John Smith Samuel

Sir John Smith Samuel KBE FRSE DL (1870–1934) was an early 20th century Scottish master of ceremonies, acting as Ceremonial Secretary to the City of Glasgow and as Private Secretary to the Lord Provost of Glasgow.

Life

He was born on 2 April 1870.

In 1902 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Magnus Maclean, John Glaister, James Dalrymple Duncan Dalrymple and John Horne.[1]

From 1903 he served as Secretary to John Ure Primrose. At that time he lived at 8 Park Avenue.[2]

He then consecutively served Sir William Bilsland, Sir Archibald McInnes Shaw, Daniel Macaulay Stevenson, Sir Thomas Dunlop, Sir James Stewart, Sir Thomas Paxton, Sir David Mason and Sir Thomas Kelly.[3]

He died in a nursing home in Glasgow on 10 November 1934 following a brief spell of influenza.[4][5]

References
  1. Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  2. Glasgow Post Office Directory 1905
  3. https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=16556
  4. Scotsman (newspaper) 12 November 1934
  5. Scotsman newspaper 6 November 1934


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