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Alexander Abel Smith
Born(1904-09-18)18 September 1904
Died17 April 1980(1980-04-17) (aged 75)
Occupations
  • Merchant banker
  • Known forChairman of the Pressed Steel Company from 1955 to 1965
    Spouses

    Elizabeth Morgan

    (m. 1936; died 1948)

    (m. 1953)
    RelativesLucy Abel Smith (daughter-in-law)

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

    Life

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    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 Provident Mutual Life Assurance Association Ltd. from 1966 to 1973.[1]

    Family

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    Abel Smith married in 1936 Elizabeth Morgan, who died in 1948. Secondly, he was the second husband of Henriette, Lady Abel Smith, Lady-in-WaitingtoQueen Elizabeth II.[2] His son, engineer David Francis Abel Smith, married author Lucy Abel Smith.[4][5]

    Notes

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    1. ^ a b "Abel Smith, Sir Alexander". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 4 September 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  • ^ a b c Kelly's (1961). Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes. Kelly's Directories. p. 1685.
  • ^ a b Roberts, Richard (27 July 2016). Schroders: Merchants & Bankers. Springer. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-349-09650-3.
  • ^ Debrett's People of Today. 2006. p. 2.
  • ^ Fokschaner, Serena (11 May 2019). "The house that dares to be different". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
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