Ronald Lindsay
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The Right Honourable Sir Ronald Lindsay GCB KCMG CVO |
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Sir Ronald Lindsay in 1928.
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| Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 1928–1930 |
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| Preceded by | Sir William Tyrrell |
| Succeeded by | Sir Robert Vansittart |
| British Ambassador to the United States | |
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In office 1930 – June 1939 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| President |
Herbert Hoover Franklin Roosevelt |
| Prime Minister |
Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | Sir Esme Howard |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess of Lothian |
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| Born | 3 May 1877 |
| Died | 21 August 1945 (aged 68) |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Martha Cameron (died 1918) (2) Elizabeth Sherman Hoyt |
Sir Ronald Charles Lindsay GCB KCMG CVO PC (3 May 1877 – 21 August 1945) was a British civil servant and diplomat. He was Ambassador to Turkey from 1925 to 1926 and to Germany from 1926 to 1928, Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs from 1928 to 1930 and Ambassador to the United States from 1930 to 1939.
Lindsay was the fifth son of James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, by Emily Florence Bootle-Wilbraham, daughter of Colonel the Honourable Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, second son of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale. David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford, was his elder brother. He was educated at Winchester.
Lindsay was appointed Third Secretary in the Diplomatic Service in January 1901, and advanced to First Secretary in 1911. From 1913 to 1919 he was Under-Secretary of Finance for Egypt, and was made a Grand Officer of the Order of the Nile by the Sultan of Egypt in 1915. From 1919 to 1920 he was Councillor of the Embassy in Washington D.C., before being posted as Minister Plenipotentiary to France in September 1920. Following this, in 1921, he was appointed the Assistant Under-Secretary of State for the Foreign Office, a post he held until 1924. In 1925, he was appointed the Ambassador to Turkey and was sworn of the Privy Council later that year. In 1926, he moved to become Ambassador to Germany. He returned to London in 1928 to become the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the civil service head of the Foreign Office. After two years as Permanent Secretary, Lindsay was named as the Ambassador to the United States in November 1929 and took up the position early the next year. He was the first ambassador to move into the brand-new British embassy in 1930, and remained in Washington for almost a decade, retiring in June 1939 to be replaced by Lord Lothian.
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