Journalist, jailer.
Born at Toronto, Ontario on 16 August 1847, he was educated at St. Thomas and Toronto. His military career began when he enlisted to repel the Fenian invasion of Canada and he continued in the military for five years. In 1899 he retired and came west to Winnipeg. He remained interested in military matters, being the first President of the Military Institute of Winnipeg. He was also interested in journalism and music. For a time after coming to Winnipeg he was the editor of Town Topics and brought a series of prominent artists to visit the city.
From 1905 until his death, he was Governor of the Vaughan Street Gaol in Winnipeg from 1905 to the time of his death, when he was succeeded by John Crawford Downie. In 1872, he married Frances Leslie (1849-1926) of Leslieville, Ontario and they had four children: W. Leslie Lindsay, Norman James Lindsay, Ethel Frances Lindsay (wife of Rockwell Colman Osborne), and Charles Dingwall Lindsay.
He died at his residence in the gaol on 5 June 1919 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Death registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Lt.-Col. W. H. Lindsay answers last call,” Manitoba Free Press, 6 June 1919, page 5. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B7]
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 Mary 2024
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