His father, George Lindsay, relocated his family to Brockville, Ontario while Robert was a young child.
[1] Robert Lindsay married Margaret Ellen Boucher, at Carleton Place on 30 September 1907.
[1] He maintained a studio in Brockville from which he carried on a commercial art business as well as his artistic endeavours.
[1] While known especially for the area of the Thousand Islands,[7] Lindsay also traveled extensively, painting in Maine, Florida, and Ireland.
Following his death in 1938 his widow, Margaret Boucher Lindsay, presented about forty of his pencil sketches to the library.
[12][13] Works of Robert H. Lindsay are held in the collections of the National Library and Archives of Canada[9] and the Brockville Museum.