Robert Lindsay, 29t Earl o Crawford
Robert Alexander Lindsay, 29th Earl o Crawford, 12t Earl o Balcarres, Baron Balniel, KT GCVO PC DL (5i Mairch 1927 – 18i Mairch 2023),[2] kent by courtesy as Lord Balniel atween 1940 an 1975, wis a Scots hereditar peer an Conservative politìcian wha wis a memmer o the Breitish Pairlament frae 1955 til 1974. Lord Crawford an Balcarres wis chief o Clan Lindsay an forby ackit, frae 1975 til 2019, as Premier Earl o Scotland.
The Earl o Crawford and Balcarres | |
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| Minister o State for Foreign an Commonweal Affairs | |
| In office 5 November 1972 – 4 March 1974 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Meenister | Edward Heath |
| Precedit bi | Joseph Godber |
| Succeedit bi | David Ennals |
| Minister o State fur Defence | |
| In office 23t June 1970 – 5 November 1972 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Meenister | Edward Heath |
| Precedit bi | Office established |
| Succeedit bi | Ian Gilmour |
| Memmer o the House of Lords | |
| Hereditar peerage 13 December 1975 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Precedit bi | The 28th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres |
| Succeedit bi | Seat abolished |
| Life peerage 24 January 1975 – 28 November 2019[1] | |
| Member o the United Kingdom Pairlament for Welwyn Hatfield | |
| In office 28 February 1974 – 20 September 1974 | |
| Precedit bi | Constituency established |
| Succeedit bi | Helene Hayman |
| Member o Pairlament for Hertford | |
| In office 26 May 1955 – 8 February 1974 | |
| Precedit bi | Sir Derek Walker-Smith |
| Succeedit bi | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Alexander Lindsay 5 Mairch 1927 |
| Dee'd | 18 Mairch 2023 (aged 96) Balcarres Hoose, Fife, Scotland |
| Naitionality | British |
| Poleetical pairty | Conservative |
| Spoose(s) | Ruth Meyer-Bechtler (m. 1949; d. 2021) |
| Bairns | 4 |
| Faither | David Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford |
| Eddication | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Efter the October 1974 general election, he wis made a life peer an jyned the Houoe o Lairds. Follaein the daith o Laird Eden o Winton on 23 May 2020, Lindsay becam the survivin umwhile MP wi the airliest date o first election, haein first entert the Pairlament at the 1955 general election.[2]
Lord Crawford deed at Balcarres Hoose on the 18t Mairch 2023, eildit 96.[3] His titles wis seen ower tae his eldest son, Anthony.[2]
Honours
eedit- Knicht o the Thistle, 1996[4]
- Knicht Grand Cross o the Royal Victorian Order, 2002[5]
- Privy Counsellor, 4 February 1972
- Deputy lieutenant o Fife, 23 July 1976[6]
See forby
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ Retiret unner Section 1 o the Hoose o Lords Reform Ack 2014.
- ↑ a b c "Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, Tory defence minister and last survivor of 1955 Commons intake – obituary". The Telegraph. 19 Mairch 2023. Retrieved 19 Mairch 2023 – via Yahoo News. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "obit" defined multiple times wi different content - ↑ "The passing of Lord Crawford". The Clan Lindsay Society. 18 Mairch 2023. Retrieved 19 Mairch 2023.
- ↑ "No. 54597". The London Gazette. 3 December 1996. p. 15995.
- ↑ "No. 56653". The London Gazette. 5 August 2002.
- ↑ "No. 46980". The London Gazette. 3 August 1976. p. 10612.
External links
eedit- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Crawford
- Portraits o Robert Lindsay, 29t Earl o Crawford at the National Portrait Gallery, Lunnon
