Updated October 2023Sir Harry Lindsay was a Colonial administrator, who was connected with India, and worked to develop aspects of the Commonwealth, which grew from the end of Empire.
He was another St. Paul's Old Boy and was also educated at Oxford University, as were many previous Presidents.
A Wikipedia article provided the following information, under CC license:
In 1910 Lindsay became Under-Secretary to the government of Bengal. He moved to the Commerce and Industry Department of the Government of India in 1912.
In 1916 he was Director-General of Commercial Intelligence in Calcutta and in 1922 Secretary to the Government of India, Commerce Dept. In 1923 he became Government of India Trade Commissioner in London.
He was another St. Paul's Old Boy and was also educated at Oxford University, as were many previous Presidents.
A Wikipedia article provided the following information, under CC license:
In 1910 Lindsay became Under-Secretary to the government of Bengal. He moved to the Commerce and Industry Department of the Government of India in 1912.
In 1916 he was Director-General of Commercial Intelligence in Calcutta and in 1922 Secretary to the Government of India, Commerce Dept. In 1923 he became Government of India Trade Commissioner in London.
In 1919, he was knighted:
CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD. St. James's Palace, S.W.
3rd June, 1919.
The KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday, to make the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire: — 'To be Knight Commanders of the Civil Division, of the said Most Excellent Order.
Harry Alexander Fanshawe Lindsay, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Director-General of Commercial Intelligence in India.
In 1923 he was delegate for India to the Economic Committee of the League of Nations. In 1934 he was appointed Director of the Imperial Institute, a post in which he remained until 1953.
He was GA President during this time.
Described here:
Lindsay was Chairman of the Council of the Royal Society of Arts, editing the publication British Commonwealth Objectives in 1946.
He was President of the Imperial Institute in the 1940s as well.
He was GA President during this time.
Image credit: National Portrait Gallery
Described here:
Lindsay was Chairman of the Council of the Royal Society of Arts, editing the publication British Commonwealth Objectives in 1946.
He was President of the Imperial Institute in the 1940s as well.
A vintage photograph from the time.
Lindsay was also president of the Royal Geographical Society (yet another President to have served with both organisations), and vice-president of the Royal Commonwealth Society.
Lindsay's presidential address was on 'Geography and the Museum'.
There is a return here to the contested notions of geography as a science, which was a debate had throughout the early 20th Century, and aspects of this are still talked about now.
An interest in museums also connects him other former GA President, who were connected with museums:
1925 - John Linton Myres, who was linked with the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, and
1929 - Sir Henry Lyons, who was a director of the Science Museum
Lindsay was also president of the Royal Geographical Society (yet another President to have served with both organisations), and vice-president of the Royal Commonwealth Society.
Lindsay's presidential address was on 'Geography and the Museum'.
In it, he talked about the role that geography might play in the development of museums, even the one at the RGS, which he mentions at the start of his address.
There is a return here to the contested notions of geography as a science, which was a debate had throughout the early 20th Century, and aspects of this are still talked about now.
An interest in museums also connects him other former GA President, who were connected with museums:
1925 - John Linton Myres, who was linked with the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, and
1929 - Sir Henry Lyons, who was a director of the Science Museum
He died on 2 March 1963, in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 81.
I wasn't able to find much about what he did while GA President unfortunately.
As always, I would be happy to hear from anyone who has further details on this President's particular contributions to the work of the GA. I have very little to go on for this entry which is one of the briefest.
I wasn't able to find much about what he did while GA President unfortunately.
References
Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Lindsay - a brief entry, which doesn't say anything about his Geographical career - Edited to add his GA Presidency as always.
Lindsay, Harry. “GEOGRAPHY AND THE MUSEUM: ADDRESS TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION.” Geography, vol. 35, no. 1, 1950, pp. 1–9. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40564519.
Lindsay, Harry. “GEOGRAPHY AND THE MUSEUM: ADDRESS TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION.” Geography, vol. 35, no. 1, 1950, pp. 1–9. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40564519.
Portrait at NPG: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp79885/sir-harry-alexander-fanshawe-lindsay
https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1943/mar/31/colonial-products-research-council
Mentioned in: https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/mas/article/viewFile/232/245
Lindsay, Harry. “CULTURAL RELATIONS WITHIN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH.” Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, vol. 96, no. 4756, 1947, pp. 6–18. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41364360.
Here's an image of Sir Harry Lindsay welcoming the Queen to an event at the Royal Society of Arts mentioned in the article above - when he served as President of the RSA.
Sir Harry Alexander Fanshawe Lindsay
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, March 1943
NPG x165080© National Portrait Gallery, London
https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1943/mar/31/colonial-products-research-council
Mentioned in: https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/mas/article/viewFile/232/245
Lindsay, Harry. “CULTURAL RELATIONS WITHIN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH.” Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, vol. 96, no. 4756, 1947, pp. 6–18. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41364360.
Here's an image of Sir Harry Lindsay welcoming the Queen to an event at the Royal Society of Arts mentioned in the article above - when he served as President of the RSA.
Image of Lindsay from NPG under Creative Commons
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, March 1943
NPG x165080© National Portrait Gallery, London
As always, I would be happy to hear from anyone who has further details on this President's particular contributions to the work of the GA. I have very little to go on for this entry which is one of the briefest.
You can buy a greetings card with his image on from the NPG if you so desire...
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