Alexander Abel Smith

Sir Alexander Abel Smith (18 September 1904 – 17 April 1980) was a British Army officer and merchant banker.

Life
A member of the Smith banking family, he was the son of Francis Abel Smith (died 1908) of Wilford House, Nottinghamshire; and was the younger brother of Henry Abel Smith. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. After university he worked in JP Morgan in New York.

Abel Smith served in Anti-Aircraft Command in World War II, and then joined the British Army Staff, Washington. He was an honorary Brigadier in the British Army. From about 1946 he was a partner in J. Henry Schroder Wagg. He was Chairman of the Pressed Steel Company from 1955 to 1965 and of Provident Mutual Life Assurance Association Ltd. from 1966 to 1973.

Family
Abel Smith married in 1936 Elizabeth Morgan, who died in 1948. Secondly, he was the second husband of Henriette, Lady Abel Smith, Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth II. His son, engineer David Francis Abel Smith, married author Lucy Abel Smith.