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Colonel The Honourable
Charles Lindsay
CB
Colonel The Honourable Charles Lindsay CB
	Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1882.
Member of Parliament; for Abingdon
	In office; 1865–1874
Preceded by	John Thomas Norris
Succeeded by	John Creemer Clarke
Personal details
Born	Charles Hugh Lindsay; 11 November 1816
Died	25 March 1889 (aged 72)
Spouse	Emilia Anne Browne (m. 1851)
Children	Henry Lindsay; Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland;
Parent(s)	James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford (father); Maria Pennington (mother)
Relatives	Montague Browne (father-in-law)

Charles Hugh Lindsay CB (11 November 1816 – 25 March 1889) was a British soldier, courtier and Conservative politician.

Background

Lindsay sat as Member of Parliament for Abingdon between 1865 and 1874. He was also a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Grenadier Guards and Colonel in the St George's Rifle Regiment and served as a Groom-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria.

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 and was the mother of Lady Diana Cooper. Emilia Anne died in February 1873. Lindsay survived her by 16 years and died in March 1889, aged 72.