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 Balcarres
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1921
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David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1921
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David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1921
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David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1921
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David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1921
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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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