Hugh Lindsay (equerry)
Major Hugh Lindsay, LVO (1954 – 10 March 1988), was Equerry to Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1986.
Lindsay was educated at the Millfield. He was a career soldier who served in the 9th/12th Royal Lancers. He was made an LVO (Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order) in 1986.
He married the 33-year old Sarah Brennan MVO (Member of the Royal Victorian Order) in July 1987[1].
Major Lindsay was killed on 10 March 1988 in a ski accident after being caught up in an avalanche on Gotschnagrat Mountain while accompanying Charles, Prince of Wales on a holiday in Klosters in Switzerland.[2] His wife was six[2] or seven[1] months pregnant at the time. She subsequently gave birth to Alice Rose Lyttelton Lindsay.
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- ^ a b Alderson, Andrew (2008-03-16). "'My husband died on a royal skiing trip'". UK News (United Kingdom: Telegraph Media Group Limited). Archived from the original on 2010-04-16. http://www.webcitation.org/5p2SQ4RhN. Retrieved 2010-04-16. "Mrs [Sarah] Horsley, who was seven months pregnant with the couple's first child when disaster struck, has only just begun to feel mentally tough enough to satisfy her curiosity by flying to the Alps to see the spot where her husband was buried under a deluge of falling snow."
- ^ a b "1988: Avalanche hits royal ski party". BBC News. 10 March 1988. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/10/newsid_2566000/2566699.stm.
Hugh Charles Lyttelton Lindsay was born on 30 May 1953.
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