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Name: SMITH, Frederic Gordon KC
Birth Date: 1886 Dudley, Worcester, bapt. 29 July
First Date: 1926
Last Date: 1927
Profession: Solicitor General, Kenya
Area: 1930 Box 122, Nairobi
Married: In Kidderminster 1918 Elsie Florence Foster b. 1886 Stourbridge, d. 8 Nov 1975 Droitwich
Children: Patrick (1919); Antony (1920)
Book Reference: Golf, Red 31, Colonial, Barnes
War Service: Active service in EA with N. R. Police 1915-18
School: Bromsgrove School
General Information:
Colonial - Solicitor 1909, barrister-at-law Inner Temple 1921; Legal Dept. N. Rhodesia 1913; Asst. Atty.-Gen. 1924; Solicitor-General Kenya 1926; Atty.-Gen. N. Rhodesia 1927; Ag. Judge High Ct. 1927-28 and in 1931; Mem. exec. and leg. couns.; Atty.-Gen. Trinidad 1932; Puisne Judge Straits Settlements. 1935
Gazette - 6/10/1926 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Solicitor General - F.G. Smith
Assisted with the laying out of Muthaiga Golf Course in 1928. A fine golfer