Alexander Abel Smith

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Sir Alexander Abel Smith, KCVO, TD (18 September 1904 – 17 April 1980) was a British Army officer and merchant banker.[1]

Life[]

A member of the Smith banking family, he was the son of Francis Abel Smith (died 1908) of Wilford House, Nottinghamshire; and was the younger brother of Henry Abel Smith. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford.[2] After university he worked in JP Morgan in New York.[3]

Abel Smith served in Anti-Aircraft Command in World War II, and then joined the British Army Staff, Washington.[2] He was an honorary Brigadier in the British Army. From about 1946 he was a partner in J. Henry Schroder Wagg.[3] He was Chairman of the Pressed Steel Company from 1955 to 1965 and of from 1966 to 1973.[1]

Family[]

Abel Smith married in 1936 Elizabeth Morgan, who died in 1948. Secondly, he was the second husband of Henriette, Lady Abel Smith, Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth II.[2]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b "Smith, Abel Smith, Sir Alexander". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 September 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ a b c Kelly's (1961). Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes. Kelly's Directories. p. 1685.
  3. ^ a b Roberts, Richard (27 July 2016). Schroders: Merchants & Bankers. Springer. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-349-09650-3.

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