Charles Lindsay (c. 1812 – 11 December 1884) was a Scottish pastoralist and politician in the young colony of

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. He was elected to the Adelaide Philosophical Society in August 1859 and appointed Justice of the Peace in 1862. He was MHA for Flinders from November 1862 to February 1865, whereupon he left for England, never to return. He built a mansion on the family property in

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. He died in London. His brother

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was MHA for

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from 1860 to 1865.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindsay, Charles Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Australian pastoralists 1812 births 1884 deaths 19th-century Australian politicians 19th-century Australian businesspeople