Charles Howard Smith
Charles Howard Smith CMG (17 May 1888 – 23 July 1942) was a British diplomat.
Charles Howard Smith | |
|---|---|
| British Minister to Denmark | |
| In office 1939–1940 | |
| Preceded by | The Hon. Sir Patrick Ramsay |
| Succeeded by | Sir Alec Randall |
| British Minister to Iceland | |
| In office 1940–1942 | |
| Succeeded by | Sir Gerald Shepherd |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 May 1888 |
| Died | 23 July 1942 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Smith was educated at Winchester and Brasenose College, Oxford, before joining the British Foreign Office in 1912.[1] He remained in the diplomatic service throughout World War I and the inter-war period, during which he was private secretary to the then Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Cecil Harmsworth MP (later Lord Harmsworth) 1920–22.[2] Smith was himself eventually appointed Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs in 1933. In October 1939 he took up the position of Minister to Copenhagen,[3] but was forced to leave upon the German invasion of Denmark in April 1940. Following his departure from Copenhagen he became the first British Minister to Reykjavik.[4] He died in his post in July 1942.[5]
References edit
- ^ Kaarsted, Tage; Great Britain and Denmark 1914-1920; Odense, 1979: 164
- ^ SMITH, Charles Howard, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2015 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014), accessed 19 October 2015
- ^ The London Gazette, 31 October 1939
- ^ Kaarsted, 1979: 164
- ^ The London Gazette, 11 May 1943
External links edit
- Portraits of Charles Howard Smith (1888-1942), Minister in Reykjavik, Iceland at the National Portrait Gallery, London