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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 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), S ... [...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] |