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, the publisher. He was educated at

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; and Jesus College,

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. In 1885 he married Ellen Strutt, youngest daughter of

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. They had three sons, two of whom were killed during

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, and a daughter. He was appointed as a deputy lieutenant of

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in April 1903.

References

* ‘SMITH, George Murray’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007
accessed 20 Jan 2012
* Anita McConnell, ‘Smith, George Murray (1859–1919)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200
accessed
George Murray Smith (1859–1919): {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, George Murray, the Younger Deputy Lieutenants of Leicestershire 1859 births 1919 deaths People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge