Henry Smith may refer to:

Politics and government

United States

Henry Smith (Rhode Island governor) Henry Smith (February 10, 1766June 28, 1818) was the fifth Governor of Rhode Island from October 15, 1805, to May 7, 1806. Smith was born in Providence in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He was educated in Providence, a ...

(1766–1818), governor of Rhode Island *

Henry Smith (Texas governor) Henry Smith (May 20, 1788 – March 4, 1851) was the first American-born Governor of the Mexican territory of Texas and briefly presided over the revolution there, serving during the Battle of Goliad and Battle of San Jacinto. He is one of 4 go ...

(1788–1851), governor of Texas * Henry G. Smith (1807–1878), justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court * Henry K. Smith (1811–1854), mayor of Buffalo, New York * Henry Smith (speaker) (1829–1884), speaker of the New York State Assembly *

Henry Smith (Wisconsin politician) Henry Smith (July 22, 1838 – September 16, 1916) was an American millwright, architect, builder, and politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 4th congressional di ...

(1838–1916), United States representative from Wisconsin * Henry Augustus Middleton Smith (1853–1924), United States federal judge *

Henry C. Smith (politician) Henry Cassorte Smith (June 2, 1856 – December 7, 1911) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Smith was born in Canandaigua, New York and in the following year moved with his father to a farm near Palmyra, Michigan. He attended th ...

(1856–1911), United States representative from Michigan * Henry C. Smith (judge) (1862–1932), justice of the Montana Supreme Court * Henry P. Smith III (1911–1995), United States representative from New York

United Kingdom

Henry Smith (regicide) Henry Smith (1620–1668) was an English member of parliament and one of the regicides of King Charles I. Family background He was born in Withcote, Leicestershire in 1620; son of Henry Smith born in 1589 and Frideswide (Fritzjoyce) Wright. H ...

(1620–1668), English politician and jurist *Sir

Henry Babington Smith Sir Henry Babington Smith (29 January 1863 – 29 September 1923) was a senior British civil servant, who served in a wide range of posts overseas, mostly financial, before becoming a director of the Bank of England. He was related to the B ...

(1863–1923), British civil servant *Sir Henry Moncrieff Smith (1873–1951), British administrator in India *Sir

Henry Abel Smith Colonel Sir Henry Abel Smith, (8 March 1900 – 24 January 1993) was a British Army officer who served as Governor of Queensland, Australia. He married Lady May Cambridge, a niece of Queen Mary, consort of King George V. Early life and fa ...

(1900–1993), British Army officer and governor of Queensland *

Henry Wilson Smith Sir Henry Wilson Smith, KCB, KBE (30 December 1904 – 28 March 1978) was a British civil servant. Educated at Royal Grammar School, Newcastle and Peterhouse, Cambridge, he began his career in the General Post Office in 1927 before moving to H ...

(1904–1978), British civil servant *

Henry Smith (British politician) Henry Edward Millar Smith (born 14 May 1969) is an English Conservative Party politician. He was Leader of West Sussex County Council from 2003 to 2010. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Crawley until 2024, having been first elected ...

(born 1969), member of parliament for Crawley *

Henry Smith, 5th Viscount Hambleden William Henry Smith, 5th Viscount Hambleden (born 18 November 1955) is a British peer, and descendant of the founders of the stationery group WH Smith. Marriage and family Smith is the son of William Smith and Countess Maria Carmela Attolico di ...

(born 1955), British peer

Other countries

Henry Gilbert Smith Henry Gilbert Smith (1802 – 1 April 1886) was an English-born Australian businessman, banker and politician, known as the "Father of Manly". He was the founder and developer of the Sydney suburb of Manly, where he built Fairlight House fa ...

(1802–1886), Australian politician *

Henry Smith (Canadian politician) Sir Henry Smith (April 23, 1812 – September 18, 1868) was a Canadian lawyer and political figure. He represented Frontenac County in the Parliament of the Province of Canada, and later in the 1st Parliament of Ontario. He was born in Lond ...

(1812–1868), Canadian lawyer and politician * Henry Dolphus Smith (1819–1889), Canadian politician * Henry Teesdale Smith (1858–1921), Australian businessman and politician *

Henry L. Smith Henry L. Smith (24 January 1898 – after 9 January 1954) was a Garda Síochána and recipient of the Scott Medal. Background Smith was born in Salthill, County Galway, and worked as a farmer prior to joining the force as Garda 1969 on 18 Octob ...

(1898–?), Garda Síochána (Irish police force)

Religion

Henry Smith (priest) Henry Smith (1705-1765) was an 18th-century Irish Anglican priest. Smith was born in County Limerick and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was Archdeacon of Glendalough from 1760 to 1764.''Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of th ...

(1705–1765), Irish Anglican priest *

Henry Smith (preacher) Henry Smith (c. 1560 – 1591?) was an English clergyman, widely regarded as "the most popular Puritan preacher of Elizabethan London." His sermons at St. Clement Danes drew enormous crowds, and earned him a reputation as "Silver Tongued" Smith ...

(c.1560–c.1591), English Puritan preacher *

Henry Boynton Smith Henry Boynton Smith (November 21, 1815 - February 7, 1877), United States theologian, was born in Portland, Maine. He is best known for introducing many Americans to avant-garde German historical scholarship, especially in his ''History of the Chu ...

(1815–1877), American theologian *

Henry Weston Smith The Reverend Henry Weston Smith (January 10, 1827 – August 20, 1876) was an American preacher and early resident of Deadwood, South Dakota. Unlike most of the residents of the time, he was not interested in material riches; instead, he was ...

(1827–1876), American preacher *

Henry Preserved Smith Henry Preserved Smith (October 12, 1847 – February 26, 1927) was an American biblical scholar. Smith was born in Troy, Ohio. He graduated at Amherst College in 1869 and studied theology in Lane Theological Seminary in 1869–1872, in Berlin ...

(1847–1927), American Biblical scholar *

Henry Goodwin Smith Henry Goodwin Smith (January 8, 1860 in New YorkSmith, Henry Goodwin
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(1860–1940), American theologian *

C. Henry Smith C. Henry Smith (June 8, 1875 – October 18, 1948) was a Mennonite historian born in Metamora, Illinois. Smith was the first (known) American Mennonite to earn a Ph.D., doing so at the University of Chicago in 1907. C. Henry Smith (the "C" simply a ...

(1875–1948), Mennonite historian

Science and academia

Henry Lilley Smith Henry Lilley Smith was born in Southam, Warwickshire, England in 1787 or 1788. He became assistant surgeon to the 45th Regiment and obtained a diploma of MRCS in 1810 and then practised at Southam, where he was appointed parish surgeon. In A ...

(1787/89–1859), English surgeon *

Henry Spencer Smith Henry Spencer Smith (12 September 1812 – 29 November 1901) was an English surgeon. Biography Smith was born in London on 12 September 1812. He was the younger son of George Spencer Smith, an estate agent, by Martha his wife. After education at ...

(1812–1901), English surgeon *

Henry John Stephen Smith Henry John Stephen Smith (2 November 1826 – 9 February 1883) was an Irish mathematician and amateur astronomer remembered for his work in elementary divisors, quadratic forms, and Smith–Minkowski–Siegel mass formula in number theory. In m ...

(1826–1883), Irish mathematician * Henry A. Smith (1830–1915), American physician and poet *

Henry George Smith Henry George Smith (26 July 1852 – 19 September 1924) was an Australian chemist whose pioneering work on the chemistry of the essential oils of the Australian flora achieved worldwide recognition. Smith was born at Littlebourne, Kent, Engla ...

(1852–1924), Australian chemist *

Henry Louis Smith Henry Louis Smith (July 30, 1859 – February 27, 1951) was an American academic administrator, educator, and physicist. He was president of Davidson College and of Washington and Lee University. He was a pioneer in the use of the X-ray machine ...

(1859–1951), president of Davidson College *

Henry Nash Smith Henry Nash Smith (September 29, 1906 – June 6, 1986) was a scholar of American culture and literature. He is recognized as one of the founders of the academic discipline American studies. He was also a noted Mark Twain scholar, and the curator ...

(1906–1986), American professor, founder of American Studies * Henry Smith (Egyptologist) (1928–2024), British Egyptologist and academic * Henry "Jullundur" Smith (1859–1948), Irish ophthalmologist

Sports

* Henry Smith (discus thrower) (1955–2020), Samoan Olympic athlete *

Henry Smith (long jumper) Henry Smith (born 9 April 1996) is an Australian long jumper. In 2019, he competed in the men's long jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, ...

(born 1996), Australian long jumper * Henry Smith (footballer, born 1882) (1882–1957), Australian rules footballer * Henry Smith (footballer, born 2002), Australian rules footballer * Henry Tyrell-Smith (1907–1982), Irish motorcyclist * Henry Smith (Scottish footballer) (born 1956), Scottish football goalkeeper * Henry Smith (American football) (born 1983), American football player * Henry Smith (baseball), Negro leagues baseball player

Other people

Henry Smith (moneylender) Henry Smith (May 1549 – 3 January 1628) was an English moneylender and philanthropist. His nickname of "Dog" derives from a popular legend that he spent some time as a beggar with a dog as a companion. Smith lent to notable property owners such ...

(1549-1628), English businessman and charity founder *

Henry Walton Smith Henry Walton Smith (1738 – 23 August 1792) was an Englishman who was the founder of W. H. Smith, one of the United Kingdom's largest bookselling and newspaper vending businesses. Career Brought up in Wrington in Somerset, Henry Walton Smith mo ...

(1738–1792), English businessman, founder of W H Smith * Henry Smith (attorney) (1774–?), English lawyer and amateur artist * Henry More Smith ( l. 1814), Canadian escape artist, confidence man *Henry Smith (Royal Navy officer) (1803–1887), British naval officer *Henry Smith (VC) (1825–1862), English winner of the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny *Henry Pember Smith (1854–1907), American painter *Henry Clay Smith (1874–1945), American architect *Henry Justin Smith (1875–1936), American newspaper editor *

Henry Smith (lynching victim) Henry Smith (1876 – February 1, 1893) was an African-American youth who was lynched in Paris, Texas. Smith allegedly confessed to murdering the three-year-old daughter of a law enforcement officer who had allegedly beaten him during an arrest. ...

(1876–1893), American black man killed by a mob in Paris, Texas *

Henry Holmes Smith Henry Holmes Smith (1909, Bloomington, Indiana–1986) was an American photographer and a fine art photography teacher. He was inspired by the work that had been done at the German Bauhaus and in 1937 was invited to teach photography at the New Bau ...

(1909–1986), American photographer * Henry Smith (police officer) (1835–1921), British police officer *Henry Smith, Death Row Records employee murdered in a drive-by shooting

Other uses

* SS ''Henry B. Smith'', a steel-hulled, propeller-driven lake freighter built in 1906