Herbert Warrington Smyth

Herbert Warrington Smyth

Herbert Warrington Smyth (d 19 December 1943) CMG, LLM, FGS, FRGS, was a British traveller, writer, naval officer and mining engineer who served the government of Siam and held several important posts in the Union of South Africa.

Smyth, who was known as Warrington, was the son of Sir Warrington Smyth FRS and Professor of Mining at the Royal School of Mines. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. After being an unpaid assistant to the Mineral Adviser to the Office of Woods from 1890 to 1891, he went to Siam. There he was Secretary of the Government Department of Mines from 1891 to 1895 and Director General from 1895 to 1897. He became a Commander of the Order of the White Elephant of Siam and received the Murchison Award of the R.G.S. for journeys in Siam in 1898. In 1898, he was secretary of the Siamese legation from 1898 to 1901.

Warrington Smyth was called to the bar in 1899 and in 1900 was delegate for Siam to the Congres Internationaux, Paris Exhibition. In 1900, he was Hon Secretary for London of the National Committee for the organization of a Volunteer Naval reserve. In 1901 he went to South Africa where he was Secretary for Mines in the Transvaal from 1901 to 1910. He was also Member of Legislative and Executive Councils, Transvaal in 1906 and 1907 and a JP and Advocate of the Supreme Court of the Transvaal. He was also President of the Transvaal Cornish Association from 1907 to 1910. He was also Prime Minister of the Colony of Natal and was awarded the CMG. In 1910, he was awarded the Queen's South Africa medal. From 1910, he was Secretary for Mines and Industries in South Africa and Commissioner of Mines for Natal. He was also Chief Inspector of Factories. He took an active part in World War I as an acting Sub Lieutenant RNR in 1914, Assistant Naval Transport Officer, GSWA campaign 1914 to 1915, when he was mentioned in dispatches. He became Lieutenant RNVR and Acting Naval S.O. at the Cape from 1915 to 1916, and Controller of Imports and Exports for the Union of South Africa in 1917. Following the war, he was South African government delegate to the International Labour Conferences at Washington in 1919 and Geneva in 1922. He retired in 1927 and returned to England living at Falmouth Cornwall where he enjoyed yachting. In World War II, he was still active in the RNVR in 1940 as Lieutenant Commander.

He married Annabelle Sutton, the third daughter of Sir Henry Sutton KC and his wife Caroline Nanson in 1900. They had three sons including Nigel and Rodney and one daughter. Annabelle's sister Marjorie was married to Julius Bertram.

Publications

* "Journey on the Upper Me Kong" 1895
*"Five years in Siam" 1898
*"Mast and Sail in Europe and Asia" 1906
*"Sea-Wake and Jungle trail" 1925
*"Chase and Chance in Indo-China" 1934

References

*Roy Macleod “Instructed men” and Mining Engineers: The associates of the Royal School of Mines and British Imperial Science, 1851–1920 " Minerva Volume 32, Number 4 / December, 1994


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