William O'Brien Lindsay
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Sir William Lindsay KBE |
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| Chief Justice of the Sudan | |
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In office 1954–1955 |
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| Preceded by | R. C. Stanley-Baker |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Ahmed Abu Rannat |
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8 October 1909 Canterbury, Kent, England |
| Died | 20 October 1975 (aged 66) Nairobi, Kenya |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1929–1932 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1929 | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1931 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sir William O'Brien Lindsay KBE (8 October 1909 – 20 October 1975) was the Chief Justice of the Sudan from 1954 to 1955, during the period when it was administered as an Anglo-Egyptian condominium. He served in the Sudan Political Service from 1932 to 1955, and later establishing a law firm in Nairobi, Kenya. Lindsay was a talented sportsman as a youth, playing first-class cricket for Kent, Oxford University, and Scotland.
Lindsay was born in Canterbury, Kent, to Elsie Catherine Harriet (née Riddiford) and Michael Egan Lindsay. His parents were both New Zealanders by birth, with his mother being the daughter of Edward Joshua Riddiford and granddaughter of Henry Bunny, both prominent landowners there. However, the couple's four children were all born in the United Kingdom – their father had served with the New Zealand Defence Force during the Second Boer War, and after transferring to the British Army was an officer with the 7th Dragoon Guards and Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, eventually being made a Deputy Lieutenant of Fife.
Like his older brothers, Lindsay was educated at Harrow School, and captained the school's cricket team in 1928, his final year, also representing a combined Public Schools side. He went on to Balliol College, Oxford, and began playing for the Oxford University Cricket Club, making his first-class debut in June 1929, against Gloucestershire. A wicket-keeper and right-handed top-order batsman, Lindsay went on to play three more first-class games during the 1929 season – two for Oxford (against the Free Foresters and Lancashire), and one for Scotland, his father's place of residence. His sole appearance for Scotland came against the touring South African team, which was completed within two days as Scotland lost by an innings.
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