Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford

The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres
Born Robert Alexander Lindsay
(1927-03-05) 5 March 1927
Nationality  United Kingdom
Residence Balcarres House, Fife
Spouse(s) Ruth, Lady Crawford & Balcarres (née Meyer-Bechtler)
Parents David, Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, KT, GBE, DL;
Mary, Countess of Crawford and Balcarres, 3rd dau of Lord Richard Cavendish, CB, CMG and Lady Moyra (née Beauclerk)
Occupation Member of the House of Lords
The Star of the Thistle

Robert Alexander Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford and 12th Earl of Balcarres, KT, GCVO, PC, DL (born 5 March 1927), styled Lord Balniel between 1940 and 1975, is a Scottish hereditary peer and Conservative politician. The elder son of the 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres, he succeeded to the family titles in 1975. Lord Crawford and Balcarres is Premier Earl of Scotland and Chief of Clan Lindsay. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1]

Appointments

Crawford was appointed First Crown Estate Commissioner from 1980-85.[2] He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in the Special Honours List published after The Queen Mother's death.[3]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

GCVO insignia

Titles and styles

  • Master of Lindsay (1927–1940)
  • Lord Balniel (1940–1972)
  • Lord Balniel MP (1955–1972)
  • The Rt Hon Lord Balniel MP (1972–1974)
  • The Rt Hon Lord Balniel (1974–1975)
  • The Rt Hon The Lord Balniel, PC (January 1975 – December 1975)
  • The Rt Hon The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, PC (1975–1996)
  • The Rt Hon The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, KT, PC (1996–2002)
  • The Rt Hon The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, KT, GCVO, PC (2002– )

Honours

Ancestry

The seize quartiers of Lord Crawford and Balcarres, KT.[5]

Arms

See also

References

  1. ↑ CRAWFORD, 29th Earl of, cr. 1398, AND BALCARRES, 12th Earl of, cr. 1651 (Robert Alexander Lindsay). ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Home Office -- London Gazette
  3. ↑ London Gazette, 5 August 2002, Supplement #1
  4. ↑ Privy Council of the United Kingdom website, leighrayment.com; accessed 2 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Mosley, Charles (ed.) (2003). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th edn. London: Burke's Peerage & Gentry Ltd. p. 950 (CRAWFORD and BALCARRES, E). ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Derek Walker-Smith		 Member of Parliament
for Hertford
1955–February 1974		 Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament
for Welwyn and Hatfield
February 1974–October 1974		 Succeeded by
Helene Hayman
Court offices
Preceded by
The Earl of Dalhousie		 Lord Chamberlain
to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
1992–2002		 End of office
Death of HM Queen Elizabeth,
The Queen Mother
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
David Alexander Lindsay
Earl of Crawford
1975—present		 Incumbent

Earl of Balcarres
1975—present
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation
Baron Balniel
1975–present		 Life Peerage
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