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

Peerage

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 and academic .

Lindsay was the son of Alexander Dunlop Lindsay, 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker

Alexander Dunlop Lindsay, 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker

Alexander Dunlop Lindsay, 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker CBE known as Sandie Lindsay, was a British academic and peer.-Early life:...

 and Erica Violet Storr . He was educated at Gresham's School

Gresham's School

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, Holt

Holt, Norfolk

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, and Balliol College

Balliol College, Oxford

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 Oxford

University of Oxford

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. After Oxford, he became a lecturer at Yenching University

Yenching University

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 in Beijing

Beijing

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, China

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. He married Hsiao Li, daughter of Colonel Li Wen-Chi, on 25 June 1941, and they had one son, James Lindsay, 3rd Baron Lindsay of Birker

James Lindsay, 3rd Baron Lindsay of Birker

James Francis Lindsay, 3rd Baron Lindsay of Birker , is a retired Australian diplomat.-Background and education:Lindsay is the only son of Michael Lindsay, 2nd Baron Lindsay of Birker, and the grandson of the Scottish academic and educationalist Sandie Lindsay, 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker...

, born on 29 January 1945 and two daughters, Erica (b. 1942, d. 1993) and Mary Muriel (b. 1951) .

When the Japanese invaded China during World War II

World War II

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, Lindsay and Hsiao Li joined the Chinese guerrilla underground .

Lindsay succeeded to the title of Baron Lindsay of Birker, of Low Ground, co. Cumberland, on 18 March 1952. This in turn made Hsiao Li Lady Lindsay of Birker, the first British peeress of Chinese origin in history .

In 2006, Hsiao Li Lindsay published a book called Bold Plum, largely written in 1947, about the war years and her marriage to Lindsay.