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William Lindsay (office Holder)
William, Billy or Bill Lindsay may refer to: Politics *William Lindsay (diplomat) (fl. 1790s), Scottish diplomat and colonial governor *William Lindsay (Canadian politician) (1813–1895), Irish-born merchant and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada *William Schaw Lindsay (1815–1877), British merchant and member of parliament for Tynemouth and North Shields, and Sunderland *William Burns Lindsay Jr. (1824–1872), Clerk of the House of Commons of Canada *William Lindsay (Kentucky politician) (1835–1909), U.S. Senator from Kentucky * William Lindsay (Wisconsin politician) (1840–1927), Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly * William Arthur Lindsay (1866–1936), member of parliament for Belfast South, 1917–1918, and Belfast Cromac, 1918–1922 * William M. Lindsay (1880–1957), American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Kansas * William J. Lindsay (1945–2013), American politician in Suffolk County, New York Sports *Bill Lindsay (born 1971), American ice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lindsay (diplomat)
William Lindsay was a Scottish diplomat and colonial governor. He was the second son of Sir David Lindsay of Evelick, of the Lindsay of Evelix family. He served as Great Britain's Resident to the Republic of Venice, as well as the Governor of Tobago in 1791. Like his elder brother John, he predeceased their father, and so David's titles passed to his third son, Charles. Sources *http://www.perthshireheritage.co.uk/evelick.html , - William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ... Scottish diplomats Ambassadors of Great Britain to the Republic of Venice Scottish colonial officials 18th-century Scottish people Year of death missing Year of birth missing Governors of British Tobago {{Scotland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lindsay (footballer)
William Lindsay (3 August 1847 – 15 February 1923) was an English amateur footballer who, generally playing as a full back, helped the Wanderers win the FA Cup in 1876, 1877 (when he scored the winning goal) and 1878 and made one appearance for England in 1877. He also played cricket for Surrey between 1876 and 1882. Career Early life and education Lindsay was born in Benares, India, the son of Major William Lindsay of the 10th Regiment. His father and most of his family were killed during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 at the Siege of Cawnpore. In 1858 he was admitted to Winchester College as one of three boys orphaned by the Indian Mutiny and remained at the college until 1865. At school he was a keen sportsman and played cricket for the Commoners XI between 1862 and 1864, as well as for the school football team. In 1860, he won the school wide jump competition and was second in the 100 yards. In 1863, he won both the high jump and the wide jump, followed by the high jump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Lindsey
William Donald Lindsey (born April 12, 1960) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played during one season at the major league level for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Career Lindsey played baseball at Hollywood Hills High School in Hollywood, Florida where he was teammates with Bob Fallon, who would also go on to play for the White Sox. He was signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in . Lindsey played his first professional season with their Rookie league Paintsville Yankees in 1981, and his last with the White Sox' Triple-A Vancouver Canadians in 1988. On May 4, 1984, while playing for the Nashville Sounds, the Double-A affiliate of the Yankees, Lindsey caught a no-hitter by batterymate Jim Deshaies James Joseph Deshaies (born June 23, 1960), also known as "JD", is an American former professional baseball left-handed starting pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for six teams, over the course of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lauder Lindsay
Dr William Lauder Lindsay FRSE FLS LRCS (19 December 1829-24 November 1880) was a Scottish physician and botanist. As a physician he largely worked in the field of mental health. As a botanist he specialised in lichens. Life He was born on 19 December 1829 at 20 Gardners Crescent in western Edinburgh the son of Helen Baird Lauder (1804-1883) and her husband James Lindsay of Register House/HM Sasine Office (1804-1874). He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh (being dux of 1844) then studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh receiving his doctorate (MD) in 1852 with the thesis 'The lichens'. In 1853 he began working as an assistant physician at the Crichton Royal Asylum in Dumfries. In 1854 he moved to be Physician at the Murray Royal Asylum in Perth and held this role until 1879. In 1858 he was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society (FLS) and in 1861 a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposer for the latter was John Hutton Balfour. The Society gave h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lindsay (shipowner)
William Lindsay FRSE SSC (24 November 1819 - 20 February 1884) was a Scottish shipowner who served as Provost of Leith from 1860 to 1866. Lindsay Road in Edinburgh is named after him. As a lawyer he was responsible from framing the General Police and Improvement Act (Scotland) of 1869 which was known as the Lindsay Act. Life He was born in 1819 on Coburg Street in North Leith. He was the son of Captain James Lindsay (d.1839), a shipmaster, and his wife, Helen Allan of Alloa. He was apprenticed to Alexander Simson SSC nearby, at 38 Bernard Street as a solicitor. In 1860 he became Provost and Chief Magistrate of Leith and organised the remodelling of Leith Town Hall to accommodate a new court room and prison (still extant) and absorb a line of Georgian houses to the east to create Leith Police Station. In 1864 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being Thomas Williamson. From 1864 until death he left the legal world and started a local shippi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lindsay (actor)
William Lindsay (15 August 1945 – 14 May 1986) was a British actor. His television credits include ''Colditz'', ''Enemy at the Door'', ''Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...'' (in the serial '' State of Decay''), '' Angels'' and '' Blake's 7''. Filmography External links * British male television actors 1945 births 1986 deaths 20th-century British male actors {{UK-tv-actor-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William O'Brien Lindsay
