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Patrick Lindesay

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in 1827, and when the post of lieutenant-governor was abolished he took over the required duties of the post. From April 1829 he was a member of the Executive Council. After the controversial departure of the governor
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in October 1796 and was there promoted to Major in 1807. He then saw considerable action in Spain and Portugal during the
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Sturt later named a tributary of the Murray River the Lindesay River, in gratitude to his commanding officer.
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was then used to replace a mountain previously named "Mount Hooker" just north within Queensland. A second
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west of the main church in the older section. His grave in 2014 was wholly obscured by two yew trees.
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caused Jameson to state that Lindesay was "a distinguished officer and a very active naturalist".
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In 1811 he saw his most major action and received a medal for his actions in the
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was later named by Sir Thomas Mitchell, attaching to a dominant mountain in the
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In 1814, his obituary states, he had a "final brush" with the Americans in the
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During this period he permitted one of the Captains in his Regiment, Captain
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Military Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order
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later named a mountain on the border of New South Wales, in the
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In 1832 he was dispatched to India to command the garrisons at
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The highly obscured grave of Sir Patrick Lindesay, Inveresk
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British military personnel of the First Anglo-Burmese War
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but is most noted as having served as Acting Governor of
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on 22 October 1831, Lindesay filled the role of Acting
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Patrick Lindsey

Alma mater

Mount Lindesay (Queensland)
Mount Lindesay Highway

KCB
KCH
Napoleonic Wars
Peninsular War
New South Wales
Mount Lindesay (Queensland)
Mount Lindesay (New South Wales)
Musselburgh
East Lothian
Scotland
Edinburgh University
Ensign
78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot
Peninsular War
Battle of Albuera
final battles between these countries
First Anglo-Burmese War
Sydney, Australia
William Stewart (governor)
Port Jackson
New South Wales Legislative Council
Sir Ralph Darling

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