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24 de jan. de 1993 · Colonel Sir Henry Abel Smith, KCMG, KCVO, DSO (8 March 1900 – 24 January 1993) was a British Army officer who served as Governor of Queensland, Australia. He married Lady May Cambridge, a niece of Queen Mary, consort of King George V. Quick Facts 17th Governor of Queensland, Monarch ... Arms of Smith: Or, a chevron cotised sable between three ...
Biografia Henry Abel Smith e Lady May di Teck. Era il figlio di Francis Abel Smith, e di sua moglie, Madeline St. Maur Seymour. I suoi nonni erano Henry Abel-Smith e Mary Elizabeth Pym, ed i suoi bisnonni erano Francis Pym e Lady Lucy Leslie-Meville, figlia di Alexander Leslie-Melville, IX conte di Leven.
Abel-Smith, Henry. Date of birth: March 8th, 1900 (London, United Kingdom) Date of death: January 24th, 1993 (Winkfield/Berkshire, United Kingdom) Buried on: Frogmore Royal Burial Ground. Service number: 18050.
Henry Abel Smith wurde als Sohn von Francis Abel Smith und dessen Ehefrau Madeline St. Maur Seymour geboren. Seine Großeltern waren Henry Abel-Smith und Elizabeth Mary Pym, seine Ur-Großeltern waren Francis Pym und Lady Lucy Leslie-Melville, Tochter von John Leslie-Melville, 9. Earl of Leven.
In 1958 Sir Henry Abel Smith was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II as Governor of Queensland in Australia and served in that office until 1966. The marriage of Sir Henry and Lady May Abel Smith was long-lived and the couple celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary a few months before Sir Henry's death in January 1993. They had three children:
Sir Henry Abel Smith seen addressing a gathering during his farewell ceremony at The University of Queensland. Colonel Sir Henry Abel Smith was Governor of Queensland from 1958 to 1966 and conferred an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws during the university's fiftieth anniversary celebrations in 1960.
The Smith family is an English aristocratic and banking family founded by Thomas Smith (1631–1699), the founder of Smith's Bank of Nottingham. Its members include the Marquess of Lincolnshire (extinct), the Viscount Wendover (extinct), the Barons Carrington, the Baron Pauncefote (extinct), the Barons Bicester, the Bromley baronets and many ...
