Dr William Lauder Lindsay FRSE FLS LRCS (19 December 1829-24 November 1880) was a Scottish physician and botanist.
He was born on 19 December 1829 at 20 Gardners Crescent[1] in western Edinburgh as the son of Helen Baird Lauder (1804-1883) and her husband James Lindsay of Register House/HM Sasine Office (1804-1874).
He died of exhaustion and malnutrition brought on by extreme dyspepsia[6] on 24 November 1880 at his home at 3 Hartington Gardens in Edinburgh.
They had one daughter, Marion Jane Lindsay, who married Dr Francis Haultain of Edinburgh.
His younger brother David Patrick Lindsay (1831-1871) worked at General Register House.