| John Lindley | |
| Birth Date: | 15 September 1860 |
| Death Date: | 7 April 1925 |
| Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
| Rank: | Major-General |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Commands: | Cavalry School 3rd Cavalry Brigade Welsh Division |
| Battles: | Second Boer War First World War |
Major-General the Hon. John Edward Lindley (15 September 1860 – 7 April 1925) was a British Army officer.
Born the son of Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley and Sarah Katherine Teale,[1] Lindley was commissioned into the South Staffordshire Regiment but transferred to the 1st The Royal Dragoons on 19 November 1881. After serving in the Second Boer War, he became Adjutant-General at Northern Command in 1903, Commandant of the Cavalry School in 1905 and commander of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade in 1907.[2]
He went on to become General Officer Commanding the Welsh Division in October 1914.[3] He landed with his division at Suvla Bay on 6 August 1915 during the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War, in which action his division suffered significant losses: he voluntarily handed over his command, saying that he had "lost control", on 16 August 1915.[2]