William Schaw Lindsay
British merchant and shipowner / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Schaw Lindsay (19 December 1815 – 28 August 1877) was a British merchant and shipowner who was the Liberal Member of Parliament for Tynemouth and North Shields from 1854 to 1859 and for Sunderland from 1859 until his resignation on grounds of ill-health in 1864.[1]
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Born | William Schaw Lindsay (1815-12-19)19 December 1815 Ayr, Scotland |
Died | 28 August 1877(1877-08-28) (aged 61) Shepperton, Middlesex, England |
Education | Ayr Academy |
Occupation(s) | Mariner, shipowner, Member of Parliament and author |
Years active | 1834–1877 |
Spouse | Helen Stewart (1843–1877) |
Children | William Stewart Lindsay |
Parent(s) | Joseph Lindsay Mary Belch |
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