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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

Smith.

lam Canal: 1905; Under Secretary to Government, 1910; Secretary to Financial Commissioner, 1912; Adaress; Lahore, India.

Smith, Hastings Betrand Lees, M.A., M.P., (L) Northampton since 1910; 2nd s. of late Major H. Lees Smith: b. in India, 1878; educ; Aldenham School and Queen’s College, Oxford; entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; resigned his Cadetship and joined the Ruskin College, Oxford, 1899; General Secretary of the College, till 1902; Vice-Principal, 1902-07; was also Chairman of the Executive Committee of the College; Chairman of Public Administration, Bristol, 1907; visited India at the instance of the Government of Bombay to advise it on the teaching of economics and commerce, 1908. Publications; Studies in Indian Economics; India and the Tariff Problem; Trade Unionism for Christian Social Union. Recreations: Golf. Address; 35, Talbot Road, High Gate, N. Club: Reform.

Smith, Sir Henry Babington, M.A., K.C.B. (1908), C.S.I. (1897); b. 1867; s. of Archibald Smith; educ: at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge; Examiner, Educational Department, 1887; first class Classical Tripos and Chancellor’s Medal; Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1891-92; Clerk in the Treasury, 1892; Secretary to the British Delegates at the Brussels Monetary Conference; 1892; Private Secretary to the Viceroy of India, 1894-99; Secretary to the General Post Office, 1903; President, National Bank of Turkey, 1909; represented the Treasury in Natal, 1839; British Delegate to Postal Union Congress at Rome, 1906: Raido Telegraphy at Berlin, 1906; m. Lady Elizabeth Mary Bruce, d. of 9th Earl of Elgin, 1898. Address: 121, James Court, S.W., Buckingham Gate, S.W. Club: Brooks.

Smith, Major John Manners, V.C. (1891), C.I.E. (1894) Indian Army (retired); b. 1864; s. of Surgeon-General Charles Manners Smith; educ: at Norwich and Sandhurst; entered the Army, 1883; transferred to Indian Staff Corps, 1885; joined the Political Department in India, 1887; served in Sikhim, 1888; served in Kabul, 1893; served in N.W. Frontier Expeditions; in Hunzanagar, 1891; Isazai, 1892; Tirah, 1897-98; Resident at Nepal, 1909. Address: the Residency, Nepal, India. Club: Junior United Service.

Smith, Lt.-Col. Sir James Robert Dunlop, K.C.S.I. (1910), M.A., C.I.E. (1901), C.S.I. (1909). Political A.D.C. to Secretary of State for India, London; 2nd s. of Mr. George Smith, C.I.E., LL.D. of Edinburgh; b. 1858; educ: Edinburgh University, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; M.A., 1878; entered the 22nd Regiment, 1879; transferred to the Indian Army 1882; became Lt.-Col. 1905; Private Secretary and A.D.C. to Lt.-Governor, Punjab, 1883-87; Settlement Officer, Sialkot, 1887-94; Deputy Commissioner, Hissar, 1896-97; Director of Land Records and Agriculture, Punjab, 1897-99; Famine Commissioner, Rajaputana, .1889-1900; Member, Horse and Mule Breeding Com-

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