The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres | |
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Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
In office 5 November 1972 – 4 March 1974 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
Preceded by | Joseph Godber |
Succeeded by | David Ennals |
Minister of State for Defence | |
In office 23 June 1970 – 5 November 1972 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Ian Gilmour |
Member of the House of Lords | |
Hereditary peerage 13 December 1975 – 11 November 1999 | |
Preceded by | The 28th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
Life peerage 24 January 1975 – 28 November 2019[1] | |
Member of Parliament for Welwyn Hatfield | |
In office 28 February 1974 – 20 September 1974 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Helene Hayman |
Member of Parliament for Hertford | |
In office 26 May 1955 – 8 February 1974 | |
Preceded by | Sir Derek Walker-Smith |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Alexander Lindsay 5 March 1927 |
Died | 18 March 2023 Balcarres House, Fife, Scotland | (aged 96)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
Ruth Meyer-Bechtler
(m. 1949; died 2021) |
Children | 4 |
Parent |
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Education | Eton College |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Robert Alexander Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford, 12th Earl of Balcarres,[2] Baron Balniel,[3] KT, GCVO, PC, DL (5 March 1927 – 18 March 2023),[4] known by courtesy as Lord Balniel between 1940 and 1975, was a Scottish hereditary peer and Conservative politician who was a member of Parliament from 1955 to 1974. Lord Crawford and Balcarres was chief of Clan Lindsay and also acted, from 1975 to 2019, as Premier Earl of Scotland.[5]
After the October 1974 general election, Lindsay was made a life peer and joined the House of Lords. Following the death of Lord Eden of Winton on 23 May 2020, Lindsay became the surviving former MP with the earliest date of first election, having first entered Parliament at the 1955 general election.[4]