Donald Mackenzie Smeaton

Donald Mackenzie Smeaton CSI (9 September 1848 – 19 April 1910[1]), son of David James Smeaton,[2] was a Scottish politician who was the Liberal MP for Stirlingshire from January 1906 until January 1910.[1]

Life

Smeaton was educated at the Abbey Park Institution, St. Andrew's, a boarding school run by his father, at which not less than 80 young men were boarded and educated.[3] He then attended the University of St Andrews, where he graduated with an M.A. degree.[4] Arriving in India in 1867, Smeaton held minor appointments in the North-Western Provinces.[4]

On 5 September 1873 Smeaton married Annette Louisa Lushington, daughter of Sir Henry Lushington (1826-1898),[5] 4th Bt. and Elizabeth Cheape.[2]

In 1879 he went to Burma where he served as Chief Secretary in 1887, officiated as Chief Commissioner in 1892 and 1896 and was a Member of the Governor-General's Legislative Council of Burma in 1898 and 1901.[4] He was made Companion of the Order of the Star of India in 1895, was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal in 1900 and retired in 1902.[4] Smeaton published editions of the North-Western Provinces Revenue Act, The Currency of India and The Karens of Burma.[4]

Death

He died in April 1910 aged 61, three months after retiring from Parliament.

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References
  1. "The House of Commons Constituencies Beginning with 'S'". Leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  2. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
  3. Westwood's Parochial Directory for the Counties of Fife and Kinross, containing the names and addresses of Gentry, and of Persons in Business, &c. (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1862) http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Extras/St_A_education_1861.html
  4. Dictionary of Indian Biography (1906), Haskell House Publishers, New York.
  5. Lushington baronets
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
James McKillop		 Member of Parliament for Stirlingshire
1906 – January 1910		 Succeeded by
William Allan Chapple
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