Patrick Lindesay
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{{Infobox military person |
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|honorific_prefix = [[Major general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] |
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|name = Patrick Lindesay |
|name = Sir Patrick Lindesay |
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|honorific_suffix = KCB |
|honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB|KCH}} |
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|image = Sir John Watson Gordon - Major-General Sir Patrick Lindsay, 1778 - 1839. Soldier - PG 1 - National Galleries of Scotland.jpg |
|image = Sir John Watson Gordon - Major-General Sir Patrick Lindsay, 1778 - 1839. Soldier - PG 1 - National Galleries of Scotland.jpg |
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|death_date = {{death date and age|1839|03|14|1778|02|24|df=y}} |
|death_date = {{death date and age|1839|03|14|1778|02|24|df=y}} |
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|placeofburial = St |
|placeofburial = St Michael's Churchyard, Inveresk |
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|rank = Major |
|rank = Major-General |
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[[File:The grave of Sir Patrick Lindesay, Inveresk.JPG|thumb|The highly obscured grave of Sir Patrick Lindesay, Inveresk]] |
[[File:The grave of Sir Patrick Lindesay, Inveresk.JPG|thumb|The highly obscured grave of Sir Patrick Lindesay, Inveresk]] |
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'''Sir Patrick Lindesay''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|KCB|KCH}} (24 February 1778 – 14 March 1839) was a Scottish |
'''Sir Patrick Lindesay''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|KCB|KCH}} (24 February 1778 – 14 March 1839) was a Scottish officer in the [[British Army]] during the [[Napoleonic Wars]] and [[Peninsular War]] but is most noted as having served as Acting Governor of [[New South Wales]], Australia in 1831. [[Mount Lindesay (Queensland)]], [[Mount Lindesay (New South Wales)]], and Lindesay River in Australia are all named after him. |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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