David Alexander Robert Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres,, known as Lord Balniel from 1913 to 1940, was a British Unionist politician.
Balcarres House
The lord rector of the University of St Andrews is an elected position, usually also the president of the University Court of the University of St Andrews; the University Court is the supreme governin
David Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford
…he was elected an International Member of the American Philosophical Society. He was awarded the Order of the Thistle in 1955 for his time spent as Rector of the University of St Andrews from 1952 to 1955. From 1945 to 1965 he was chairman of the National Trust. From 1963 until his death, he also acted as Premier Earl of Scotland…
John Stuart Mill, former rector and Member of Parliament
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