William O'Brien Lindsay

Sir William Lindsay
Chief Justice of the Sudan
In office
1954–1955
Preceded byR. C. Stanley-Baker
Succeeded byMohamed Ahmed Abu Rannat
Personal details
Born(1909-10-08)8 October 1909
Canterbury, Kent, England
Died20 October 1975(1975-10-20) (aged 66)
Nairobi, Kenya

Sir William O'Brien Lindsay KBE (8 October 1909 – 20 October 1975) was the Chief Justice of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from 1950 or 1954 to 1955, during the period when it was administered as an Anglo-Egyptian condominium. He served in the Sudan Political Service from 1932 to 1955, and later establishing a law firm in Nairobi, Kenya. Lindsay was a talented sportsman as a youth, playing first-class cricket for Oxford University, Scotland and Kent County Cricket Club.