Colonial official

George Smith

fl. 1885 · United Kingdom

Assistant to the Chief Secretary, Cyprus Government, active in 1885. Worked with Falkland Warren.

Life and work

25 November 1885
Accompanied Colonel Falkland Warren (Chief Secretary) to Ohnefalsch-Richter's house in Nicosia, where Ohnefalsch-Richter was persuaded to write a declaration that Warren had prior right over Watkins to the excavation site. Given says accounts of the occasion differ but that even Warren's own testimony shows the declaration was obtained.
NicosiaGiven 2001, p. 258

Connections

2 people

Colleagues & contacts

Worked with Falkland Warren1885
Met Max Ohnefalsch-Richter1885

Sources

1.Michael Given (2001). “The fight for the past: Watkins vs. Warren (1885-6) and the control of excavation”. Cyprus in the 19th Century AD: Fact, Fancy and Fiction, 255-260. London, British Museum.