Francis Oswald Lindley
Sir Francis Oswald Lindley GCMG CB CBE PC (12 June 1872 – 17 August 1950) was a British diplomat who was HM Consul-General in Russia in 1919, British High Commissioner in Vienna 1919–1920, Ambassador to Austria 1920–1921, Ambassador to Greece 1922–1923, Minister in Oslo 1923–1929, Ambassador to Portugal 1929–1931, and finally Ambassador to Japan 1931–1934. Lindley was described as "a rather tough old character in some respects and very outspoken in his likes and dislikes."
The Right Honourable Sir Francis Oswald Lindley GCMG CB CBE | |
|---|---|
| British Ambassador to Japan | |
| In office 1931–1934 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | Sir John Tilley |
| Succeeded by | Sir Robert Clive |
| British Ambassador to Portugal | |
| In office 1929–1931 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | Sir Colville Barclay |
| Succeeded by | Sir Claud Russell |
| Minister of the United Kingdom to Norway | |
| In office 1923–1929 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | Sir Mansfeldt Findlay |
| Succeeded by | Sir Charles Wingfield |
| British Ambassador to Greece | |
| In office 1921–1922 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | Granville Leveson-Gower, 3rd Earl Granville |
| Succeeded by | Sir Milne Cheetham |
| British Ambassador to Austria | |
| In office 1919–1921 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | Sir Maurice de Bunsen |
| Succeeded by | Aretas Akers-Douglas, 2nd Viscount Chilston |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 June 1872 East Carleton, Norwich |
| Died | 17 August 1950 (aged 78) |
| Spouse |
Etheldreda Mary Fraser
(m. 1903; died 1949) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley Sarah Katharine Teale Lindley |
| Education | Winchester College |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
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