Sir Patrick Lindesay, KCB, KCH (24 February 1778 – 14 March 1839) was a Scottish military officer during the Napoleonic Wars and Peninsular War but is most noted as having served as Acting Governor of New South Wales, Australia in 1831.

He was born in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland, the son of Lt. Col. John Lindesay.

In November 1827, aged 49, he arrived in Sydney, Australia to succeed Colonel William Stewart (governor) in the command of the garrison at Port Jackson.

On Sturt's return, he brought many bird skins which were then delivered by Lindesay to the Edinburgh Museum.

A second Mount Lindesay (New South Wales) was later named by Sir Thomas Mitchell, attaching to a dominant mountain in the Nandewar Range.

[5] He is interred in St. Michael's Churchyard in Inveresk west of the main church in the older section.