Sir William O'Brien Lindsay (8 October 1909 – 20 October 1975) was the Chief Justice of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from 1950 or 1954 to 1955, during the period when it was administered as an Anglo-Egyptian condominium. He served in the Sudan Political Service from 1932 to 1955, and later establishing a law firm in Nairobi, Kenya. Lindsay was a talented sportsman as a youth, playing first-class cricket for Oxford University, Scotland and Kent County Cricket Club. Early life and family Lindsay was born in Canterbury, Kent, to Elsie Catherine Harriet (née Riddiford) and Michael Egan Lindsay. His parents were both New Zealanders by birth, with his mother being the daughter of Edward Joshua Riddiford and granddaughter of Henry Bunny, both prominent landowners there."Sir William O'Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bethune Lindsay
Major General William Bethune Lindsay (3 November 1880 – 27 June 1933) was a Canadian military officer during World War I. Lindsay was born on 3 November 1880, the son of Dr. W, B. Lindsay, of Strathroy-Caradoc, Strathroy, Ontario, Canada. Lindsay was educated at Strathroy District Collegiate Institute and later enrolled at the Royal Military College of Canada. In 1900, he was appointed assistant engineer of the Department of Marine and Fisheries. Lindsay was one of the original officers of the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers. During the First World War, he served as Chief Engineer of the Canadian Corps. He died at Toronto Hunt Club on 27 June 1933 and is buried at Strathroy Municipal Cemetery. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindsay, William Bethune 1880 births 1933 deaths Canadian military personnel from Ontario Burials in Ontario Royal Military College of Canada alumni Canadian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Canadian Companions of the Order of St Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lindsay (officer Of Arms)
William Alexander Lindsay (8 June 1846 – 13 September 1926) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Lindsay was the son of Hon. Colin Lindsay son of James 7th Earl of Balcarres, 24th Earl of Crawford and Lady Frances Howard, daughter of the Earl of Wicklow. On 7 May 1870, he married Lady Harriet Hamilton-Gordon, a daughter of the 5th Earl of Aberdeen and Mary Baillie. His heraldic career began in 1882 when he was appointed Portcullis Pursuivant in Ordinary at the College of Arms. He was promoted to the office of Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary in 1894. In 1919, he was promoted Norroy King of Arms after Charles Athill was promoted to Clarenceux King of Arms. Three years later, Lindsay followed Athill to the role of Clarenceux on Athill's death. Lindsay held the office from 1922 until his own death in 1926. Arms See also *King of Arms King of Arms is the senior rank of an officer of arms. In many heraldic traditions, only a king of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lindsay (minister)
William Lindsay (1802–1866) was a Scottish minister of the United Presbyterian Church. Life Born at Irvine, Ayrshire, Lindsay studied at Glasgow University, and the theological hall of the Relief Church in Paisley, in its early days, under Dr James Thomson. Lindsay was ordained minister of the Relief Church on 27 April 1830, with first charge the newly formed congregation at Johnstone, Renfrewshire. On 22 November 1832 he was translated to Dovehill Relief Church, Glasgow, a congregation formed in 1766, where he acted as colleague of John Barr, and on Barr's death in 1839 succeeding to the sole charge. In 1841 Lindsay was appointed professor of exegetical theology and biblical criticism by the Relief Synod. He moved with his congregation from Dovehill to a new church in Cathedral Street, Glasgow, in 1844, as the Cathedral Street Relief Church. The degree of D.D. was conferred on him by the University of Glasgow in 1844. After the union of the Relief and other secession chur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lindsay, 18th Earl Of Crawford
William Lindsay, 18th Earl of Crawford and 2nd Earl of Lindsay (April 1644 – 6 March 1698) was a Scottish noble and politician. Lindsay was the eldest son of John Lindsay, 10th Lord Lindsay of the Byres, 17th Earl of Crawford, and 1st Earl of Lindsay, by his wife, Lady Christian Hamilton, daughter of the Earl of Haddington. William succeeded to the earldoms in 1678. He was a zealous Presbyterian, president of the Convention parliament in 1689, a commissioner of the treasury in 1690, and one of the commissioners for settling the government of the Church of Scotland. He married firstly Lady Mary Johnstone, daughter of 1st Earl of Annandale and Hartfell, in 1670. They had one son: * John Lindsay, 19th Earl of Crawford and 3rd Earl of Lindsay (1672–1713) *Colonel James Lindsay (died 1707), killed at the Battle of Almansa *Patrick Lindsay, ''dsp'' He married secondly Lady Henrietta Fleming, daughter of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline and widow of 5th Earl of Wigtown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lindsay Of Dovehill
William Lindsay of Dowhill (1638–1679) was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister, serving in Perth, Scotland. He is most notable for holding the position of Bishop of Dunkeld between 1677 and his death in 1679. Life He was born in 1638 the second son of James Lindsay of Dowhill and Margaret Nicolson daughter of Bishop James Nicolson. He was educated at St Andrews University graduating MA in 1656.''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; vol. 7; by Hew Scott He went to England and was ordained in September 1660 into the Church of England by Gilbert (sic), Bishop of Chichester. Returning to Scotland he was presented to the congregation of Auchterderran and adnitted as their Church of Scotland minister before July 1663. He translated to Perth in April 1668. e was promoted to the post of Bishop of Dunkeld and was consecrated in this role on 26 May 1677 in place of the late Bishop Henry Guthrie. He demitted his parochial charge in Perth in October 1678 and died in April 1679 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
