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Robert Lindsay (Dundalk MP)
Robert Lindsay may refer to: Politics and law * Robert Lindsay (Tyrone MP) (1679–1743), Irish barrister, politician and judge * Robert Lindsay (North Carolina politician) (c. 1735–1801), American politician, North Carolina General Assembly * Robert Lindsay (colonial official) (1754–1836), Scottish colonial official * Robert B. Lindsay (1824–1902), Scottish-American politician, governor of Alabama * Robert Lindsay (New York politician) (1895/96–1972), American politician from Staten Island * Robert Lindsay (Australian politician) (1905–2000), Australian politician * Robert D. Lindsay (1919–1999), Canadian politician * Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford (1927–2023), Scottish politician Sports * Frog Lindsay (Robert Alexander Lindsay, 1885–1964), American baseball player * Robert Lindsay-Watson (1886–1956), Scottish rugby union player * Robert Lindsay (athlete) (1890–1958), British Olympic track and field athlete Others * Robert de Lindsay (fl. 1100s), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lindsay (Tyrone MP)
Robert Lindsay (1679-1743) was an Irish barrister, politician and judge in eighteenth-century Ireland. He is best remembered for his close friendship with Jonathan Swift, whom he advised on the legal aspects of the '' Drapier Letters''.Bergin He was born at Loughry, County Tyrone, elder son of Robert Lindsay and Anne Morris, daughter of John Morris of Bellville.Ball pp.203-4 His father died in 1691 and he inherited the family estate. He went to school in Drogheda and graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 1700. He entered the Inner Temple in 1703 and was called to the Irish Bar in 1709. A warm friendship existed between Lindsay and Dean Swift, despite Swift's generally low opinion of lawyers and judges. Lindsay advised Swift on some legal points concerning the ''Drapier Letters'', and Swift was probably responsible for Lindsay's appointment as Proctor's counsel and later Seneschal (legal adviser) of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. While Swift in old age quarrelled with many of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lindsay (athlete)
Robert Alexander Lindsay (18 April 1890 – 21 October 1958) was a British sprinter who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He reached the quarterfinals of 400 m and ran the second leg in the British 4 × 400 m relay team, which won the gold medal. Next year he won the British AAA title, beating the Olympic champion Bevil Rudd Bevil Gordon D'Urban Rudd (5 October 1894 – 2 February 1948) was a South African athlete, the 1920 Olympic Champion in the 400 metres. Biography Rudd was born in Kimberley. He was the son of Henry Percy Rudd and Mable Mina Blyth; pa .... References 1890 births 1958 deaths Sportspeople from the London Borough of Wandsworth Athletes from London English male sprinters British male sprinters Olympic male sprinters Olympic athletes for Great Britain Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics English Olympic medallists Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lindsey (other)
Robert Lindsey may refer to: *Robert Lisle Lindsey (1917–1995), Israeli New Testament scholar *Robert Lindsey (journalist) (born 1935), author of the book ''The Falcon and the Snowman'' See also *Robert Lindsay (other) Robert Lindsay may refer to: Politics and law * Robert Lindsay (Tyrone MP) (1679–1743), Irish barrister, politician and judge * Robert Lindsay (North Carolina politician) (c. 1735–1801), American politician, North Carolina General Assembly * ... * Robert Linzee (1739–1804), officer of the Royal Navy {{hndis, Lindsey, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lindsay (actor)
Robert Lindsay Stevenson (born 13 December 1949) is an English actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a British Academy Television Award, a Tony Award and two Laurence Olivier Awards. His first major role on TV was playing Wolfie Smith in ''Citizen Smith''. He appeared in sitcoms, most notably as Ben Harper in ''My Family'', playing the role for over a decade, and narrated TV adaptations of the children's television series ''Brambly Hedge''. His film appearances include ''Fierce Creatures'' and ''Wimbledon''. He has appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company and in musical theatre. Early life Lindsay was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, to Joyce (''née'' Dunmore) and Norman Stevenson, who worked at the local Stanton Ironworks. He was one of three children and his father was a World War II veteran, having been on a minesweeper. After leaving Gladstone Boys' School, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bruce Lindsay
Robert Bruce Lindsay (1 January 1900 – 2 March 1985) was an American physicist and physics professor, known for his prolific authorship of physics books in acoustics, and historical and philosophical analyses of physics. Biography R(obert) Bruce Lindsay's January 1, 1900 birth date hailed a new century. At the age of 20, he received both a BA and an MS in physics from Brown University. Before receiving his Ph.D. for atomic models of alkali metals from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1924, he spent the 1922–23 academic year as a Fellow of The American-Scandinavian Foundation at the University of Copenhagen under Niels Bohr and Hans Kramers. Lindsay and his wife Rachel translated Kramers’ book, ''The Atom and the Bohr Theory of its Structure'', in 1923, receiving approximately $125, on which they toured Europe. Lindsay went to Yale University in 1923 as instructor in physics, and was promoted to assistant professor in 1927. He returned to Brown in 1930 as assoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Opie Lindsay
Lieutenant (later Colonel) Robert Opie Lindsay (25 December 1894 - 1 August 1952) was an American World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories in the closing days of the war. He returned to duty during World War II; at one point he commanded Fort Sill, Oklahoma.The Aerodrome websitwww.theaerodrome.com Retrieved 11 January 2018./ref> Biography Early life He was born on 25 December 1894. He attended North Carolina State University and majored in textiles. Service in World War I Lindsay joined the U.S. Signal Corps in 1917. After training in the U.S. and France, he was shipped off to the 139th Aero Squadron. He was slightly wounded on the first day of the Battle of Saint-Mihiel, but recovered to help shoot down two Pfalz D.IIIs on 18 September 1918. He would score four more victories in the remaining weeks of the war, and be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. His citation tells the tale: "The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert Opie Lindsay, Firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Henry Lindsay
