Editing James Lind (section)

==Family==
Lind married Isabella Dickie and had two sons, John and James. In 1773 he was living on [[Princes Street]] in a brand-new house facing [[Edinburgh Castle]].<ref>''Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1773–74''</ref>

John {{postnom|country=GBR|FRSE}} (1751–1794), his elder son, studied medicine at [[St Andrews University]] and graduated in 1777,<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=24 April 2017|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> then succeeded his father as chief physician at Haslar Hospital in 1783. [[James Lind (Royal Navy officer)|James]] (1765–1823), also embarked on a career with the British navy.<ref name="Tracy2278" /> His cousin was [[James Lind (1736–1812)]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=24 April 2017|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

James rose to the rank of [[post-captain]], and was notable for his role in the [[Battle of Vizagapatam]] in the [[Bay of Bengal]] in 1804, for which he was knighted.<ref name="Tracy2278">{{Cite book |first=Nicholas|last=Tracy|title=Who's who in Nelson's Navy: 200 Naval Heroes|year=2006|publisher=Chatham Publishing|location=London|isbn=1-86176-244-5|pages=227–228}}</ref>