Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley

Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley, (29 November 1828 – 9 December 1921) was an English judge.

Early life He was the second son of the botanist Dr. John Lindley, In 1874 he was elected a bencher of the Middle Temple, of which he was treasurer in 1894 and a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, In 1880 he became a justice of the Queen's Bench and in 1881 he was raised to be a Lord Justice of Appeal and was sworn of the Privy Council.

In 1897, Lord Justice Lindley succeeded Lord Esher as Master of the Rolls, and in 1900 he was made a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary with a life peerage and the title of Baron Lindley, of East Carleton in the County of Norfolk. He died at home in East Carleton, near Norwich, in 1921. They had nine children, including diplomat Sir Francis Oswald Lindley and the army officer Major-General John Lindley.

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Writing Lord Lindley published two notable works, Lindley on Companies and Lindley on Partnership.