Sir William Frederick Haynes-Smith was an English colonial administrator in the British Empire.
Occupation
diplomat, politician
Position held
High Commissioner of British Cyprus, Governor of the Bahamas, Governor of the Leeward Islands
Citizenship
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born
June 26, 1839
Died
December 18, 1928
Overview
Sir William Frederick Haynes-Smith (26 June 1839 – 18 December 1928) was an English colonial administrator in the British Empire.
Early life
Haynes-Smith was born in Blackheath, Kent on 26 June 1839. He was the fifth son of John Lucie Smith L.L.D. and Martha Bean. He was Uncle to Sir Alfred Lucie-Smith, who was also a colonial judge who married first Rose Alice Emerentiana Aves and second Meta Mary Ross (a daughter of Sir David Palmer Ross).
Career
He was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1863, and shortly after was sent to British Guiana as Solicitor-General. In 1874, he was appointed Attorney-General. A decade later, he served as acting Governor for a few months, which he also did 1887. In November 1888, he was appointed Governor of the Leeward Islands, followed by a transfer to the Bahamas in 1895. He served as High Commissioner of Cyprus from 1898 to 1904.
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1887, and knighted in the same order in 1890.
