J.P. Consul General for Chile, Lt.Col. Home Counties Bdc. RFA. During World War I he commanded the 1st Home Counties Brigade in India and Mesopotamia.
Eldest son of the late William Robert Lucas Cusack-Smith, grandson of the second baronet. He was living in Knightsbridge, London in 1871 in his father's household. By 1881 he is described as a Student of Law, and the family had moved to Chertsey, Surrey.
He was married 27th April 1886 at Loughton, St Nicholas (Later St. John the Baptist), Essex, to Winifred Maitland.
Thomas was British Consul in Samoa from 1890 to 1898. He was a keen amateur photographer and also an able carver who carved several panels in the church at Apia. He was also an avid sportsman: he was almost single-handedly responsible for introducing polo to the islands; acted as patron of the local cricket and riding clubs; organized sporting contests whenever British ships visited the main harbour at Apia; and spent much of his spare time boating, shooting game, and playing polo, tennis, fives and croquet. Sadly, his wife died in Samoa of Malaria in November 1894, leaving him with a seven-year-old daughter.
In 1889 just prior to Sir Berry's appointment a conference had been held at Berlin between representatives of Great Britain, Germany, and the United States, who recognised the independence of the Samoan Government and made provision for a Supreme Court of Justice. In 1893. however, disputes arose between the King Malietoa and Mata'afa, who had previously held the Throne with Malietoa as vice-King. Fighting began, but was stopped by foreign warships. Mata'afa was subdued and transported.
Early in the following year there was a rebellion against King Malietoa, but it was suppressed. Later there was a civil war, which was brought to an end through foreign influence. Subsequently, in the same year, there was insurrection. British and German warships intervened. The rebel stronghold was bombarded, and the rebels ultimately surrendered.
[His diaries of this time are lodged at the National Library of New Zealand and present an important social history of Samoa – including its sporting life – which would otherwise remain obscured. In addition, his handwriting is generally legible and entries are interspersed with newspaper clippings and pictures.]
On leaving Samoa, he became British Consul-General in Chile. He retired in 1905 and remarried, to Jane Moses Jones and had two more children. He was appointed to be a Major in the 1st Sussex Volunteer Corp in 1905, having previously served with the 1st Essex Vol. Regt. as a 2nd Lieutenant.
He was a magistrate in Brighton and deputy lieutenant for Sussex. From 1911 he was a popular CO of the 1st Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, which he commanded with distinction in India and Mesopotamia ain the First World War. He was invalided home in 1916 and appointed County Adjutant and Temporary Captain in the Sussex Volunteer Regt. in June 1918.
Eldest son of the late William Robert Lucas Cusack-Smith, grandson of the second baronet. He was living in Knightsbridge, London in 1871 in his father's household. By 1881 he is described as a Student of Law, and the family had moved to Chertsey, Surrey.
He was married 27th April 1886 at Loughton, St Nicholas (Later St. John the Baptist), Essex, to Winifred Maitland.
Thomas was British Consul in Samoa from 1890 to 1898. He was a keen amateur photographer and also an able carver who carved several panels in the church at Apia. He was also an avid sportsman: he was almost single-handedly responsible for introducing polo to the islands; acted as patron of the local cricket and riding clubs; organized sporting contests whenever British ships visited the main harbour at Apia; and spent much of his spare time boating, shooting game, and playing polo, tennis, fives and croquet. Sadly, his wife died in Samoa of Malaria in November 1894, leaving him with a seven-year-old daughter.
In 1889 just prior to Sir Berry's appointment a conference had been held at Berlin between representatives of Great Britain, Germany, and the United States, who recognised the independence of the Samoan Government and made provision for a Supreme Court of Justice. In 1893. however, disputes arose between the King Malietoa and Mata'afa, who had previously held the Throne with Malietoa as vice-King. Fighting began, but was stopped by foreign warships. Mata'afa was subdued and transported.
Early in the following year there was a rebellion against King Malietoa, but it was suppressed. Later there was a civil war, which was brought to an end through foreign influence. Subsequently, in the same year, there was insurrection. British and German warships intervened. The rebel stronghold was bombarded, and the rebels ultimately surrendered.
[His diaries of this time are lodged at the National Library of New Zealand and present an important social history of Samoa – including its sporting life – which would otherwise remain obscured. In addition, his handwriting is generally legible and entries are interspersed with newspaper clippings and pictures.]
On leaving Samoa, he became British Consul-General in Chile. He retired in 1905 and remarried, to Jane Moses Jones and had two more children. He was appointed to be a Major in the 1st Sussex Volunteer Corp in 1905, having previously served with the 1st Essex Vol. Regt. as a 2nd Lieutenant.
He was a magistrate in Brighton and deputy lieutenant for Sussex. From 1911 he was a popular CO of the 1st Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, which he commanded with distinction in India and Mesopotamia ain the First World War. He was invalided home in 1916 and appointed County Adjutant and Temporary Captain in the Sussex Volunteer Regt. in June 1918.
