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Hide message. Abel Smith, Sir Henry (1900–1993) governor. Sir Henry Abel Smith, n.d. State Library of Queensland, 188165.
He was the son of Francis Abel Smith and Madeline St. Maur Seymour. He married May Helen Emma Cambridge, Princess of Teck, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Sir Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone and Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess of Albany, on 23 October 1931 in St. Mary's Church, Balcombe, Sussex, England.
24 de out. de 2013 · Sir Henry Abel Smith KCMG., KCVO., DSO., (1900 – 24 January 1993) was a British Army officer and a Governor of Queensland. Sir Henry was appointed Governor of Queensland from 18 March 1958, serving until 18 March 1966. He was highly respected in the office of governor. People lined the streets as a mark of high esteem to farewell him and Lady ...
Description area. Dates of existence. 1900-1993. History. Sir Henry Abel Smith was Governor of Queensland from 1958 to 1966. He was born in Westminister, London, on 8 March 1900. He served in World War II as as major, and then was promoted to colonel and received the Distinguished Service Order.
Colonel Abel Henry Smith (6 December 1862 – 10 November 1930) was a British Conservative Party politician and an English landowner of the Smith banking family. Smith was the son of Abel Smith (1829–98), from whom he inherited the large estate of Woodhall Park, near Watton-at-Stone in Hertfordshire. Over a dozen of his ancestors had sat in the House of Commons over the preceding century. At ...
Sir Henry Abel Smith (1900-1993), army officer and governor, was born on 8 March 1900 at Westminster, London. He was tutored privately at home and, though a member of one of England's oldest private-banking families, chose an army career. Entering the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned in the Royal Horse Guards in 1919.
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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:
