Arnold Smith (other)
Arnold Smith Arnold Cantwell Smith (January 18, 1915 – February 7, 1994) was a Canadian diplomat. He was the first Commonwealth Secretary-General, serving from 1965–1975. A talented student, he won a Rhodes Scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford. ...

Arnold Smith
Arnold Cantwell Smith (January 18, 1915 – February 7, 1994) was a Canadian diplomat. He was the first Commonwealth Secretary-General, serving from 1965–1975. A talented student, he won a Rhodes Scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford. From 1958 to 1961, he was the Canadian Ambassador to Egypt. From 1961 to 1963, he was the Canadian Ambassador to the USSR. During his time at the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Commonwealth flag was designed on his and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's initiative. In 1975 he was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour. In 1984, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for "a long and distinguished diplomatic career". Arnold Smith was the elder brother of Wilfred Cantwell Smith. His published work includes ''Stitches In Time; the Commonwealth in World Politics''.Smith, Arnold, and Clyde Sanger. ''Stitches in Time : The Commonwealth in World Politics''. Don Mills, Ont.: General Publishing, 1981. References External ...
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Arnold Kirke Smith
Arnold Kirke Smith (23 April 1850 – 8 October 1927) was an English footballer who played for England as a forward in the first international match against Scotland, as well as captaining Oxford University in the 1873 FA Cup Final. Smith was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1875 and after various clerical appointments he became vicar of Boxworth where he remained until his death on 8 October 1927. Career Smith was born in Ecclesfield, Sheffield and was educated at Cheltenham College before going up to University College, Oxford, matriculating in 1869 and graduating B.A. in 1873. He became the captain of the university football team and was known to be a "powerful and quick attacker". He won his solitary England cap playing at inside right in England's first ever international match against Scotland on 30 November 1872, although he had previously represented Scotland in London based unofficial matches between the two nations. In 1873, he captained the university team in the 18 ...
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Arnold Spencer-Smith
Arnold Patrick Spencer-Smith (17 March 1883 – 9 March 1916) was an English clergyman and amateur photographer who joined Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition as chaplain on the Ross Sea party, who were tasked with laying a chain of depots across the Ross Ice Shelf towards the Beardmore Glacier for Shackleton's intended crossing party. On the trail, Spencer-Smith fell ill with scurvy at 83° south and left alone in a tent for 10 days while the others continued on to lay the last depot. After their return he was pulled on a sledge back towards the base at Cape Evans, but died on the journey in March 1916. Cape Spencer-Smith on White Island in the Ross Archipelago is named in his honour. Early life and education Spencer-Smith was born on 17 March 1883, in Streatham, Surrey, England. He shared a birthday with Lawrence Oates, who died on his return from the South Pole with Robert Falcon Scott on the ''Terra Nova'' Expediti ...
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Arnold Neilson Smith
Arnold Neilson Smith (8 June 1889 – 24 July 1957) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Cornwall, Ontario and became a shipowner. Smith attended public and secondary schools at Cornwall. He was president of the Cornwall Board of Trade and of Stuebing Lift Truck Systems Ltd. and became president and manager of Montreal and Cornwall Navigation Company. Smith served as a Life-Governor Cornwall General Hospital and was Deputy Chief Commissioner of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. He was first elected to Parliament at the Stormont riding in the 1926 general election. After serving one term, Smith was defeated by Frank Thomas Shaver of the Conservatives Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ... in the 1930 federal election. ...
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