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Hugh Lindsay. 1818, Ens., 20th N.I. 1819, Sep. 28, Lt., 12th N.I. 1820,
Jun. 12, granted twelve months leave to study in the Coll., Fort William.
1821, Jun 28, twelve months leave to remain at the Coll. 1822, D.A.Q.M.G.,
until Nov. 4 ; Dec. 9, Adj., ist Batn. 1823, Jan. 14, exchanged to Inter, and Qr.
Mr., " having obtained Medals of Merit for Native languages". 1824, Feb. 3 —
Jul. 16, S.A.C.G. ; Jul. 16, Examiner, Coll., Fort William. 1827, Apr. 7, went
to England on s.c, in charge of invalids. 1831, Jan. 12, and Jul. 20 requested
to make immediate application for extension of leave of absence; Aug. 31,
requested permission to resign; Sep. 7, accepted; Nov. 18, h p., 47th Ft.,
cancelled, received commuted allowance, £300 {Applications to Live Abroad,
Officers Services, h.p., 1827-30, P.R.O., L.G. 1831, 2303; E.I.R., 1818-30;
7.0. Rec). 1844, Jun. applied for an appt. as Barrack-Master, on recom-
mendation of Lord Aberdeen ; name added to list of candidates. 1846, Prof,
Oriental Languages, Cheltenham Coll. ; compiled Hindustani Grammar.
Son of William, 1416, cadet of the Hallhead family ; b. 1796, Aug. 22, bap.
at Ardersier, Inverness; educated at Sandhurst; in. 1829, Sep. 12, at Paris,
his cousin Harriet Elizabeth, only child of Robert Gordon, once Govr. of Ber-
bice, d. 1814 ; and had Adam Lindsa}^, the poet, a trooper in the S. Austral. Mtd.
Pol., 1853; b. 1833; d. 1870, Jun. 24 (by his own hand) at Brighton, nr.
Melbourne; and Inez, b. 1837. Gordon d. 1857, Jun. 16, at Cheltenham
(G.il/., vol. 99, pt. 2, p. 364; Cheltenham Col. Reg., i). Gordon (letter to
Col. Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Sec. to the C. in C, dated Worcester, 1831,
Aug. 29) states : " my father, grandfather, brothers, six uncles, and all their
sons, twenty of us, have all been brought up for the Army, and half of these
have been killed or died on foreign service '' (only seven identified).
Ill- Adam Graham McNicol. 1905, Mar. i, Serg. Maj., loth Hrs.
(previously served 13 years, 306 dys. in the ranks) {A.L., 1905-10); b. 1872,
May 29; m. Margaret Simpson Eraser and has Agnes Catherine, b. 1905,
Mar. 22, bap., Jun. 22, at Mhow, d. Jul. 30, and John Ritchie, h. 1906, Sep.
18, bap., Nov. I, at Rawal Pindi (7.0. Rec).
112. Adam Stewart. 1825, Mar. 10, Vol., ist Class R.N., "Doris".
1827, Nov. 10, Mid. "Menai". 1829, Oct. 17, "Prince Regent"; Nov. 14,
"Hyacinth". 1831, Feb. 11, "Mersey"; Sep. 14, passed as Lt. 1832, May
2, " Vernon" ; Oct. 9, discharged (invalided, Plymouth Hosp.). 1833, May
20, "Caledonia ". 1834, Feb. 14, prom, for rank. 1837, Apr. 5, serving as
Mate at his own request; Jun. 22, e.xtra Mate, "Donegal"; Aug. 16,
" Saracen " cruising off coast of Africa where he contracted consumption.
1838, Jan. 3, invalided ; Apr. 3," Meteor," a small steamship stationed at
Falmouth to bring in despatches from Govt, packets detained by wind in the
Channel; Jul. 6, invalided {Adm. Indexes, Midshipmen, etc., P.R.O.).