Henry Babington Smith
Sir Henry Babington Smith | |
|---|---|
Smith in the 1910s | |
| President of the National Bank of Turkey | |
| In office 1909–1915 | |
| Secretary to the General Post Office | |
| In office 1903–1909 | |
| Chairman of the Caisse de la Dette Publique | |
| In office 1901–1903 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 January 1863 Riverbank, Putney, London, England |
| Died | 29 September 1923 (aged 60) |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
Sir Henry Babington Smith GBE CH KCB CSI (29 January 1863 – 29 September 1923) was a senior British civil servant, who served in a wide range of posts overseas, mostly financial, before becoming a director of the Bank of England. He was related to the Babington family through his maternal grandmother Mary, a daughter of Thomas Babington, and his children took the double surname Babington Smith.