The Hon. Charles Hugh Lindsay CB

Order of the Bath

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 (11 November 1816-25 March 1889), was a British soldier, courtier and Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician.

Background

Lindsay was the third son of James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford

James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford

James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford and 7th Earl of Balcarres was an Earl in the Scottish peerage.James Lindsay was born on 24 April 1783 at Balcarres, Fife to Alexander Lindsay, 23rd Earl of Crawford and inherited the title of 7th Earl of Balcarres on his father's death in 1825...

, and the Hon. Maria, daughter of John Pennington, 1st Baron Muncaster

John Pennington, 1st Baron Muncaster

John Pennington, 1st Baron Muncaster , known as John Pennington until 1783, was a British peer and Tory politician.-Background:...

. The Hon. Sir James Lindsay was his elder brother.

Public life

Lindsay sat as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Abingdon

Abingdon (UK Parliament constituency)

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 between 1865 and 1874. He was also a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Grenadier Guards

Grenadier Guards

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 and Colonel in the St George's Rifle Regiment and served as a Groom-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria

Victoria of the United Kingdom

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Family

Lindsay married Emilia Anne, daughter of the Very Reverend the Hon. Henry Montague Browne, Dean of Lismore, in 1851. His daughter Violet Lindsay was an artist. She married Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland

Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland

Henry John Brinsley Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland KG TD , known as Henry Manners until 1888 and styled Marquess of Granby between 1888 and 1906, was a British peer and Conservative politician.-Background:...

 and was the mother of Lady Diana Cooper

Lady Diana Cooper

Lady Diana Cooper, Viscountess Norwich was an English socialite and actress.-Birth and youth:Born Lady Diana Olivia Winifred Maud Manners, she was officially the youngest daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland and his wife, the former Violet Lindsay, but Lady Diana's real father was widely supposed...

. Emilia Anne died in February 1873. Lindsay survived her by 16 years and died in March 1889, aged 72.

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