Publications of the Clan Lindsay Society - Electric Scotland

82 JOHN LINDSAY, THE NUMISMATIST.
for the numerous illuHtrations weir iii.Mlt- liy liia
daughter, Mrs Carleton.
Besides his Numismatic works, he left In MS. a
large collection of anecdotes, gathered through his
long life. Notes on Temperature, tuivcn during fifty
years, and an unfinished account of the ohl Castles of
Ireland, which he had intended for puhlication.
The accompanying portrait,* taken in his old age,
will give some idea of John Lindsay's character. I
remember him well, for my father's })lace and his were
quite near, and their coasinship and commc^n love of
flowers created a strong attachment between them.
Everyone in the neighbourhood knew and honoured
the kindly old man, so gentle and dignified, with the
silvery hair and gold spectacles, and the reputed
possessor of vast but unknown stores of learning.
What the neighbours could better appreciate was tlie
sweetness of disposition, the benevolence, the openhanded
generosity, the unassuming liumiHty which
bore his honours f so unboastfuUy, and tlie siniple
genuineness of his religion. His hibours and Hberality
during the appalling potato famine of 18-47 in tlie estab-
lishment of soup kitchens for the relief of the starving
people gave him a reputation and a popularity in
* For this portrait, which appeared in the Cork Ilidoricul and
Archctvlogical Journal, S -pt 1898, I am indebted to the couitcsy of
Robert Day, Esq., F.S.A., tlio distinguished Cork antiquary, and in his
younger daya a friend of John Lindoay's.
t He was a member of the British Archieological Association, the
Irish Archteological Society, and the South Rlunster Antiquarian Society,
corresponding member of the London Syro-Egyptian Society, and au
honorary member of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and that
of Newcastle-on-Tyne,