Sir George Bracewell Smith, 2nd Baronet MBE, (12 December 1912 – 18 September 1976), was a City of London business man who owned the Ritz Hotel and several others.

Background and education

The son of Sir Bracewell Smith, 1st Baronet, KCVO (1884–1966), he was educated at Wrekin College and

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Family

Bracewell Smith married Helene Hydock, from Philadelphia, in 1951. They had two sons, Guy Bracewell Smith and

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Career

Bracewell Smith was a City of London business man. He was Chairman of the

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and the Ritz Hotel and a director of Arsenal Football Club. He sold the Ritz Hotel to Trafalgar House for £2.75m in 1976. He was a director of Arsenal Football Club from 1953 to 1976, his father having been chairman from 1948 to 1962.

References

1912 births 1976 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Members of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Wrekin College Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge {{UK-baronet-stub