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Sir James Robert Dunlop Smith (24 August 1858 – 24 April 1921) was a British official in the

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Life of Dunlop Smith

He was born in

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on 24 August 1858, son of George Smith (1833–1919), Principal of Doveton Boy's College. His siblings included

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and the mother of

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. He was educated at Edinburgh University and the

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. Commissioned a

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in the 22nd Regiment 1879, Smith became a Lieutenant in the Indian Staff Corps in 1882. He was appointed Private Secretary to the Lieut-Governor of the Punjab, 1883, and Settlement Officer, Sialkot in 1887. He was then appointed Deputy Commissioner, Hissar, 1896; Director of Land Records and Agriculture, Punjab 1897; Famine Commissioner, Rajputana, 1899; member of Horse and Mule-Breeding Commission, India 1900; and Political Agent, Phulkian States and Bhawalpur, 1901. Smith rose to become the Private Secretary to the Viceroy,

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, from 1905 to 1910. He died 24 April 1921.Who's Who 1916 OP

Family

Smith married Beatrice Clementia, eldest daughter of Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchison, in 1887. They had two daughters; she died in 1902.

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1858 births 1921 deaths British Indian Army officers Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Indian Staff Corps officers Military personnel of British India British military personnel in colonial India {{UK-mil-bio-stub