Background
Smith was the son of Reverend Francis Smith (1841-1877), who was the fourth son of the second Smith-Marriott Baronet.
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Edmund Smith
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In the early 1900s, Wyldbore-Smith served in the Foreign Office beginning his service as Vice-Consul at Tangiers in 1903. Four years later he was appointed Vice-Consul in Canea (modern Chania), Crete. In January 1910 he transferred to the Board of Trade where he was employed as Officer-in-Charge of Commercial Enquiries in its recently established Exhibitions Branch.
In effect he acted as deputy to the Director of the Branch, Ulick Fitzgerald Wintour.
Wyldbore-Smith resignation from the Civil Service in 1919 opened the way for a career in business. Wyldbore-Smith served as vice-president of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (International Sleeping-Carolina Company) and vice-president of the Federation of British Industries.
He also served as a director of the Suez Canal Company.
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In 1906, he was elected to the Royal Statistical Society. Smith was awarded decorations of seven countries, including: Knight Bachelor (United Kingdom) Légion d"Honneur (France) Order of Leopold (Belgium) Order of the Crown of Italy, 1918 (Italy). Order of George I, 1920 (Greece). Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1920 (Japan). Order of the Crown of Romania, 1921.
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United Kingdom