He and his wife had no children together, but he was known to have three illegitimate children, including two daughters and a son, each by different women. His instructions were to develop contacts with the native rulers, but instead he managed to upset the East India Company with his determination to exclude them from his negotiations and as a result he was recalled. Joining the Navy during the Seven Years' War, he served off France, followed by service for several years as captain of a warship stationed in the West Indies. Lindsay was not the first to refer to the office in this way; see the list of references in Popik, Barry. Both Viscount Keppel and Earl Howe were close friends of his, and the former left his sword, a walking stick, and a painting to Lindsay in his will.We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. He later served as senior officer at Pensacola during 1764-5 prior to the Tartar returning home and being paid off in June 1766. He later participated in Admiral Sir George Pocock s expedition against Havana in 1762, following which he was offered, but declined, a transfer to the Cambridge 80, whose Captain William Goostry had been killed on 1 July whilst bombarding Moro Castle, and whose ship Lindsay had temporarily commanded for the remainder of the campaign.On 10 February 1764 he was knighted for his gallant conduct at Havana, and in November recommissioned the Tartar 28 in which he went out to Jamaica in March and assisted William Harrison with his experiments in longitude measurement. Sir John Lindsay as a young naval officer, by Nathaniel Hone. He later participated in Admiral Sir George Pocock s expedition against Havana in 1762, following which he was offered, but declined, a transfer to the Cambridge 80, whose Captain William Goostry had been killed on 1 July whilst bombarding Moro Castle, and whose ship Lindsay had temporarily commanded for the remainder of the campaign.On 10 February 1764 he was knighted for his gallant conduct at Havana, and in November recommissioned the Tartar 28 in which he went out to Jamaica in March and assisted William Harrison with his experiments in longitude measurement. In 1998, a park in Brooklyn, Lindsay Triangle, was named in his honor,He was featured on a poster picture with Governor Rockefeller at the groundbreaking of the former This article is about the American politician. During his political career, Lindsay was a U.S. congressman, mayor of New York City, and candidate for U.S. president. Sir John Lindsay, (1737 – 4 June 1788) was a British naval officer of the 18th century, who achieved the rank of admiral late in his career.Joining the Navy during the Seven Years' War, he served off France, followed by service for several years as captain of a warship stationed in the West Indies. 1737-88. During the same year Lindsay was appointed commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean with his broad pennant aboard the Phaeton 38, Captain John Colpoys, and thereafter the Trusty 50, captained by the unfortunate Captain Martin Waghorn of the late Royal George, but after becoming ill with gout in 1784 he returned home.He was raised to the rank of rear-admiral on 24 September 1787, one of sixteen officers especially promoted by Admiral Lord Howe in the dispute that would lead to that officer s Lindsay died at Marlborough whilst journeying from Bath on 4 June 1788, and he was buried in Westminster Abbey.He married Mary Milner, daughter of Sir William Milner, M.P. Sir John Lindsay On 29 September 1757 he was posted captain of the new frigate Trent 28 which he commissioned for the first time and commanded until the peace of 1763. and he was invested at a lavish ceremony during a durbar near Madras on 11 March 1771.The remarkable life story of Lindsay’s illegitimate daughter Dido Elizabeth Belle, born into slavery and here pictured with her cousin Elizabeth Murray, has been celebrated in a number of works and was the subject of a 2013 feature filmIn March 1778 he was appointed the first active captain of the newly commissioned Victory 100. View John Lindsay’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. His instructions were to develop contacts with the native rulers, but instead he managed to upset the East India Company with his determination to exclude them from his negotiations and as a result he was recalled.