David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres
(1871-1940), Politician, Lord Privy Seal and art connoisseur; Trustee of the National Portrait GallerySitter in 25 portraits
Elected as an MP in 1895, and entered the House of Lords in 1913. After the war, responsible for bringing bread supplies back to normal. He was promoted to the Cabinet in 1922, but the coalition government collapsed later that year, and he resigned from politics. Crawford embarked on a second career in the arts, becoming a trustee of the British Museum and chairman of the Royal Fine Arts Commission. He was chairman of the National Art Collections Fund, set up to prevent America buying up Britain's treasures. He produced a study of Donatello (1903) and The Evolution of Italian Sculpture (1909). His political diaries, published in 1984, give an important account of pre-1914 Tory politics.
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres
by William Rothenstein
chalk, circa 1938
NPG 4771
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres
by Sir James Gunn
oil on canvas, 1939
NPG 3088
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, July 1897
NPG x8279
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1899
NPG x31772
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1899
NPG x31773
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1899
NPG x31774
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1899
NPG x31775
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres
by George Charles Beresford
vintage print, 1903
NPG x7009
'The Unionist "Whips" of 1904'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 1904
NPG x135127
'The Seven Unionist Whips of 1904'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 1904
NPG x135128
'The Unionist "Whips" for 1904'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 1904
NPG x135129
'The Seven Unionist Whips 1904'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 1904
NPG x135130
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1921
NPG x166804
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 22 June 1899
NPG D44966
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres
by Unknown artist
pen and ink, early 20th century
NPG D9699
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres
by Fred May
brush and ink with white heightening, 1936
NPG D4052
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres
by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, 1903
NPG x6477
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres
by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, 1903
NPG x6478
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres
by James Russell & Sons
platinum print, 1921
NPG x7010
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass copy negative, July 1944 (1921)
NPG x169631
Related People
- Lady (Cynthia) Anne Arnander (née Lindsay, later Lady Fummi) (daughter)
- David Robert Alexander Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres (son)
- Robert Alexander Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres (grandson)
- Elizabeth Gilroy (née Hurst) (granddaughter)
- Barbara Hurst (née Lindsay) (daughter)
- Robert Andrew Hurst (grandson)
- Lady Margaret Cynthia Illingworth (née Lindsay) (daughter)
- Hon. James Louis Lindsay (son)
- Mary Lilian Manningham-Buller (née Lindsay) (daughter)
- Katharine Constance Nicholson (née Lindsay) (daughter)
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