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	[[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)\|Lieutenant Colonel]] '''Sir James Robert Dunlop Smith''' {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|KCSI\|KCVO\|CIE}} (24 August 1858 – 24 April 1921) was a British official in the [[Indian Army]].		[[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)\|Lieutenant Colonel]] '''Sir James Robert Dunlop Smith''' {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|KCSI\|KCVO\|CIE}} (24 August 1858 – 24 April 1921) was a British official in the [[Indian Army]].

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	[[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)\|Lieutenant Colonel]] '''Sir James Robert Dunlop Smith''' {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|KCSI\|KCVO\|CIE}} (24 August 1858 – 24 April 1921) was a British official in the [[Indian Army]].		[[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)\|Lieutenant Colonel]] '''Sir James Robert Dunlop Smith''' {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|KCSI\|KCVO\|CIE}} (24 August 1858 – 24 April 1921) was a British official in the [[Indian Army]].

	==Life==		==Life of Dunlop Smith==

	He was born in [[Calcutta]] on 24 August 1858, son of [[George Smith (1833–1919)\|George Smith]] (1833–1919), Principal of [[Doveton Boy's College]]. His siblings included [[Charles Aitchison Smith]], [[George Adam Smith]] and the mother of [[Rab Butler]]. He was educated at Edinburgh University and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].		He was born in [[Calcutta]] on 24 August 1858, son of [[George Smith (1833–1919)\|George Smith]] (1833–1919), Principal of [[Doveton Boy's College]]. His siblings included [[Charles Aitchison Smith]], [[George Adam Smith]] and the mother of [[Rab Butler]]. He was educated at Edinburgh University and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].

	Commissioned a [[Second Lieutenant]] 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.		Commissioned a [[Second Lieutenant]] 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, [[Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto\|Lord Minto]], from 1905 to 1910. He died 24 April 1921.<ref>{{citation \|page=76 \|title=Britain in India, 1858-1947 \|author=Lionel Knight \|publisher=Anthem Press \|year=2012 \|isbn=9780857285171}}</ref><ref>{{citation \|title=Servant of India: A Study of Imperial Rule from 1905 to 1910 as Told Through the Correspondence and Diaries of Sir James Dunlop Smith \|author=Sir James Robert Dunlop Smith, edited by [[Martin Gilbert]] \|publisher=[[Longmans]] \|year=1966}}</ref><ref>Who's Who 1916</ref>		Smith rose to become the Private Secretary to the Viceroy, [[Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto\|Lord Minto]], from 1905 to 1910. He died 24 April 1921.<ref>{{citation \|page=76 \|title=Britain in India, 1858-1947 \|author=Lionel Knight \|publisher=Anthem Press \|year=2012 \|isbn=9780857285171}}</ref><ref>{{citation \|title=Servant of India: A Study of Imperial Rule from 1905 to 1910 as Told Through the Correspondence and Diaries of Sir James Dunlop Smith \|author=Sir James Robert Dunlop Smith, edited by [[Martin Gilbert]] \|publisher=[[Longmans]] \|year=1966}}</ref><ref>Who's Who 1916</ref> OP

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[[File:J R Dunlop Smith 001.jpg|thumb|James Dunlop Smith]]
[[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]] '''Sir James Robert Dunlop Smith''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|KCSI|KCVO|CIE}} (24 August 1858 – 24 April 1921) was a British official in the [[Indian Army]].

==Life==

He was born in [[Calcutta]] on 24 August 1858, son of [[George Smith (1833–1919)|George Smith]] (1833–1919), Principal of [[Doveton Boy's College]]. His siblings included [[Charles Aitchison Smith]], [[George Adam Smith]] and the mother of [[Rab Butler]]. He was educated at Edinburgh University and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].

Commissioned a [[Second Lieutenant]] 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, [[Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto|Lord Minto]], from 1905 to 1910. He died 24 April 1921.<ref>{{citation |page=76 |title=Britain in India, 1858-1947 |author=Lionel Knight |publisher=Anthem Press |year=2012 |isbn=9780857285171}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Servant of India: A Study of Imperial Rule from 1905 to 1910 as Told Through the Correspondence and Diaries of Sir James Dunlop Smith |author=Sir James Robert Dunlop Smith, edited by [[Martin Gilbert]] |publisher=[[Longmans]] |year=1966}}</ref><ref>Who's Who 1916</ref>

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

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/sir-james-dunlop-smith-108106 Portrait] by [[George Fiddes Watt]]

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