Hugh Lindsay (British Army officer)

Major Hugh Charles Lyttelton Lindsay, LVO (3 May 1953 – 10 March 1988) was Equerry to Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom from 1983–86.

Lindsay was educated at Millfield. He was a career soldier who served in the 9th/12th Royal Lancers. He was made an LVO (Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order) in 1986. He married 33-year-old Sarah Brennan (MVO) in July 1987.[1]

Major Lindsay was killed on 10 March 1988, aged 34, in a ski accident after being caught up in an avalanche on Gotschnagrat Mountain while accompanying Charles, Prince of Wales on a holiday in Klosters in Switzerland.[2] His wife was six[2] or seven[1] months pregnant at the time. She subsequently gave birth to a daughter, Alice Rose Lyttelton Lindsay.

References
  1. Alderson, Andrew (16 March 2008). "'My husband died on a royal skiing trip'". UK News. United Kingdom: Telegraph Media Group Limited. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2010. Mrs [Sarah] Horsley, who was seven months pregnant with the couple's first child when disaster struck, has only just begun to feel mentally tough enough to satisfy her curiosity by flying to the Alps to see the spot where her husband was buried under a deluge of falling snow.
  2. "1988: Avalanche hits royal ski party". BBC News. 10 March 1988.
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