Hon. Hugh Lindsay

1765 - 1844

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Trustee of Harriet Elizabeth Gordon (q.v.), and as such counterclaimed with Thomas Gerard Erlington and Alexander Trotter (each of whom q.v.) for the bulk of the compensation for the enslaved people on the Elizabeth Anne estate in British Guiana. The claimants admitted Harriet Elizabeth Gordon's mortgage, and a settlement was clearly reached among claimants, although Lindsay and his co-trustees were not formally awarded any compensation.

  1. Son of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres; married Jane Gordon, daughter of Hon. Alexander Gordon, Lord Rockville. Director of the Hon East India Company. His daughter Anne married Sir Edmund Antrobus 2nd bart. (q.v.).

Sources

  1. Burke's Peerage 107th edition (2003) Vol. 1 p. 954.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Jane Gordon

Associated Claims (1)

£15,074 2s 10d
Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Trustee)

Addresses (1)

22 Berkeley Square, London, Middlesex, London, England