William Schaw Lindsay
1816–77
Scottish merchant, shipowner, and politician. Entered the merchant navy in 1831; captain, 1836–40. Fitter to the Castle Eden Coal Company, Hartlepool, before establishing the shipbroking firm W. S. Lindsay & Co, which became one of the largest shipowning concerns in the world. Liberal MP, Tynemouth and North Shields, 1854–9; Sunderland, 1859–65. Leading figure in the Confederate lobby in Britain.
Sources
DNB
Dod’s parliamentary companion
Jenkins 1974–80, 2: 308, 336.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
Dod’s parliamentary companion: The parliamentary pocket companion … compiled from official documents, and from the personal communications of members of both houses. Dod’s parliamentary companion. London: Whittaker, Treacher, & Arnot; Whittaker & Co. 1833–1914.
Jenkins, Brian. 1974–80. Britain & the war for the Union. 2 vols. Montreal, Quebec, and London: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
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