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词条 Hugh Colin Smith
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  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Personal life

  4. References

Hugh Colin Smith (31 October 1836 – 8 March 1910) was an English banker who was Governor of the Bank of England from 1897–99.[1][2]

Early life

Smith was born in London,[3] the son of John Abel Smith (1802–1871), Member of Parliament (MP) for Chichester and Midhurst and Anne Jervoise, the daughter of Sir Samuel Clarke Jervoise.[4]

His grandfather was John Smith who preceded his father as MP for Midhurst.[4]

He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2]

Career

Smith was Governor of the Bank of England from 1897–99,[5] having earlier served as its Deputy Governor.[6]

Personal life

From 1874–1908, he lived at Mount Clare, Roehampton, south west London. His stockbroker descendants lived there until 1945.[7]

He married Constance Maria Josepha Adeane on 9 August 1865, the daughter of Henry John Adeane MP and Hon. Matilda Abigail Stanley. His eldest son, Vivian Smith, 1st Baron Bicester (1867–1956), was a merchant banker.[4]

His daughter Olive Alethea Smith married Lt-Col the Hon Guy Baring (1873–1916), Army officer and MP, one of 22 MPs killed in action in the First World War. They had six children, including the cricketer Giles Baring. Their great grandchildren include the actress Rachel Ward and the actress and environmentalist Tracy Worcester.

His son Admiral Sir Aubrey Smith {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KBE|CB|DL|KCVO}} was a British naval officer.

His daughter Mildred Anne Smith married the politician Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton (1853–1934).

He died at Mount Clare in 1910 after a three-month illness.[2]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Hugh C. Smith; Portraits of many persons of note photographed by Frederick Hollyer in three volumes, vol. III|url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O105268/hugh-c-smith-portraits-of-photograph-hollyer-frederick/|work=V&A|publisher=V&A Images|accessdate=8 December 2013}}
2. ^{{cite news |title= Mr. Hugh Colin Smith.|work=The Times |publisher=The Times Digital Archive |date=9 March 1910 |page=10 }}
3. ^1861 England Census
4. ^{{cite book |title= Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Mosley, Charles |editorlink=Charles Mosley (genealogist) |edition=107 |year= 2003 |page= 371|pages= |ref=Burke |isbn=0-9711966-2-1}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Governors of the Bank of England From 1800|url=http://www.bized.co.uk/dataserv/chron/governors.htm|work=Bized.co.uk|publisher=Biz/ed|accessdate=8 December 2013}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/pdfs/deputygovernors.pdf |title=Deputy Governors of the Bank of England |publisher=Bank of England |accessdate=3 January 2014}}
7. ^{{cite book|last=Gerhold|first=Dorian|title=Villas and Mansions of Roehampton and Putney Heath|year=1997|publisher=Wandsworth Historical Society|isbn=0 905121 05 8|pages=31–33}}
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| years = 1897–1899}}{{s-aft | after = Samuel Steuart Gladstone}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Hugh Colin}}

8 : 1836 births|1910 deaths|Governors of the Bank of England|Deputy Governors of the Bank of England|Smith and Carington family|Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge|People educated at Eton College|People from London

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