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... that Alexander Lindsay served as a general in the East India Company while remaining a half-pay lieutenant in the British Army? "at the age of nine received an ensigncy in the 104th (Royal Manchester volunteers) regiment of foot, in which he became lieutenant in 1795. The regiment was disbanded in the same year, and Lindsay remained on half pay to the end of his life ... Lindsay became a major-general in 1838, lieutenant-general in 1851, general in 1859" from: "Lindsay, Sir Alexander". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16684. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
ALT1:... that Alexander Lindsay simultaneously held two commissions in the British Army, one as a general and one as a half-pay lieutenant? "8 The very remarkable case is recorded of an officer of this regiment holding a half-pay Lieutenancy and a full General's commission in the British Army at the same time. Lieut. Alexander Lindsay, of the 104th Regt, of 1794-5, exchanged, in 1795, into the half^pay of the disbanded 104th Regt, of 1782-3. In 1804 he joined the Bengal Artillery and sub- sequently became Gen. Sir Alexander Lindsay, K.C.B., of the Royal (late Bengal) Artillery, and died on 20th Jan., 1872, at which time he still held his commission in the half-pay of the 104th Foot" from: Baldry, W. Y.; White, A. S. (1922). "Disbanded Regiments. The New Brunswick Fencibles—afterwards the 104th Foot"(PDF). Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. 1 (3): 92. ISSN0037-9700.
ALT2:... that Alexander Lindsay joined the British Army at the age of nine and rose to become a general?"at the age of nine received an ensigncy in the 104th (Royal Manchester volunteers) regiment of foot, in which he became lieutenant in 1795. The regiment was disbanded in the same year, and Lindsay remained on half pay to the end of his life ... Lindsay became a major-general in 1838, lieutenant-general in 1851, general in 1859" from: "Lindsay, Sir Alexander". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16684. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)