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Charles Dalrymple Lindsay (also spelt Lyndsay; 15 December 1760 – 8 August 1846),[1] was Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora from 1803 to 1804[2] when he was translated to Kildare.[3]
Lindsay was the son of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres and Anne Dalrymple. He was educated at Wisbech Grammar School[4] and then the University of Glasgow, and in 1779 received a Snell Exhibition[5] to Balliol College, Oxford, graduating B.A. 1783, M.A. 1786,[6] and D.D. at Glasgow in 1804.[5] He was chairman of the Wisbech Canal company.
He held the following positions in the church:[6][7]
- Vicar of St Peter and St Paul, Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire 1787–1795
- Vicar of Sutterton, Lincolnshire 1793–1803
- Rector of Tydd St Giles, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire 1795–1803
- Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora 1803–1804
- Bishop of Kildare 1804–1846
- Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin 1804–1846
Linsday married firstly Elizabeth Fydell, daughter of Thomas Fydell MP, on 1 January 1790. They had three children:[8]
- Charles Lindsay (1790–1855), Archdeacon of Kildare
- Elizabeth Frances Lindsay (1791–1812), married Sir Compton Domvile Bt MP
- Philip Yorke Lindsay (1795–1832)
Linsday married secondly Catherine Eliza Coussmaker, daughter of Evert George Coussmaker and Mary Heyward, on 2 June 1798. They had one child:[8]
- George Hayward Lindsay (1799–1886)
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