Francis Oswald Lindley

Sir Francis Oswald Lindley
British Ambassador to Japan
In office
1931–1934
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterRamsay MacDonald
Preceded bySir John Tilley
Succeeded bySir Robert Clive
British Ambassador to Portugal
In office
1929–1931
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterRamsay MacDonald
Preceded bySir Colville Barclay
Succeeded bySir Claud Russell
Minister of the United Kingdom to Norway
In office
1923–1929
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded bySir Mansfeldt Findlay
Succeeded bySir Charles Wingfield
British Ambassador to Greece
In office
1921–1922
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Preceded byGranville Leveson-Gower, 3rd Earl Granville
Succeeded bySir Milne Cheetham
British Ambassador to Austria
In office
1919–1921
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Preceded bySir Maurice de Bunsen
Succeeded byAretas Akers-Douglas, 2nd Viscount Chilston
Personal details
Born(1872-06-12)12 June 1872
East Carleton, Norwich
Died17 August 1950(1950-08-17) (aged 78)
Spouse
Etheldreda Mary Fraser
(m. 1903; died 1949)
Children4
Parent(s)Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley
Sarah Katharine Teale Lindley
EducationWinchester College
Alma materMagdalen 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]

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