Background
HADDON-Smith, Georgia Basil was born on November 25, 1861.
HADDON-Smith, Georgia Basil was born on November 25, 1861.
Studied at Victoria College, Jersey. Private tutors.
Entered Colonial Service, 1886. Private Secretary and Aide-de-camp to Sir Gilbert Carter. Served in Jebu expedition, 1892 (despatches, medal and clasp).
Served as political officer on mission to interior tribes of Lagos Colony, 1893.
Private secretary to MajorGeneral Sir Francis Scott, Ashanti Campaign, 1895-1896 (Ashanti star). Served as political officer on the staff’of Colonel Sir James Willcocks, Ashanti Field Force, 1900 (despatches specially, C. M.G., medal and clasps).
Acting Governor, Gambia Colony, 1901. C M.G. 1901; Colonial Secretary Sierra Leone since 1901.
Club: Junior Athenaeum.