Background
LINDSAY, William Alexander was born in 1846. Son of late Honourable Colin Lindsay and Lady Frances Howard, c7. of 4th Earl of Wicklow.
LINDSAY, William Alexander was born in 1846. Son of late Honourable Colin Lindsay and Lady Frances Howard, c7. of 4th Earl of Wicklow.
Eton; Cambridge.; Master of Arts.
Member of Lloyd’s, 1867. Master of Arts 1871; Barrister Middle Temple, 1873. Queen’s Counsel 1897 Bencher, 1906.
Royal Commissioner to inquire into 1217 Corrupt Practices, 1880. Contested Burnley, 1874, 1870, 1894, 189(3. Huddersfield, 1880; Forfarshire, 1885.
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. King’s Counsel, Justice of the Peace, D.L.; Peerage Counsel; Windsor Herald, 1894 (previously Portcullis Pursuivant).
Clubs: Athenaeum, Carlton.