Robert Lindsay (Australian politician)

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Robert Lindsay OBE
Member of the Australian Parliament for Flinders
In office 29 May 1954 – 31 October 1966
Preceded by	Keith Ewert
Succeeded by	Phillip Lynch
Personal details
Born	(1905-08-18)18 August 1905 Norwich, UK
Died	6 September 2000(2000-09-06) (aged 95) Victoria, Australia
Nationality	English Australian
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia
Occupation	Grenadier Guard & Australian Politician

Robert William Ludovic Lindsay OBE (18 August 1905 – 6 September 2000) was an English-born Australian politician.

From Norwich, England, was educated at Eton College and then Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

An officer of the British Grenadier Guards, who fluently spoke Arabic, stationed throughout Persia from 1925–37 with the Transjordan Frontier Force, regimented approximately 2000 enlisted Nepalese Gurkha Troops.

In 1939–52, amongst other duties, Lindsay was part of Whitehall Defences, during end of the 2nd World War.

In 1954, was elected to the Australian House of Representatives. As the Liberal member for the Flinders, defeating Labor's Keith Ewert. He held the seat until his retirement in 1966.

Lindsay was made an Order of the British Empire in 1971. He died in 2000.