Background
SMITH, Henry Babington was born on January 29, 1863. Son of late Archibald Smith, F.R.8., of Jordanhill, Renfrewshire.
SMITH, Henry Babington was born on January 29, 1863. Son of late Archibald Smith, F.R.8., of Jordanhill, Renfrewshire.
Eton; Trinity College Cambridge.
Fellow; 1st class in Classical Tripos (Parts I. and II.). Chancellor's Medallist (Master of Arts) Examiner in the Education Department 1887. Principal private secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr.
Goschen), 1891; clerk in the Treasury, 1892. Secretary to the British delegates at the Brussels Monetary Conference, 1892. Private secretary to Earl of Elgin, Viceroy of India, 1894 - 99.
Represented Treasury in Natal, 1899. British Representative on Council of Administration of Ottoman Public Debt, 1900. President, 1901; British Delegate at Postal Congress, Rome, 1906.
At Radio-Telegraph Conference, Berlin, 1906. At Telegraph Conference, Lisbon, 190S. Secretary to Post Office 1903-1909.
Decorated: Companion of the Order of the Star of India 1897, for services as private secy, to Viceroy. 1st class Osmanieh, 1903. President National Bank of Turkey since 1909.
Club: Brooks’s.
Spouse 1898, Lady Elisabeth Bruce, daughter of 9th Earl of Elgin.