J.P. Consul General for Chile, Lt.Col. Home Counties Bdc. RFA. During World War I he commanded the 1st Home Counties Brigade in India and Mesopotamia.
Eldest son of the late William Robert Lucas Cusack-Smith, grandson of the second baronet. He was living in Knightsbridge, London in 1871 in his father's household. By 1881 he is described as a Student of Law, and the family had moved to Chertsey, Surrey.
He was married 27th April 1886 at Loughton, St Nicholas (Later St. John the Baptist), Essex, to Winifred Maitland.
Thomas was British Consul in Samoa from 1890 to 1898. He was a keen amateur photographer and also an able carver who carved several panels in the church at Apia. He was also an avid sportsman: he was almost single-handedly responsible for introducing polo to the islands; acted as patron of the local cricket and riding clubs; organized sporting contests whenever British ships visited the main harbour at Apia; and spent much of his spare time boating, shooting game, and playing polo, tennis, fives and croquet. Sadly, his wife died in Samoa of Malaria in November 1894, leaving him with a seven-year-old daughter.
In 1889 just prior to Sir Berry's appointment a conference had been held at Berlin between representatives of Great Britain, Germany, and the United States, who recognised the independence of the Samoan Government and made provision for a Supreme Court of Justice. In 1893. however, disputes arose between the King Malietoa and Mata'afa, who had previously held the Throne with Malietoa as vice-King. Fighting began, but was stopped by foreign warships. Mata'afa was subdued and transported.
Early in the following year there was a rebellion against King Malietoa, but it was suppressed. Later there was a civil war, which was brought to an end through foreign influence. Subsequently, in the same year, there was insurrection. British and German warships intervened. The rebel stronghold was bombarded, and the rebels ultimately surrendered.
[His diaries of this time are lodged at the National Library of New Zealand and present an important social history of Samoa – including its sporting life – which would otherwise remain obscured. In addition, his handwriting is generally legible and entries are interspersed with newspaper clippings and pictures.]
On leaving Samoa, he became British Consul-General in Chile. He retired in 1905 and remarried, to Jane Moses Jones and had two more children. He was appointed to be a Major in the 1st Sussex Volunteer Corp in 1905, having previously served with the 1st Essex Vol. Regt. as a 2nd Lieutenant.
He was a magistrate in Brighton and deputy lieutenant for Sussex. From 1911 he was a popular CO of the 1st Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, which he commanded with distinction in India and Mesopotamia ain the First World War. He was invalided home in 1916 and appointed County Adjutant and Temporary Captain in the Sussex Volunteer Regt. in June 1918.
Eldest son of the late William Robert Lucas Cusack-Smith, grandson of the second baronet. He was living in Knightsbridge, London in 1871 in his father's household. By 1881 he is described as a Student of Law, and the family had moved to Chertsey, Surrey.
He was married 27th April 1886 at Loughton, St Nicholas (Later St. John the Baptist), Essex, to Winifred Maitland.
Thomas was British Consul in Samoa from 1890 to 1898. He was a keen amateur photographer and also an able carver who carved several panels in the church at Apia. He was also an avid sportsman: he was almost single-handedly responsible for introducing polo to the islands; acted as patron of the local cricket and riding clubs; organized sporting contests whenever British ships visited the main harbour at Apia; and spent much of his spare time boating, shooting game, and playing polo, tennis, fives and croquet. Sadly, his wife died in Samoa of Malaria in November 1894, leaving him with a seven-year-old daughter.
In 1889 just prior to Sir Berry's appointment a conference had been held at Berlin between representatives of Great Britain, Germany, and the United States, who recognised the independence of the Samoan Government and made provision for a Supreme Court of Justice. In 1893. however, disputes arose between the King Malietoa and Mata'afa, who had previously held the Throne with Malietoa as vice-King. Fighting began, but was stopped by foreign warships. Mata'afa was subdued and transported.
Early in the following year there was a rebellion against King Malietoa, but it was suppressed. Later there was a civil war, which was brought to an end through foreign influence. Subsequently, in the same year, there was insurrection. British and German warships intervened. The rebel stronghold was bombarded, and the rebels ultimately surrendered.
[His diaries of this time are lodged at the National Library of New Zealand and present an important social history of Samoa – including its sporting life – which would otherwise remain obscured. In addition, his handwriting is generally legible and entries are interspersed with newspaper clippings and pictures.]
On leaving Samoa, he became British Consul-General in Chile. He retired in 1905 and remarried, to Jane Moses Jones and had two more children. He was appointed to be a Major in the 1st Sussex Volunteer Corp in 1905, having previously served with the 1st Essex Vol. Regt. as a 2nd Lieutenant.
He was a magistrate in Brighton and deputy lieutenant for Sussex. From 1911 he was a popular CO of the 1st Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, which he commanded with distinction in India and Mesopotamia ain the First World War. He was invalided home in 1916 and appointed County Adjutant and Temporary Captain in the Sussex Volunteer Regt. in June 1918.
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