John Lindsay (Royal Navy officer)

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Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir John Lindsay (1737 – 4 June 1788) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. Joining the Navy during the Seven Years' War, he served off France, followed by service for several years as captain of a warship stationed in the West Indies. After war's end, he returned to Britain, serving as an MP for Aberdeen Burghs from 1767 to 1768. From August 1769 to March 1772 Lindsay was promoted to commodore and assigned as commander-in-chief of the East Indies Station. He resigned from the Navy for a period following the Battle of Ushant off the coast of France, during the American War of Independence. In 1784 he was assigned as commodore and commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean. In the last year of his life, he was promoted to flag rank as an honorary measure, as his poor health prevented him from seeing active service. He and his wife had no children together, but he was known to have three illegitimate children, including two daughters and a son, each by different...

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