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Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford

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Political party
  
Conservative

Coronation date
  
1975

Resigned
  
1974

Party
  
Conservative Party

Name
  
Robert 29th


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Born
  
5 March 1927 (age 97) (
1927-03-05
)

Alma mater
  
Trinity College, Cambridge

Parents
  
David Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford

Education
  
Eton College, Trinity College, Cambridge

Robert Alexander Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford and 12th Earl of Balcarres, (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.

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Appointments

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

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– )
  • Chief of Clan Lindsay (1975– )

    • Honours

  • Knight of the Thistle, 1996
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 2002
  • Privy Counsellor, 4 February 1972

    • Ancestry

    The seize quartiers of Lord Crawford and Balcarres, KT.

    References

    Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford Wikipedia
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