Norman Lockhart Smith

Norman Lockhart Smith CMG (Chinese Translated Name: å˛įžŽ; 29 May 1887 – 27 January 1968) was a British colonial administrator who served as Acting Administrator of Hong Kong on various occasions.[1]

Smith was born in Ryton, County Durham, the son of businessman and politician Hugh Crawford Smith, who was elected M.P. for Tyneside in 1900, and his wife, Hannah Ralston Lockhart. Smith was educated in Sedbergh and attended Queen's College, Oxford. He entered the Hong Kong Civil Service in 1910 and was seconded for military service during the First World War.

In Hong Kong, Smith was appointed principal assistant colonial secretary in 1931, director of education in 1933 and secretary for Chinese affairs in 1934. He served as colonial secretary from 1936 to 1941 and acting governor on several occasions.[1]

Smith was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1937 Coronation Honours.[2]

In 1962, Smith and Sir Robert Kotewall published translations for The Penguin Book of Chinese Verse.[1]

In 1914, Smith married Maud Violet Banister in Hong Kong.[3] He returned to England after retirement and died in Selham, aged 80.[1]

References
  1. "Mr N. L. Smith". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 29 January 1968. p. 8.
  2. "No. 34396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 May 1937. p. 3082.
  3. UK, Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths From British Consulates, 1810-1968
Government offices
Preceded by
Acting Administrator Wilfred Southorn		 Acting Administrator of Hong Kong
September - November 1935		 Succeeded by
Acting Administrator Wilfred Southorn
Preceded by
Wilfrid Thomas Southorn		 Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong
1936-1941		 Succeeded by
Sir Franklin Charles Gimson
Preceded by
Sir Andrew Caldecott		 Acting Administrator of Hong Kong
April - October 1937		 Succeeded by
Sir Geoffrey Northcote
Preceded by
Sir Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote		 Acting Administrator of Hong Kong
6–10 September 1941		 Succeeded by
Sir Mark Aitchison Young


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