Hugh Colin Smith (31 October 1836 – 8 March 1910) was an English banker who was

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from 1897–99.

Early life

Smith was born in London, the son of

John Abel Smith John Abel Smith (2 June 1802 – 7 January 1871) was a British Member of Parliament (MP) for Chichester and Midhurst. He was the son of John Smith who preceded him as one of the members of parliament for Midhurst. Smith married Anne Jervoise ...

(1802–1871), Member of Parliament for

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and

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, and Anne Jervoise. His younger brother was Dudley Robert Smith. His paternal grandfather was John Smith, who preceded his father as MP for Midhurst, and his maternal grandfather was Sir Samuel Clarke Jervoise. He was educated at

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and

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Career

From 1895 to 1897, he served as the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, followed by another two-year term as

from 1897 to 1899. In both roles, he succeeded Albert George Sandeman and was himself succeeded by Samuel Steuart Gladstone.

Personal life

On 9 August 1865, Smith was married to Constance Maria Josepha Adeane, the daughter of

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MP and Hon. Matilda Abigail Stanley (a daughter of John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of

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). Together, they were the parents of: * Mildred Anne Smith (1866–1955), who married the politician Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton, son of Sir Thomas Buxton, 1st Baronet. *

Vivian Smith, 1st Baron Bicester Vivian Hugh Smith, 1st Baron Bicester (9 December 1867 – 17 February 1956), was a British merchant banker. Early life Vivian Hugh Smith was born on 9 December 1867. He was the elder son of Hugh Colin Smith (son of John Abel Smith and Gove ...

(1867–1956), a merchant banker who married Lady Sybil Mary McDonnell, daughter of

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. * Adm. Sir Aubrey Smith (1872–1957), a British naval officer who married Elizabeth Grosvenor, a daughter of Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baron Stalbridge, and a niece of

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. * Olive Alethea Smith (1880–1964), who married Lt.-Col. the Hon. Guy Baring, a younger son of Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton, who was an MP and Army officer who was one of twenty-two MPs killed in action in the

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. From 1874–1908, he lived at Mount Clare,

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, south west London. His stockbroker descendants lived there until 1945. He was a founding member of Roehampton Cricket Club. He died at Mount Clare in 1910 after a three-month illness and is buried at St Andrew's Church, Ham. File:Mount Clare, Roehampton 04.JPG, Mount Clare, Roehampton File:Mount Clare, Roehampton 03.JPG, Statue in memory of Hugh Colin Smith, Mount Clare File:St Andrew's Church, Ham, Hugh Colin Smith tomb.jpg, Tomb, Ham Common

Descendants

Through his daughter Olive, he was a grandfather of six, including the cricketer Giles Baring. Their great grandchildren include the actress

Rachel Ward Rachel Claire Ward (born 12 September 1957) is an English-Australian actress,

and the actress and environmentalist Tracy Worcester.

References

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Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge People educated at Eton College Bankers from London 19th-century English businesspeople Burials at St Andrew's Church, Ham