Sir Henry Babington Smith | |
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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 | Riverbank, Putney, London, England | 29 January 1863
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.