David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford

The Right Honourable The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres KT PC DL FRS FSA
Minister of Transport
In office 12 April 1922 – 19 October 1922
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	The Viscount Peel
Succeeded by	Sir John Baird, Bt
First Commissioner of Works
In office 1 April 1921 – 19 October 1922
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	Sir Alfred Mond, Bt
Succeeded by	Sir John Baird, Bt
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office 10 January 1919 – 1 April 1921
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	The Lord Downham
Succeeded by	The Viscount Peel
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office 15 December 1916 – 10 January 1919
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	The Earl Curzon of Kedleston
Succeeded by	Bonar Law
President of the Board of Agriculture
In office 11 July 1916 – 5 December 1916
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	H. H. Asquith
Preceded by	The Earl of Selborne
Succeeded by	Rowland Prothero
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office 11 October 1903 – 4 December 1905
Monarch	Edward VII
Prime Minister	Arthur Balfour
Preceded by	Henry Torrens Anstruther
Succeeded by	Herbert Lewis
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 1 February 1913 – 8 March 1940 Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	The 26th Earl of Crawford
Succeeded by	The 28th Earl of Crawford
Member of Parliament for Chorley
In office 7 June 1895 – 31 January 1913
Preceded by	Joseph Feilden
Succeeded by	Henry Hibbert
Personal details
Born	(1871-10-10)10 October 1871 Dunecht, Aberdeenshire
Died	8 March 1940(1940-03-08) (aged 68)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Constance Pelly (d. 1947)
Children	8
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Battles/wars	World War I Western Front

David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres, KT, PC, DL, FRS, FSA^[1] (10 October 1871 – 8 March 1940), styled Lord Balcarres or Lord Balniel between 1880 and 1913, was a British Conservative politician and art connoisseur.