GB
's closest friend in Baghdad was Lionel Smith
.
Friends, Associates
Freya Stark
Through Venetia Buddicom
, she met Sir Henry Lawrence
, former acting governor of Bombay, who in turn introduced her to Lionel Smith
and Arthur Hinks
, the latter of whom was Secretary to the...
death
Gertrude Bell
While the public record states that her death was accidental, there was speculation that she had intended the overdose. Lionel Smith
told Vita Sackville-West
that she committed suicide. Her recent biographer, Georgina Howell
, believes...