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John was born on January 19, 1877, in Ceylon.
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John Langford Smith
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John graduated from City of London School.
Career
John Smith passed a competitive examination on December 17, 1896, and was appointed Student Interpreter in China on March 18, 1897. Then he was promoted to be a 2nd Class Assistant on February 24, 1900.
In 1900, Smith became Acting Consul-General in Tientsin 1900.
On June 23, 1905, he was promoted to be a 1st Class Assistant, and he was Acting Consul in Hanchow from October 2, 1905, to June 20, 1907, and from July 18 to October 20, 1907.
On September 1, 1908, Smith was promoted to be one of Her Majesty's Vice-Consuls in China.
He was Assistant in the Land Office in Shanghai from October 25, 1907, to January 31, 1909, and became Acting Consul-General in Chengtu in 1909.
On January 20, 1911, Smith was appointed Her Majesty's Vice-Consul for the Consular District of Chungking, and on May 25, 1911, was promoted to be Consul for the Consular District of Tengyueh.
He was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple on June 28, 1911, and was Officiating Consul in Tsinan in 1912-1913, in Hangchow in 1913-1914, and Acting Consul-General in Chengtu in 1914-1916.
Smith was attached to the Consulate-General in Marseilles as Acting Vice-Consul from May 13, 1917, to August 24, 1917, and transferred to Ichang on April 1, 1917, and to Kiukiang on April 17, 1919.
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