Francis Oswald Lindley

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	(1872-06-12)12 June 1872 East Carleton, Norwich
Died	17 August 1950(1950-08-17) (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

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."^[1]