James Louis Lindsay (16 December 1906 – 27 August 1997) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Background and education

Lindsay was the younger son of David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford, and Constance Lilian, daughter of Sir Henry Pelly, 3rd Baronet.

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, was his elder brother. He was educated at Eton and

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Political career

Lindsay fought in the

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as a Major in the

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. At the 1955 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for

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, succeeding Christopher Peto. He served for one term until the 1959 election, when he lost his seat by only 362 votes to the Liberal candidate

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, who went on to become his party's leader.

Family

James Lindsay came from a political family and was elected to Parliament in the same election as his nephew Lord Balniel (who represented Hertford, also as a Conservative). He married

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Bronwen Mary Scott-Ellis, daughter of

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, in 1933. They had three sons and one daughter: * Hugh John Alexander Lindsay (born 30 July 1934) *

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Alexander Thomas Lindsay (18 December 1936 – 2023) * Lt Col Stephen James Lindsay (born 2 March 1940) * Julia Margaret Lindsay (born 24 September 1941) James Lindsay died in August 1997, aged 90.

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* 1906 births 1997 deaths Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford People educated at Eton College Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1955–1959 Younger sons of earls King's Royal Rifle Corps officers British Army personnel of World War II

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