David Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford

Who was David Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford?

David Alexander Robert Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres, KT, GBE, DL, known as Lord Balniel from 1913 to 1940, was a British Unionist politician.

Lindsay was the eldest son of the 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres and his wife, Constance. He was educated at Eton, graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford in 1922 and entered the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Lonsdale two years later, at the 1924 general election. He held his seat until he succeeded to his father's titles in May 1940 and was also Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in 1924 and to the Ministry of Health from 1931-40.