SMYTH, HERBERT WARINGTON, elder son of Sir Warington Wilkinson Smyth (qv); b. 4 Jun 1867; adm. 27 May 1880 (G); left Aug 1886; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1886; BA 1889; LLB 1889; MA 1898; LLM 1899; Secretary, Department of Mines, Government of Siam 1891-5, Director-Gen. 1895-7; Secretary, Siamese Legation, London 1898-1901; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 26 Apr 1899; Secretary for Mines, Transvaal 1901-10; member Legislative and Executive Councils, Transvaal 1906-7; advocate, Supreme Court, Transvaal; Secretary for Mines and Industries, Union of South Africa, and Secretary for Mines, Natal 1910-27; served in South African War 1901-2; Sub-Lieut., RNVR Nov 1914; Assistant Naval Transport Officer, South-West Africa 1914-5; South African Delegate, International Laboutr Conference, Washington, USA 1919 and Geneva 1922; CMG 3 Jun 1919; Order of White Elephant, Siam 1897; author, Five Years in Siam, 1898, and other works; m. 21 Jul 1900 Amabel Mary, third dau. of Sir Henry Sutton, Kt, Judge of the King’s Bench Division, High Court of Justice; d. 19 Dec 1943.
SMYTH, JOHN HUGH STRACEY, elder son of Major-Gen. John Hall Smyth CB, Foots Cray, Kent, and Emma, only dau. of Charles Struth, Paris; b. 3 Aug 1854; adm. 24 Jan 1868 (G); left Christmas 1870; some mention of him and of his uncle Rev. Charles Brodrick Scott DD, Head Master of the School, will be found in his sister Dame Ethel Smyth’s Impressions that Remained; d. 11 Jul 1875.
SMYTH, SIR NEVILL MASKELYNE, younger son of Sir Warington Wilkinson Smyth (qv); b. 14 Aug 1868; adm. 8 Jun 1882 (G); left 1885; RMC Sandhurst 1886; 2nd Lieut., 2nd Dragoon Guards 22 Aug 1888; Lieut., 26 Apr 1895; Capt., 8 Dec 1897; Brevet Maj., 22 Aug 1902; Maj., 6th Dragoon Guards 28 Oct 1903; Lieut. -Col., 1 May 1909 – 30 Apr 1913; Brevet Col., 4 Dec 1912; temp. Brig. -Gen., 20 May 1915 – 27 Dec 1916; temp. Major-Gen., 28 Dec 1916 – 31 Dec 1917; Major-Gen. Jan 1918; Col., 3rd/6th Dragoon Guards 1920-5; retd. 1924; served in Zhob Valley expedition 1890-1, expedition to Dongola 1896, and Nile expeditions of 1897, 1898, 1899; severely wounded at battle of Omdurman 2 Sep 1898; mentioned in despatches LG 3 Nov 1896, and 30 Sep and 15 Nov 1898; VC 15 Nov 1898 (for gallantry at Omdurman); served in South African War 1902; during First World War served in Egypt, at Gallipoli, and on the Western Front; in command of Egyptian Army’s 1st class Military District, Sudan 1914-5, 1st Australian Infantry Brigade at Gallipoli 1915-6; mentioned in despatches LG 6 and 28 Jan and 13 Jul 1916, 4 Jan, 15 May and 11 Dec 1917, 28 May and 20 Dec 1918, 5 Jul 1919; CB 14 Jan 1916; KCB 9 Jun 1919; Commander, Order of Leopold, and Croix de Guerre, Belgium; Officier de la Légion d’Honneur, France; m. 23 Jul 1918 Evelyn Olwen, eldest dau. of Sir Arthur Osmond Williams, Bart., MP; d. at Melbourne, Australia 21 Jul 1941.
SMYTHE, WILLIAM MYNORS, third son of Patrick Murray Smythe (qv); b. 13 Jun 1850; adm. 23 Jan 1863 (G); left Whitsun 1866; adm. solicitor Easter 1872; practised at Birmingham, firm Smythe, Etches and Jackson; m. 11 Sep 1890 Mary Anne, third dau. of William Charles Alston, Elmdon Hall, Birmingham, Warwicks.; d. 3 Sep 1917.
SNOW, HARRY WOODFORD LONGUEVILLE, brother of Thomas Tattam Longueville Snow (qv); b. 30 Jul 1859; adm. 21 Jan 1870 (G); left May 1874; emigrated to New Zealand; editor, Hokatiti Times; ordained deacon 1902, priest 1903 (both Auckland); Curate, All Saints, Ponsonby, New Zealand 1902-4, St. Mark’s, Remuera, New Zealand 1904-6; Vicar of Rosslyn, New Zealand 1907-11; Curate, St. Mary’s, Plaistow, Kent 1912-3; Rector of St. Thomas, Port Lincoln, Adelaide, South Australia 1915-27; Archdeacon of Eyre Peninsula, South Australia 1928-; m. 20 Sep 1878 Emilie, dau. of Augustus Javnew, Timaru, New Zealand.
SNOW, THOMAS TATTAM LONGUEVILLE, son of Thomas Snow, Grand Avenue, Bournemouth, Dorset, barrister, and Fanny Longueville, eldest dau. of Rev. Harry Longueville Jones, Brunswick Gardens, Kensington, Middlesex, HM Inspector of Schools; b. 1 Jan 1857; adm. 26 Jan 1866 (G); left Dec 1868; farming in Ontario, Canada, from 1877; m. 21 Oct 1885 Victoria, dau. of Alfred Cecil Langton, Alberta, Canada.
SOAMES, ALFRED, brother of Charles Ernest Soames (qv); b. 26 Dec 1864; adm. 21 Jun 1878 (G), exhibitioner; left Apr 1882; managing dir., electrical co. (1901 Census), then living at Bromley, Kent; d. 7 Nov 1929.
SOAMES, CHARLES ERNEST, second son of Eley Soames, Bromley, Kent, Russian broker, and Caroline, youngest dau. of Charles Eley, St. Lawrence, Isle of Wight; b. 20 Dec 1859; adm. 23 Feb 1874 (G); left Dec 1877; articled to architect (1881 Census); living at Bromley, Kent, own means (1901 Census); d. 30 Jul 1922.
SOAMES, EDGAR, brother of Charles Ernest Soames (qv); b. 9 Sep 1861; adm. from Charterhouse Sch. 15 Jun 1876 (G); left May 1880; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1880; BA and LLB 1884; adm. solicitor Nov 1887; practised at Bromley, Kent, to retirement 1900; JP Sussex 1907; m. Feb 1893 Evelyn Margaret, dau. of Robert Aitken, Manchester; d. 8 Jan 1932.
Somers-Cocks, John Sebastian, son of Philip Alphonso Somers-Cocks CMG, British Consul General Naples, and Gwenllian Blanche, d. of David Williams of Hirwaun, Glam.; b. 6 Feb. 1907; adm. Sept. 1919 (G); left July 1920 and went to Ampleforth Sch.; Balliol Coll. Oxf., matric. 1925, BA 1929; Leming Travelling Fellowship Queen's Coll. Oxf. 1930; HM Diplomatic Service 1930, served Baghdad, Budapest, Helsinki and Tehran; 1st sec. HM Legation to the Holy See 1947; HM Consul-General Munich 1954-9, Naples 1959; CBE 1959, CVO 1961; m. 27 Dec. 1946 Marjorie Olive, d. of Arthur Julius Weller, Chief lnspector of Schools, Malaya; d. 25 May 1964.