Herbert Chermside collection 1871-1873

Smith, Benjamin Leigh, 1828-1913

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Benjamin Leigh Smith was born on 12 March 1828 at Whatlington, Sussex. He was educated at the Nonconformist Bruce Castle School and, in 1848, was elected a pensioner of Jesus College, Cambridge, becoming the first dissenter to receive a BA degree. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1856, but never practised. Smith embarked on his first voyage to the Arctic in 1871 when he sailed in the ketch Samson to Svalbard on the British Exploring Expedition, reaching la...

British Exploring Expedition Svalbard 1871

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British Exploring Expedition Svalbard 1873

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Herbert Charles Chermside

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Herbert Charles Chermside was born on 31 July 1850 at Wilton. Following his education at Eton College, he entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich and was commissioned in the Royal Engineers in 1870. In 1873, Chermside travelled as a passenger in the steamer Diana on the British Exploring Expedition (leader Benjamin Leigh Smith), a private venture to explore in waters north of Svalbard. After delivering supplies to Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskild's expedition at Mosselbukta, Dian...

British Exploring and Walking Expedition Svalbard 1872

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Chermside, Herbert Charles, 1850-1929.

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Governor of Queensland 1902-1905. The suburb of Chermside in Brisbane is named after him. From the description of OM69-26 Sir Herbert Charles Chermside Papers, ca. 1902-1903. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 755725224 Sir Herbert Chermside was Governor of Queensland from March 1902 until September 1904, when he returned to England. From the description of OM74-06 Sir Herbert Charles Chermside Letter, 1904. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 7557...