Name Donald Smeaton Role Politician | Died 1910 | |
Books The Loyal Karens of Burma, The Loyal Karens of Burma - Scholar's Choice Edition | ||
Donald Mackenzie Smeaton CSI (9 September 1848 – 19 April 1910), son of David James Smeaton, was a Scottish politician who was the Liberal MP for Stirlingshire from January 1906 until January 1910.
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.
He then attended the University of St Andrews, where he graduated with an M.A. degree.
Arriving in India in 1867, Smeaton held minor appointments in the North-Western Provinces.
On 5 September 1873 Smeaton married Annette Louisa Lushington, daughter of Sir Henry Lushington (1826-1898), 4th Bt. and Elizabeth Cheape.
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. 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.
Smeaton published an edition of the North-Western Provinces Revenue Act; The Currency of India; and The Karens of Burma.
He died in April 1910 aged 61, three months after retiring from Parliament.