Alexander Lindo

Alexander Lindo was an English merchant born in old Sephardic Jewish family with the business interests in Jamaica, the West Indies. There he became known as a property developer, slave trader and Kingston's leading Jewish merchant.

After the Treaty of Amiens, Lindo entered into business dealings with Napoleon, arranging the shipment of goods to the value of £260,000 to the French West Indies for the use of the troops commanded by General Leclerc. Since he was unable to recover his money, Lindo ended his life demented and bankrupt in London in 1812.