Charles Howard Smith | |
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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 |
Charles Howard Smith CMG (17 May 1888 – 23 July 1942) was a British 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]