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Smyth, Herbert Warington, 1867-1943
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1867-1943
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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.