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




Early life


Smith was born in London, the son of John Abel Smith (1802–1871), Member of Parliament for Chichester and Midhurst, 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 Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.




Career


From 1895 to 1897, he served as the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, followed by another two-year term as Governor of the Bank of England 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 Henry John Adeane MP and Hon. Matilda Abigail Stanley (a daughter of John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley Park). 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 (1867–1956), a merchant banker who married Lady Sybil Mary McDonnell, daughter of William McDonnell, 6th Earl of Antrim.
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 Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster.
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 First World War.
From 1874–1908, he lived at Mount Clare, Roehampton, 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.

















= Descendants

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Through his daughter Olive, he was a grandfather of six, including the cricketer Giles Baring. Their great grandchildren include the actress Rachel Ward and the actress and environmentalist Tracy Worcester.




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