Cecil Clementi Smith

Sir Cecil Clementi Smith
13th Governor of the Straits Settlements
In office
17 October 1887 – 30 August 1893
Preceded bySir Frederick Weld
Succeeded byWilliam Edward Maxwell (acting)
Sir Charles Mitchell
4th Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements
In office
3 September 1878 – 17 November 1885
MonarchQueen Victoria
GovernorWilliam C. F. Robinson
Edward Anson
Sir Frederick Weld
Preceded bySir John Douglas
Succeeded bySir John Frederick Dickson
Colonial Treasurer of Hong Kong
In office
13 November 1874 – 29 April 1878
Preceded byFrederick Forth
Succeeded bySir James Russell
Personal details
Born(1840-12-23)23 December 1840
London, England, United Kingdom
Died6 February 1916(1916-02-06) (aged 75)
Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Spouse
Teresa Alice Newcomen
(m. 1869⁠–⁠1916)
Children
  • Beatrice Smith (daughter)
  • Eustace Smith (son)
Parents
  • John Smith (father)
  • Cecilia Susanna Clementi (mother)
RelativesCecil Clementi (nephew)
EducationMaster of Arts
Alma materSt Paul's School
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
OccupationColonial Administrator

Sir Cecil Clementi Smith GCMG PC (23 December 1840 – 6 February 1916),[1] was a British colonial administrator.

  1. ^ Vernon Cornelius (2011), Cecil Clementi Smith, Singapore Infopedia, National Library Board, archived from the original on 26 July 2014.

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