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Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was norma ...
Hon. Sir James Alexander Lindsay, (25 August 1815 – 13 August 1874) was a
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officer, Conservative Party politician, and member of
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.


Career

Born at
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in 1815, James was the second son of
James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford and the 7th Earl of Balcarres (24 April 1783 – 15 December 1869) was a Scottish peer, politician and military officer. Biography James Lindsay was born on 24 April 1783 at Balcarres House in Fife, t ...
. Educated at
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, Lindsay was commissioned an
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in the
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on 16 March 1832. He was returned as Member of Parliament (MP) for
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at a by-election in October 1845, and held the seat until he was defeated at the 1857 general election. He regained the seat at the 1859 election. Promoted lieutenant colonel in 1860, he was commanding the
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in London in 1861. He then served as a major general on the staff in Canada from 1863 to 1867. During this period, in March 1866, he resigned from Parliament by becoming
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. Lindsay served as Major General commanding the Brigade of Guards from 1867 to 1868, and inspector general of reserve forces from 1868 to 1870. He was seconded from this command to serve as
Commander of the British Troops in Canada This is a list of officers who commanded the British Regulars, Regular Troops of the British Army in Canada until 1906, when the last British garrison was withdrawn. From 1875 there was a separate commander of the Canadian Militia. This officer w ...
during the
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, and organised the force of the
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. On 15 September 1870, he was appointed to the colonelcy of
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. He was promoted to
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on 10 October 1870. For his services in Canada, Lindsay was made a
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on 22 December 1870. Lindsay died at Cranmer House,
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in 1874.


Family

Lindsay married Lady Sarah Elizabeth Savile, the daughter of John Savile, 3rd Earl of Mexborough, on 6 November 1845. They had six children: *James Greville Lindsay (31 January 1847 – 4 April 1848), died in infancy *Maude Isabel Lindsay (26 May 1848 – 30 November 1916), died unmarried *Mabel Lindsay (21 December 1849 – 12 June 1928), married in 1877 Lt.-Col. William John Frecheville Ramsden *Mary Egidia Lindsay (27 August 1851 – 1 July 1911), married in 1875 John Coutts Antrobus, son of
Gibbs Antrobus Gibbs Crawfurd Antrobus (17 June 1793 – 21 May 1861) was a British diplomat and politician. Biography The brother of Sir Edmund Antrobus, 2nd Baronet, Antrobus's wealthy family were long-established in Congleton, Cheshire. His mother died ...
*Reginald Dalrymple Lindsay (8 June 1853 – 14 August 1853), died in infancy


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