Major-General John Edward Lindley (15 September 1860 – 7 April 1925) was a British Army officer.
[1] Lindley was commissioned into the South Staffordshire Regiment but transferred to the 1st The Royal Dragoons on 19 November 1881.
[3] He then succeeded Colonel Michael Rimington as commander of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade in January 1907, for which he was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general.
[6] He was made colonel of the 1st (Royal) Dragoons in March 1912, taking over from Major General Francis Russell, who had died.
[10] He retired on 25 March 1917 citing "ill-health contracted on active service", and then on 16 April 1919 resigned as colonel of the 1st Dragoons.