Crawford And Balcarres - Encyclopedia

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"CRAWFORD AND BALCARRES, 26TH Earl Of (1847-1913), British astronomer and orientalist (see 7.385), died in London Jan. 31 1913. He was succeeded as 27th earl by his son David Alexander Edward Lindsay (b. 1871), well known under his former title of Lord Balcarres as an art critic and connoisseur. He was appointed a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, and has published Donatello (1903), and The Evolution of Italian Sculpture (1910). In 1916 he was included in Mr. Lloyd George's Cabinet as President of the Board of Agriculture and in 1921 became Lord President of the Council.