Alexander Dunlop Lindsay, 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker, C.B.E., known as Sandy Lindsay, was born on 14 May 1879, at Glasgow, to the Reverend Thomas M. Lindsay and his wife. He died on 18 March 1952.

Lindsay was Educated at The Glasgow Academy, the University of Glasgow, and University College, Oxford (where he took a Double First), and began his academic career at the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. The Glasgow Academy The Glasgow Academy is the oldest fully-independent school in Glasgow, Scotland. ... The University of Glasgow, founded in 1451, is the largest of the three universities in Glasgow, Scotland. ... University College (in full, the College of the Great Hall of the University, commonly known as University College in the University of Oxford, usually known by its derivative, Univ), is a contender for the claim to be the oldest of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the... The University of Glasgow, founded in 1451, is the largest of the three universities in Glasgow, Scotland. ... The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland. ...

Lindsay was Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford (1906-52) and, after a spell as Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow (1922-24), became Master (1924-49). He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1935-38). College name Balliol College Named after John de Balliol Established 1263 Sister College St Johns Master Andrew Graham JCR President Jack Hawkins Undergraduates 403 Graduates 228 Homepage Boatclub Balliol College, founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... Ethics is a general term for what is often described as the science (study) of morality. In philosophy, ethical behavior is that which is good or right. ... The University of Glasgow, founded in 1451, is the largest of the three universities in Glasgow, Scotland. ... The University of Oxford (often called Oxford University), located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...

Lindsay was the first Principal of the University College of North Staffordshire and in effect the founder of Keele University. Keele University is a research-intensive campus university located near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire in the West Midlands of England between Manchester and Birmingham. ...

In 1938 Lindsay stood for Parliament in the Oxford by-election as an 'Independent Progressive' on the single issue of opposition to the Munich Agreement, with support from the Labour and Liberal parties as well as from many Conservatives including the future Prime Ministers Winston Churchill, Harold Macmillan and Edward Heath, but lost to the official Conservative candidate, Quintin Hogg. Chamberlain holds the paper containing the resolution to commit to peaceful methods signed by both Hitler and himself on his return from Germany in September 1938. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the main left-wing political party of the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the historic Liberal Party. ... The Conservative Party is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting MPs, and the largest by of public membership. ... The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the head of Her Majestys Government and so exercises many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC(Can) (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was an English statesman and author, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986), was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. ... Sir Edward Richard George Ted Heath, KG, MBE (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005), soldier and politician, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. ... Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, KG, CH, PC, QC (October 9, 1907 – October 12, 2001), formerly 2nd Viscount Hailsham (1950–1963), was a British Conservative politician. ...

Lindsay married Elizabeth Violet Storr (d. 28 May 1962), daughter of F. Storr, in 1907. They had one child, Michael Francis Morris Lindsay (24 February 1909-13 February 1994), who succeeded to the Barony on his father's death. Baron Lindsay of Birker is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ...

Lindsay was elevated to the peerage on 13 November 1945 as Baron Lindsay of Birker, of Low Ground, co. Cumberland.

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• University of Oxford
• The Oxford Experience