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Rodney Smith, Baron Smith

Rodney Smith, Baron Smith

British surgeon

For other people named Rodney Smith, see Rod Smith (disambiguation).
"Baron Smith" redirects here. For other uses, see Baron Smith (disambiguation).

Edwin Rodney Smith, Baron Smith KBE FRCS (10 May 1914 – 1 July 1998) was a British surgeon.[1][2]

He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1975 New Year Honours[3] and created a life peer as Baron Smith, of Marlow in the County of Buckinghamshire on 8 July 1978.[4] He served as president of the Royal Society of Medicine between 1978 and 1980.

He was a strong bridge player.[5]

Coat of arms of Rodney Smith, Baron Smith
Crest
An eagle close reguardant Sable beaked and legged Or holding in the dexter claw a bugle horn Or by its strings Sable.
Escutcheon
Gules in chief two fleams the blades outwards and in base a lyre Or a border Ermine.
Supporters
Dexter a Burmese cat, sinister a greyhound Sable, both collared Or each collar charged with a thistle Proper.
Motto
Satis Optima Adpetisse [6]

References

  1. [1]
    ‘SMITH’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 10 Sept 2013
  2. [2]
    "Smith, Rodney, Baron Smith of Marlow in the County of Buckinghamshire (1914 - 1998)".
  3. [3]
    "No. 46444". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1975. p. 8.
  4. [4]
    "No. 47595". The London Gazette. 18 July 1978. p. 8631.
  5. [5]
    Ellis, Harold (9 January 1999). "Lord Smith of Marlow · John Aitken · James ("Jimmy") George Ledingham · Robert ("Bob") Murray · Arthur Salmon ("Sam") Wigfield · John Frederick Wilkinson". British Medical Journal. 318 (7176): 129. doi:10.1136/bmj.318.7176.129. PMC 1114594. PMID 9880305.
  6. [6]
    Debrett's Peerage. 1985.
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