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Line 1: {{Use dmy dates\|date=~~June~~February ~~2013~~2023}} {{Use British English\|date=June 2013}} '''Hugh Primrose Lindsay''' (31 October 1765 – 23 April 1844) was a British naval captain, Chairman of the [[East India Company]] and [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]]. He was the 5th surviving son of [[James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres]]. Line 7: He joined the Royal Navy in 1779 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1782, but by 1787 had left the navy to join the British [[East India Company]]'s (EIC) marine service, where he was promoted captain in 1793. He served as captain onof the following [[East Indiamen]]: {{ship\|\|Rockingham\|1785 EIC ship\|2}} {(1794–1797) {{ship\|\|Lady Jane Dundas\|1800 EIC ship\|2}} (1800–1807) {{ship\|\|Winchelsea\|1803 EIC ship\|2}} (1810–1811) In 1814 he was made a ~~Director~~director of the East India Company, a position he held unto his death, being elected ~~Deputy~~deputy ~~Chairman~~chairman for ~~1826-27~~1826–27 and ~~Chairman~~chairman for 1827–28. In 1820 he was elected MP for [[Perth Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)\|Perth Burghs]], sitting until 1830. He died in London in 1844. He had married Jane, the daughter of the Hon. [[Alexander Gordon, Lord Rockville]], with whom he had a son and a daughter. He was succeeded, after the death of his wife, by his son [[Hugh Hamilton Lindsay]]. The EIC launched and named a [[paddle steamer]] for him: {{ship\|PSHCS\|Hugh Lindsay\|1829}}. ==References== {{reflist}} {{cite web\|url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/lindsay-hon-hugh-1765-1844\| title= LINDSAY, Hon. Hugh Primrose (~~1765-1844~~1765–1844), of Plaistow Lodge, Bromley, Kent and 22 Berkeley Square, Mdx.\|publisher= History of Parliament Online\|accessdate = 2 April 2013}} == External links == Line 28: {{s-par\|uk}} {{succession box \| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] for [[Perth Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)\|Perth Burghs]] \| years = 1820–1830 \| before = [[Archibald Campbell (Glasgow MP)\|Archibald Campbell]]