Civil engineer. Born at 50 Ferdinand Strasse, Hamburg. Worked with his father William Lindley on a number of engineering projects, including the Warsaw waterworks and the sewerage system in Prague, which is still in use today. Knighted in 1911, he died at his home, 74 Hazlewell Road, Putney.
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