Michael Lindsay, 2nd Baron Lindsay of Birker

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Michael Francis Morris Lindsay, 2nd Baron Lindsay of Birker (24 February 1909 – 13 February 1994), was a British

academic
.

Education and life in China

Lindsay was the son of Sandie and Erica Lindsay, née Storr. On his mother's side, he was descended from the goldsmith and silversmith Paul Storr; his cousins thus included Rev. Vernon Storr, Archdeacon of Westminster from 1931 to 1936, Rev. Frank Utterton, Archdeacon of Surrey from 1906 to 1908, the obstetrician Sir Francis Champneys, 1st Baronet and his brothers, Basil Champneys and Weldon Champneys, and the artists Rex Whistler and Laurence Whistler.[1][2]

He was educated at

Beiping, China and American University in Washington, D.C.[3]

Using his protected status as a foreign citizen, Lindsay began smuggling radio and medical supplies to the communists, who were resisting the

Hsiao Li, whom he married on 25 June 1941. They had one son, James, born on 29 January 1945, and two daughters, Erica (1942-1993) and Mary Muriel (b. 1951).[4]

Following the

Yenan: Erica, born in a hut in the mountains in 1942, and James, born in a hospital cave in Yenan in 1945.[4][5]

Baron Lindsay of Birker

After the war, in 1945, Lindsay's father was created

Morrison Lecture.[6] Dissatisfied with his treatment at ANU, seven years later, Lord and Lady Lindsay moved to Washington, D.C., where he taught at the Far Eastern Program at American University until his retirement in 1975.[7] They remained there after he retired.[4][5] They visited China in 1949 and 1954; in 1954, they functioned as official interpreters for an unsuccessful Labour Party delegation to China. Later, however, they were refused visas because of Lord Lindsay's criticism of the communist leadership. Lord and Lady Lindsay were only able to enter the country after the death of Mao Zedong. Lord Lindsay died in 1994, a year after his daughter Erica.[4] He was succeeded by his son James Lindsay, 3rd Baron Lindsay of Birker
.

Notes

  1. ^ Paul Storr 1771-1844, Silversmith and Goldsmith, N. M. Penzer, Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1971, pp. 16-17
  2. ^ "Alexander Dunlop Lindsay". Archived from the original on 5 September 2006. Retrieved 27 February 2007.
  3. ^ "Bold Plum: with the Guerrillas in China's War against Japan :: Review Asian Affairs". tucacas.info. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d "Lady Lindsay of Birker". The Telegraph. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Hsiao Li Lindsay obituary". The Guardian. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  6. ^ "Morrison Oration". Canberra Times. 21 October 1953.
  7. ^ "Lindsay, Michael Francis (1909–1994)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.

References

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Alexander Lindsay
 Baron Lindsay of Birker
1952-1994 		Succeeded by
James Lindsay
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