William Schaw Lindsay

W.S. Lindsay
Lindsay c1855.
Born
William Schaw Lindsay

(1815-12-19)19 December 1815
Ayr, Scotland
Died28 August 1877(1877-08-28) (aged 61)
EducationAyr Academy
Occupation(s)Mariner, shipowner,
Member of Parliament
and author
Years active1834–1877
SpouseHelen Stewart (1843–1877)
ChildrenWilliam Stewart Lindsay
Parent(s)Joseph Lindsay
Mary Belch

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]

  1. ^ Clark 2010, pp. 292–294.