Lt Col Henry Edzell Morgan Lindsay CB, DL (13 February 1857 – 1 November 1935)[1] was a British Army officer who served with the Royal Engineers in various campaigns in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Lindsay was born at Tredegar Park, near Newport, South Wales on 11 February 1857,[2] the eldest son of Henry Gore Lindsay (1830–1914), an army officer who later became chief constable of Glamorgan, and his wife, Ellen Sarah (1837–1912), the fourth daughter of Charles Morgan Robinson Morgan, MP for Brecon, who was created the first Baron Tredegar in 1859.

[1] In 1877, he joined the Royal Engineers side which had participated in the FA Cup since its inception in 1871–72, during which period they had reached three finals, winning the trophy in 1875.

[4] In the fourth round, they came up against tougher opposition in Oxford University, requiring two replays before the Engineers emerged victorious.

[6] Although the "Sappers" put up a hard fight, they were unable to prevent the Wanderers winning their third consecutive FA Cup with a final score of 3–1.

[6][10] Lindsay was commissioned as a (temporary) lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 2 August 1876,[11] subsequently made permanent with retrospective effect from 2 February 1876.

1 Section, Field Telegraph, (under the overall command of Brigadier-General Sir Evelyn Wood) he remained in South Africa until September 1882, when he returned to England.

On his return to England, he was based at Aldershot, but spent eight weeks at the School of Musketry in Hythe, Kent in October and November 1883.

[1] On his return to England in June 1885, he was on sick leave for ten weeks, before re-joining the Postal Telegraph Service, where he remained until 30 September 1886.

The company left Southampton on 6 June 1900 on board RMS Aurania, arriving at Cape Town on 29 June, from where they travelled by train to the Orange River Colony for duty with the regular Royal Engineers based at Bloemfontein, where they would be engaged on work repairing the roads, railways and bridges for the next 15 months.

[20] For his services in the Boer War, Lindsay was mentioned in despatches[21] and awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with three clasps.

[23] Lindsay remained in command of the regiment at the start of World War One, based at the depot in Monmouth,[24] although he did visit the Western Front briefly in January 1917,[25] before relinquishing his commission in favour of Lt.-Col. Roland Forestier-Walker on 24 May 1917.

[30] His clients included Sir David Llewellyn, 1st Baronet,[31] whose son Harry schooled horses for Lindsay at his training establishment at Ystrad Mynach, as did other successful Welsh jockeys, Fulke Walwyn and Evan Williams.

He was also a member of the committee of Glamorgan CCC and assisted with their fund-raising as they moved from Minor County status to becoming a first-class club.

[10] Although on active service in South Africa, in October 1900 Lindsay stood for Parliament in the East Glamorganshire constituency at the general election to represent the Conservative Party.

[39] Despite a spirited campaign by his wife, Lindsay failed to secure the seat, losing to the sitting member Alfred Thomas, (later Lord Pontypridd) (Liberal) by 6,994 votes to 4,080.

[53] Claud joined the Royal Field Artillery and was killed while commanding his battery in a rearguard action near Domart, France, on 31 March 1918, less than a week after his brother.

[36] A memorial service was held at Holy Trinity Church on Sunday 17 November, conducted by the Bishop of Llandaff, The Right Revd.