the Duchy of Cornwall, Dorrien-Smith retaining control only over Tresco. He continued the work of his father and developed Tresco Abbey Gardens making many trips to South Africa looking for suitable trees and plants. He went on the 1907 Sub-Antarctic Islands Scientific Expedition, which had as its primary object magnetic observation in the Auckland and Campbell Islands. Following the expedition he travelled widely in New Zealand, as well as making a shorter visit to Australia. In 1909 he again visited Australia, New Zealand and the Chatham Islands, and had a total collection of plants and seeds of about 2280 specimens. He was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1944. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Cornwall, and on 31 January 1938, Deputy Lieutenant for Cornwall. He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London. Bibliography The southern islands expedition. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1908. 239–49. An account of a trip to the Nelson District of New Zealand in January. 1908. Ibid. 441–44. A botanizing expedition to West Australia in the spring (October), 1909. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 36: 1910, 285–93. An attempt to introduce Olearia semidentata into the British Isles. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1910, 120–6. Plants of Chatham Island. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 37, 1911, 57–64 References 1876 births 1955 deaths People educated at Eton College Victoria Medal of Honour recipients Fellows of the Linnean Society of London Rifle Brigade officers Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Deputy Lieutenants of Cornwall Arthur Dorrien and Smith-Dorrien family Lord Proprietors of the Isles of Scilly Leaseholders of Tresco Chairs of the Council of the Isles of Scilly