The Colonial Despatches: Smith, William G.

Smith, William G.

Smith replaced his father William Smith as the secretary for the Hudson’s Bay Company at their London office. He worked as Assistant Secretary from 1843-1855 and as Company Secretary from 1855-1871. In 1871, Smith was appointed the role as Consulting Secretary. He held this position until December 1872 when he was removed to a lunatic asylum with no immediate prospects of recovery and remained in the asylum until his death several years later.1

1. Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, Manitoba, Smith, William Gregory accessed September 23, 2015.

Mentions of this person in the documents

Wodehouse, First Earl of Kimberley John to Musgrave, Sir Anthony 20 October 1870, NAC :, 437.
Murdoch, Thomas William Clinton to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 23 November 1867, CO 60:30, no. 11566, 227.
Shepherd, Captain, HBC Governor John to Labouchere, Henry 29 February 1856, CO 305:7, no. 1962, 273.
Smith, William G. to Merivale, Herman 12 May 1858, CO 305:9, no. 4723, 468.
Smith, William G. to Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 9 November 1857, CO 305:8, no. 10179, 344.
Berens, Henry Hulse to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 3 August 1858, CO 6:26, no. 7696, 455.
Smith, William G. to Carnarvon, Earl 3 March 1858, CO 6:26, no. 2125, 428.
Shepherd, Captain, HBC Governor John to Labouchere, Henry 19 February 1856, CO 305:7, no. 1679, 254.
Berens, Henry Hulse to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 12 August 1858, CO 6:26, no. 8056, 463.
Wodehouse, First Earl of Kimberley John to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 11 June 1868, CO 60:34, no. 6119, 254.
Smith, William G. to Carnarvon, Earl 16 February 1858, CO 305:9, no. 1655, 439.
Smith, William G. to Merivale, Herman 16 June 1856, CO 305:7, no. 5393, 362.
Smith, William G. to Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 21 January 1858, CO 305:9, no. 751, 421.
Murdoch, Thomas William Clinton to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 18 April 1867, CO 305:30, no. 3926, 213.
Berens, Henry Hulse to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 13 July 1858, CO 6:26, no. 6804, 444.
Shepherd, Captain, HBC Governor John to Labouchere, Henry 23 January 1858, CO 305:9, no. 873, 423.
Shepherd, Captain, HBC Governor John to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 24 June 1858, CO 6:26, no. 6090, 436.
Berens, Henry Hulse to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 6 August 1858, CO 6:26, no. 7961, 460.
Shepherd, Captain, HBC Governor John to Labouchere, Henry 9 May 1856, CO 305:7, no. 4164, 352.
Smith, William G. to Merivale, Herman 17 April 1858, CO 305:9, no. 3663, 466.
Grenville, Richard to Seymour, Governor Frederick 1 April 1867, NAC :, 165.
Shepherd, Captain, HBC Governor John to Labouchere, Henry 24 December 1857, CO 305:8, no. 11656, 346.
Smith, William G. to Labouchere, Henry 22 February 1856, CO 305:7, no. 1775, 269.
Shepherd, Captain, HBC Governor John to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 3 June 1858, CO 305:9, no. 5420, 472.
Wodehouse, First Earl of Kimberley John to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 14 July 1868, CO 60:34, no. 7486, 273.
Shepherd, Captain, HBC Governor John to Labouchere, Henry 8 November 1856, CO 305:7, no. 10191, 407.
Smith, William G. to Merivale, Herman 19 June 1857, CO 305:8, no. 5671, 324.
Northcote, Stafford H. to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 11 October 1870, CO 60:42, no. 10930, 305.
Berens, Henry Hulse to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 4 March 1859, CO 305:13, no. 2452, 93.
Smith, William G. to Merivale, Herman 10 August 1857, CO 305:8, no. 7366, 332.
Smith, William G. to Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 28 October 1857, CO 305:8, no. 9836, 339.
Smith, William G. to Ball, John 5 March 1856, CO 305:7, no. 2092, 319.
Smith, William G. to Adderley, C. B. 1 July 1868, CO 60:34, no. 6990, 272.
Smith, William G. to Merivale, Herman 27 February 1858, CO 305:9, no. 2057, 458.
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Sir James 17 November 1858, LAC :, 411.
Shepherd, Captain, HBC Governor John to Stanley, Lord Edward Henry 18 March 1858, CO 305:9, no. 2717, 461.
Smith, William G. to Merivale, Herman 8 June 1858, CO 305:9, no. 5576, 476.
Murdoch, Thomas William Clinton to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 29 April 1864, CO 305:24, no. 4042, 121.
Head, Sir Edmund Walker to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 26 March 1867, CO 60:30, no. 3050, 298.
Shepherd, Captain, HBC Governor John to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 3 June 1858, CO 305:9, no. 5419, 469.
Douglas, Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 12 April 1859, CO 60:4, no. 5451, 304.
Smith, William G. to Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 16 December 1857, CO 305:8, no. 11424, 345.
Grenville, Richard to Seymour, Governor Frederick 28 July 1868, NAC :, 280.
Shepherd, Captain, HBC Governor John to Labouchere, Henry 7 February 1856, CO 305:7, no. 1227, 238.
Smith, William G. to Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 28 October 1857, CO 305:8, no. 9835, 337.
Smith, William G. to Carnarvon, Earl 3 March 1858, CO 305:9, no. 2137, 459.
Douglas, Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 27 October 1858, CO 60:1, no. 12726, 320.
Shepherd, Captain, HBC Governor John to Labouchere, Henry 10 October 1856, CO 305:7, no. 9185, 390.
Smith, William G. to Merivale, Herman 16 May 1856, CO 305:7, no. 4325, 355.

The Colonial Despatches Team. Smith, William G.. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/smith_wg.html.

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Smith, William G.