James Lethley Smeall
James Lethley Smeall (1907-1998)
1907 Born at Jedburgh the son of William Francis Smeall, a Doctor, and his wife Ethel Mary Lethley.
Son of a Yorkshire doctor
Went from Highgate School to Queens', Cambridge, where a First in English
After "finishing" at the Sorbonne, he went into school teaching
1936 Married Joan Rachel Harris
1939 Appointed headmaster of Chesterfield Grammar School.
Principal of St Luke's College of Education, Exeter,
1964/65 Mayor of Exeter