| Authorised form of name | Lindley; Nathaniel (1828 - 1921); Baron Lindley; judge |
| Dates | 1828 - 1921 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Acton Green, Chiswick, Middlesex, England |
| Date of birth | 29 November 1828 |
| Place of death | East Carleton, near Norwich, Norfolk, England |
| Date of death | 09/12/1921 |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Activity | Education: London at University College School; University College, London
Career:
Called to the Bar at Middle Temple (1850); QC (1872); Bencher (1874); Sergeant-at-law (1875); Justice of the Common Pleas (1875); Judge of the High Court (1875-1881); Lord Justice of Appeal (1881-1897); Master of the Rolls (1897-1900); Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (1900-1905)
Honours:
Kt 1875
Baron 1900 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/01/1898 |
| Age at election | 70 |
| Proposer | Joseph Lister; John Evans; Michael Foster; Arthur William Rucker; William Ramsay; Percy Alexander MacMahon |
| Relationships | Parents: John Lindley (FRS 1828), professor of botany at University College, London, and Sarah (1791–1869), daughter of Anthony George Freestone of South Elmham, Suffolk.
Spouse: Sarah Katharine, daughter of Edward John Teale of Leeds (05 August 1858)
Children: Nine children, including diplomat Sir Francis Oswald Lindley and the army officer Major-General John Lindley. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Cracroft's Peerage [URL:http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/lindley1900.htm; las accessed: 21/02/2024] |
| Code | NA5902 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| NLB/20/542 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 18 May 1900 |
| NLB/23/2/60 | Copy letter from Sir Michael Foster, to The Honorable Lord [Nathaniel] Lindley, Fellow of the Royal Society | 26 April 1901 |
| EC/1898/01 | Lindley, Nathaniel, Baron Lindley: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MS/547/4/13 | Letter from A B [Alfred Bray] Kempe, The Royal Society, Burlington House, to Lord Lindley, inscribed with Lindley's reply | 20 May 1900 |