Christian Tindall CIE (18 May 1878 – 13 April 1951) was an English officer in the Indian Civil Service and first-class cricketer.

The son of John Tindall, he was born at Leighton Buzzard in May 1878.^[1] Tindall joined the civil service in October 1902,^[2] later being appointed to the Indian Civil Service in British India, where he rose in rank to become to secretary to the Government of Bengal. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in the 1919 New Year Honours.^[3] A keen cricketer, Tindall played first-class cricket in 1904 for London County, captained by W. G. Grace, in one match against Cambridge University at Fenner's.^[4] Batting twice in the match, he ended the London County first innings unbeaten on 9, while in their second innings he was dismissed for a single run by John Hopley.^[5] In later life he took an interest in the Codex Sinaiticus, publishing research on the subject.^[6] Toward the end of his life he was resident in Exeter with his wife, Elsie.^[1] Elsie was killed in the Second World War during an air raid on the city in 1943.^[7] Tindall lived out his final years in the Devon village of Littleham, where he died in April 1951.

• Christian Tindall at ESPNcricinfo