Updated October 12, 2014
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| George Smith |
The Right Rev. George Smith, Anglican Church priest, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1849 to 1865. He was Lord Bishop of Victoria between 1849 and 1865. For reason unknown to me, Smith was placed on the pension list of the Hong Kong Government. He received his first pension payment of £300 on January 15, 1865.
Smith died on December 14, 1871.
Selected Bibliography: Hong Kong Government, Pensions Payable out of the Revenues of the Colony, 1871. Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.
Don't forget to add “HKR 1841-50” to your subject blank when you email me. I have a habit of deleting messages from people I don't know, and I don't want to throw away yours. Thank you.
The most boring task of compiling a biographical dictionary, speaking from my very limited experience, is to list up all the names and attach the most basic of information in each entry. My bases for this phase of the project lie upon three volumes of “The Hong Kong Almanack and Dictionary” viz. 1846, 1848 and 1850, which were compiled by William Tarrent, editor of The Friend of China. I hope I am able to get this done say within a couple of weeks and move into the next, and clearly a much more interesting, phase in which I will begin researching the individuals. (8/3/2014)
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