Michael Lindsay, 2nd Baron Lindsay of Birker

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Michael Francis Morris Lindsay, 2nd Baron Lindsay of Birker (born February 24, 1909 , † February 13, 1994 ) was a British peer and academic .

life and career

Lindsay was born on February 24, 1909 to Alexander Dunlop Lindsay, 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker and Erica Violet Storr. He attended Gresham's School in Holt and Balliol College . After attending college, he became a lecturer at Yanjing University in Beijing , China .

When Japanese troops invaded China during World War II , Lindsay and his wife Hsiao Li joined the Chinese underground. She published a book in 2006 called Bold Plum , mostly written in 1947, about the war years and marriage to Lindsay.

Membership in the House of Lords

In 1952, after the death of his father, Lindsay inherited the title of Baron Lindsay of Birker and the then associated seat in the House of Lords . This made Hsiao Li Lindsay the first British peeress of Chinese origin. He gave his inaugural address on June 24, 1964.

He spoke up sporadically. In 1964 he spoke about the Development Decade of the UN and world trade as well as the Trading Stamps Bill . In the 1970s he spoke up on capitalism and socialism. He spoke on central and local government, civil service and the future of Hong Kong in the 1980s . He last spoke up on July 16, 1990.

Family and death

Lindsay married Hsiao Li , daughter of Colonel Li Wen-Chi on June 25, 1941. They had a son, James Lindsay, 3rd Baron Lindsay of Birker and two daughters, Erica (* 1942, † 1993) and Mary Muriel (* 1951 ).

He died on February 13, 1994 at the age of 84.

literature

  • Hsiao Li Lindsay: Bold Plum: with the Guerillas in China's War against Japan , Lulu.com, 2006, ISBN 978-1430302926
  • The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV ': Addenda & Corrigenda , Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: Sutton Publishing, 1998, p. 770

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Michael Francis Morris Lindsay, 2nd Baron Lindsay of Birker on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ Alexander Dunlop Lindsay ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Published by Lindsays International , accessed January 30, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.clanlindsay.com
  3. ↑ a b c Lady Lindsay of Birker Obituary of the Telegraph , accessed January 30, 2013
predecessor Office successor
Sandie Lindsay Baron Lindsay of Birker
1952-1994 		James Lindsay
personal data
SURNAME Lindsay, Michael, 2nd Baron Lindsay of Birker
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lindsay, Michael Francis Morris, 2nd Baron Lindsay of Birker (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British peer and academic
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1909
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1994