Frederick Smith (South African politician)
Sir Frederick William Smith (1861 - 1926) was a South African businessman and legislator. He held the post of Mayor of Cape Town from 1908 to 1912.
Life
[edit]After holding the post of Mayor of Cape Town from 1908 to 1912, he remained on the Council as Deputy Mayor the following year. He was a vice president of the South African Society of Artists which was founded in 1902.[1] He was also an early member of the Cape Town Photographic Society.[2] Smith welcomed Robert Baden-Powell to Cape Town in 1912.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Catalogue of Exhibition, March 1913" (PDF). North-West University Collection. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ "A Society of Firsts". Cape Town Photographic Society. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ "BP's visit to Cape Town in 1912". Retrieved 20 December 2022.