Robert Alexander Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford, 12th Earl of Balcarres,[b] Baron Balniel,[c] KT, GCVO, PC, DL (5 March 1927 – 18 March 2023),[1] 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.

He was chief of Clan Lindsay and also acted, from 1975 to 2019, as Premier Earl of Scotland.

[d] After the October 1974 general election, Lindsay was made a life peer and joined the House of Lords.

He was honorary attaché at the British Embassy in Paris from 1950 to 1951 and then worked for the Conservative Research Department.

They had four children:[9] Lord Crawford died at Balcarres House on 18 March 2023, at age 96.