilwinning and entered the service of the East India Company. Returning to Europe before the age of 4o, he settled in Paris, where he formed a good library and collection of paintings, coins, and other objects of antiquarian interest. Crau furd was on intimate terms with the French court, especially with Marie Antoinette, and was one of those who arranged the flight to Varennes. He escaped to Brussels, but in 1792 he re turned to Paris in the hope of rescuing the royal prisoners. He lived among the French émigrés until the peace of Amiens made it possible to return to Paris. Through Talleyrand's influence he was able to remain in Paris after the war was renewed, and he died there on Nov. 23 1819.