Hugh Hamilton Lindsay was the son of Hon. Hugh Lindsay, a director of the East India Company which produced revenues from monopoly opium sales for British India. Lindsay had a keen interest in China and was one of the first Britons to visit Shanghai. In 1820, he began his career in China as a supercargo for the East India Company and later became the company's Secretary in Canton.
In 1832, Lindsay led a covert exploration of Chinese ports along with Lutheran missionary Karl Gützlaff, visiting Amoy, Fuzhou, Ningbo, Shanghai, and Shandong. He was a supporter of the war against Qing China to promote business interests. Lindsay was the founder of Lindsay and Company of Hong Kong, a banking and shipping company.
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