Robert Henry Lindsay (April 23, 1868 – March 19, 1938) was a Canadian painter. Personal life Lindsay was born at Prescott, Ontario on April 23, 1868. His father, George Lindsay, relocated his family to Brockville, Ontario while Robert was a young child. Robert Lindsay married Margaret Ellen Boucher, at Carleton Place on 30 September 1907. Robert Lindsay was an outdoors-man who liked cycling. He was interested in rowing and was made the first honorary member of the Brockville Rowing Club. Apart from his profession as an artist and a studio painter, he had as a hobby wood carving. Lindsay died at Brockville on March 19, 1938. Artist From early in his life, Lindsay was interested in art. In addition to his schooling, he attended the Brockville Mechanics' Institute. The Mechanics’ Institute included an art school that provided graphic arts education where Lindsay developed his skills. He took a position as a painter in the James Smart Manufacturing Company. While employed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lindsay Of Pitscottie
Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie (also Lindesay or Lyndsay; c. 1532–1580) was a Scottish chronicler, author of ''The Historie and Chronicles of Scotland, 1436–1565'', the first history of Scotland to be composed in Scots rather than Latin. Biography Of the family of the Lindsays of the Byres, a grandson of Patrick Lindsay, 4th Lord Lindsay, Robert was born at Pitscottie, in the parish of Ceres, Fife, which he held in lease at a later period. His ''Historie'', the only work by which he is remembered, is described as a continuation of that of Hector Boece, translated by John Bellenden. Although it sometimes degenerates into a mere chronicle of short entries, it is not without passages of great picturesqueness. Sir Walter Scott made use of it in his narrative poem '' Marmion''; and, in spite of its inaccuracy in details, it is useful for the social history of the period. Lindesay's share in the ''Historie'' was generally supposed to end with 1565; but Dr Aeneas Mackay co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert De Lindsay
Robert de Lindsay, Lord of Locherwood, was a 12th-century Scottish noble. Robert was a son of Walter de Lindsay. His elder brother was William de Lindsay, Lord of Ercildum, Crawford, Baron of Luffness and Justiciar of Lothian. Not much is known of Richard. The lands of Locherwood were passed by his great-granddaughter Margaret, heiress of Locherwood to the Hay family. References * Douglas, Robert. ''The Peerage of Scotland, containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom from their origin to the present generation; collected from the public records and ancient chartularies of this nation, the charters and other writings, and the works of our best historians.'' 1764. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindsay, Richard de 12th-century Scottish people Medieval Scottish knights Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Prot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lindsay-Watson
Robert Lindsay-Watson (4 October 1886 – 26 January 1956) was a Scotland international rugby union player and an Olympic athlete. Athletics career He was schooled at St. Mary's School, Melrose. The Southern Reporter of 23 July 1908 said of Lindsay-Watson: Robert Lindsay Watson might said to be St. Mary's representative in the Olympic Games in London, as he is one of the team of Scottish Athletes. He competed in the men's hammer throw at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Rugby Union career He played for South of Scotland District in their match against North of Scotland District on 9 December 1911. He was capped by Scotland once, in 1909. Administrative career He became President of the Hawick club when his playing days ended. Military career He joined the 10th Gordon Highlanders and fought in the First World War. The Edinburgh Evening News The ''Edinburgh Evening News'' is a daily newspaper and website based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded by John Wilson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lindsay (North Carolina Politician)
Robert Lindsay (c. 1735 – 1801) was an American politician who was elected to the North Carolina General Assembly of 1777. Life story Robert Lindsay was the son of John Lindsay, but there are conflicting accounts as to their background and Robert's early life. One account says he was born c. 1735. He may have been born in Virginia or Ireland. He was descended from the ancient and illustrious Clan Lindsay of Scotland. Evidently, he lived for a time on the Pennsylvania/Maryland border area before coming to North Carolina in the mid-18th century. His name first appears in the North Carolina records in 1763. He died in 1801. Lindsay established a 2,000 acre (8 km²) plantation on Deep River in what later became Guilford County. In fact, when the county was formed in 1771, and until a court house could be built in 1774, the county court met in the "great hall" of his plantation home. The property included an ordinary (an inn/tavern), formal gardens, a mulberry grove for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frog Lindsay
Robert Alexander "Frog" Lindsay (March 6, 1885 – December 16, 1964) was an American Negro league shortstop in 1909 and 1910. A native of Lexington, Missouri, Lindsay was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer Bill Lindsay. He played for the Kansas City Giants in 1909 and 1910. Lindsay died in Columbia, Missouri Columbia is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is the county seat of Boone County and home to the University of Missouri. Founded in 1821, it is the principal city of the five-county Columbia metropolitan area. It is Missouri's fourth ... in 1964 at age 79. References External links *Baseball statistics and player information froBaseball-Reference Black Baseball StatsanSeamheads 1885 births 1964 deaths Kansas City Giants players Baseball shortstops Baseball players from Missouri People from Lexington, Missouri {{negro-league-baseball-infielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
