Background
He was born at Windsor to tinman John Richard Linsley and Elizabeth Clarke.
He was born at Windsor to tinman John Richard Linsley and Elizabeth Clarke.
He was a successful merchant and butcher, and served as mayor of Ryde and on Sydney Municipal Council. In 1889 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a Free Trade member for Central Cumberland, but he died less than six months later at Parramatta.