| AdminHistory | David Alexander Robert Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres, KT, GBE (20 Nov 1900-13 Dec 1975), known as Lord Balniel from 1913-1940, was a British Unionist politician.
Lindsay was the eldest son of the 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres and his wife, Constance. He was educated at Eton, graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford in 1922 and entered Parliament as MP for Lonsdale two years later. He held his seat until he succeeded to his father's titles in 1940 and was also Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in 1924 and to the Ministry of Health from 1931-40.
In 1951, Lord Crawford was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire for his services to the Arts, having been a trustee of the Tate Gallery from 1932-1937, the National Gallery from 1935-1941, 1945-1952 and 1953-1960, the British Museum from 1940-1973 and a member of the Standing Commission of Museums and Galleries from 1937-1952, Chairman of the Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland from 1952-1972, the Royal Fine Arts Commission from 1943-1957 and the Trustees of the National Library of Scotland in 1944. He was further awarded the Thistle in 1955 for his time spent as Rector of the University of St Andrews from 1952-1955. |