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and Haileybury : went, then Lord H. U. Browne, to India, 1851 : Private Secretary to the President in Council, 1858 : Under Secretary to the Bengal Government, 1859 : to the Government of India in the Home and Financial Departments, 1860 : Registrar of the Sadr Court, 1861; Magte-Collector, 1866 : Commissioner, 1869 : acting Chairman of the Calcutta Corporation, 1872 : Commissioner of the Chittagong and Presidency Divisions : and of the Rajshahi Division. 1875–86 : acting Member, Board of Revenue, 1878 : retired, 1886 : succeeded as Marquis, Dec. 1903.

SMEATON, DONALD MACKENZIE (1846–)

I.C.S. : born Sep. 9, 1846 : educated at the Abbey Park Institution, St. Andrew's, and at St. Andrew's University : M.A. : arrived in India 1867, held minor appointments in the N.W.P. : went to Burma in 1879 : Chief Secretary, 1887 : officiated as Chief Commissioner in 1892 and 1896 : Member of the Governor-General's Legislative Council in 1898 and 1901 : C.S.I, in 1895 : retired in Nov. 1902 : published an edition of the N.W.P. Revenue Act, The Currency of India, The Karens of Burma,

SMITH, SIR CHARLES BEAN EUAN (1842–)

Entered the Indian Army, 1859, and became Colonel, 1885 : served in the Abyssinian war, 1867–8, at capture of Magdala : Secretary to Sir F. Goldsmid's Mission to Persia, 1870–2 : P.S. to Sir B. Frere on his Mission to Zanzibar and Muscat, 1872–3 : in the Indian Political Department : in the Afghan war, 1879–80 : in the Kabul-Kandahar march : Consul-General, Zanzibar, 1888 : K.C.B., 1890 : Minister at Tangier, 1891–2 : D.C.I., 1893 : C.S.I., 1872 : retired,

SMITH, GEORGE (1833–)

Born April 28, 1833 : son of Adam Smith : educated at the Royal High School and University of Edinburgh : LL.D., 1868 : Professor, 1854, and Principal, 1855–8, of the Doveton College, Calcutta : Editor of the Friend of India, Serampur, 1859–75 : of the Calcutta Review, 1857–64 : of the Annals of Indian Administration, 1859–75" : the Times India Correspondent, 1859–75 : Hony Magistrate and J. P. in Bengal: Fellow of Calcutta University, 1856–75 : C.I.E. in 1878, for services, educational and Uterary, to the people of India. Since leaving India in 1879 Smith has been Foreign Secretary of the Free Church of Scotland : F.R.G.S. and F.S.S. London : Member of Council of Royal Scottish Geographical Society : has written Students' Geography of British India; Short History of Christian Missions; Twelve Indian Statesmen; Twelve Pioneer Missionaries : Life of William Carey, D.D.; Henry Marty n, Saint and Scholar; Life of John Wilson, D.D., F.R.S. : Bishop Heber : Life of Alexander Duff, D.D. : Stephen Hislop; The Conversion of India, besides many articles in the Encyclopadia Britannica. Quarterly Review, Good Words, Chambers's Journal, the Times, the Scotsman, etc., and pamphlets on India and Missions.

SMITH, SIR HARRY GEORGE WAKELYN, BARONET (1787–1860)

Born June 28, 1787 : son of John Smith, surgeon, of Whittlesey : baptized as Henry, but called Harry : entered the 95th Rifles in 1805 : served in S. America, at Monte Video and Buenos Ayrts, 1806–7 : throughout the Peninsular war, 1808–14 : again in America, at Bladensburg and New Orleans, 1814–5 : was at Waterloo : C.B. Brevet-Lt-Colonel : at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and D.Q.M.G. in Jamaica, 1826, and at the Cape, 1828 : commanded a Division in the Kafir war of 1834–6 : D.Q.M.G. : Brevet-Colonel, 1837 : Adjt-General in India, 1839 : at Maharajpur, Dec. 1843 : K.C.B. : commanded a Division in the Satlaj campaign : at Mudki and Firozshahr, and Sobraon : commanded the Force and led the final charge at Aliwal, Jan. 28, 1846 : Maj-General : made Baronet of Aliwal : and G.C.B. : LL.D., Cambridge : made Governor of the Cape, 1847 : Lt-General (local rank) : defeated the Boers under Preforms at Boom Plaatz : resisted successfully the landing of convicts at the Cape : carried on a harassing war against the Kafirs, 1850–1, but was recalled in 1852 : held District commands in England, 1853–59 : Lt-General, 1854 : several towns in S. Africa called after him and his (Spanish) wife : Col. Commandant of 2nd and subsequently of 1st Battalion of the Rifle Brigade :