Henry Smith may refer to:

Politics and government

United States

Henry Smith (Rhode Island governor) Henry Smith (February 10, 1766June 28, 1818) was the fifth Governor of Rhode Island from October 15, 1805 to May 7, 1806. Smith was born in Providence in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He was educated in Providence, and ...

(1766–1818), Governor of Rhode Island * Henry Smith (Texas governor) (1788–1851), Governor of Texas *

Henry G. Smith Henry G. Smith (1807 – December 31, 1878) was a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1867 to 1870. Born in Connecticut, Smith was one of the judges serving on the highly partisan "apocryphal" court, which was in place in Tennessee betwee ...

(1807–1878), Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court * Henry K. Smith (1811–1854), mayor of Buffalo, New York *

Henry Smith (speaker) Henry Smith (March 14, 1829 in Cobleskill, Schoharie County, New York – December 1, 1884) was an American lawyer and politician. Life He was the son of Thomas Smith, a lawyer. In 1865, he was elected District Attorney of Albany County ...

(1829–1884), Speaker of the New York State Assembly *

Henry Smith (Wisconsin politician) Henry Smith (July 22, 1838 – September 16, 1916 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a millwright, architect, builder and politician who was elected a member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin from 1887 - 1889 as a member of ...

(1838–1916), United States Representative from Wisconsin * Henry Augustus Middleton Smith (1853–1924), United States federal judge *

Henry C. Smith (politician) Henry Cassorte Smith (June 2, 1856 – December 7, 1911) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Smith was born in Canandaigua, New York and in the following year moved with his father to a farm near Palmyra, Michigan. He attended ...

(1856–1911), United States Representative from Michigan * Henry C. Smith (judge) (1862–1932), Justice of the Montana Supreme Court * Henry P. Smith III (1911–1995), United States Representative from New York

United Kingdom

Henry Smith (regicide) Henry Smith (1620–1668) was an English Member of Parliament and one of the regicides of King Charles I. He was born in Withcote, Leicestershire in 1620; son of Henry Smith born in 1589 and Frideswide (Fritzjoyce) Wright. He studied at Oxford ...

(1620–1668), English politician and jurist *Sir

Henry Smith (Royal Navy officer) Admiral Sir Henry Smith (1803 – 18 January 1887) was a British officer in the Royal Navy. He commanded the Aden Expedition in 1839 which took Aden as the first colonial acquisition of the reign of Queen Victoria. For this service he was app ...

(1803–1887), naval officer *Sir

Henry Babington Smith Sir Henry Babington-Smith (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 Babi ...

(1863–1923), British civil servant *Sir

Henry Moncrieff Smith Sir Henry Moncrieff Smith CIE (23 December 1873 – 21 November 1951) was a British administrator in India. Smith was educated at Blundell's School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He joined the Indian Civil Service in 1897 and was post ...

(1873–1951), British administrator in India *Sir

Henry Abel Smith Colonel Sir Henry Abel Smith, (8 March 1900 – 24 January 1993) was a British Army officer who served as Governor of Queensland, Australia. He married Lady May Cambridge, a niece of Queen Mary, consort of King George V. Early life and fa ...

(1900–1993), British Army officer and Governor of Queensland *

Henry Wilson Smith Sir Henry Wilson Smith, KCB, KBE (30 December 1904 – 28 March 1978) was a British civil servant. Educated at Royal Grammar School, Newcastle and Peterhouse, Cambridge, he began his career in the General Post Office in 1927 before moving to ...

(1904–1978), British civil servant * Henry Smith (British politician) (born 1969), Member of Parliament for Crawley * Henry Smith, 5th Viscount Hambleden (born 1955), British peer

Other countries

* Henry Gilbert Smith (1802–1886), Australian politician *

Henry Smith (Canadian politician) Sir Henry Smith (April 23, 1812 – September 18, 1868) was a Canadian lawyer and political figure. He represented Frontenac County in the Parliament of the Province of Canada, and later in the 1st Parliament of Ontario. He was born in Lond ...

(1812–1868), Canadian lawyer and politician * Henry Dolphus Smith (1819–1889), Canadian politician * Henry Teesdale Smith (1858–1921), Australian businessman and politician *

Henry L. Smith Henry L. Smith (24 January 1898 – after 9 January 1954) was a Garda Síochána and recipient of the Scott Medal. Background Smith was born in Salthill, County Galway, and worked as a farmer prior to joining the force as Garda 1969 on 18 Octo ...

(1898–?), Garda Síochána (Irish police force)

Religion

* Henry Smith (preacher) (c. 1560–c. 1591), English Puritan preacher *

Henry Boynton Smith Henry Boynton Smith (November 21, 1815 - February 7, 1877), United States theologian, was born in Portland, Maine. He is best known for introducing many Americans to avant-garde German historical scholarship, especially in his ''History of the Chu ...

(1815–1877), American theologian * Henry Weston Smith (1827–1876), American preacher *

Henry Preserved Smith Henry Preserved Smith (October 12, 1847 – February 26, 1927) was an American biblical scholar. Smith was born in Troy, Ohio. He graduated at Amherst College in 1869 and studied theology in Lane Theological Seminary in 1869–1872, in Berlin ...

(1847–1927), American Biblical scholar *

Henry Goodwin Smith Henry Goodwin Smith (January 8, 1860 in New YorkSmith, Henry Goodwin
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(1860–1940), American theologian *

C. Henry Smith C. Henry Smith (June 8, 1875 – October 18, 1948) was a Mennonite historian born in Metamora, Illinois. Smith was the first (known) American Mennonite to earn a Ph.D., doing so at the University of Chicago in 1907. C. Henry Smith (the "C" simply an ...

(1875–1948), Mennonite historian

Science and academia

Henry Lilley Smith Henry Lilley Smith was born in Southam, Warwickshire, England in 1787 or 1788. He became assistant surgeon to the 45th Regiment and obtained a diploma of MRCS in 1810 and then practised at Southam, where he was appointed parish surgeon. In A ...

(1787/89–1859), English surgeon *

Henry John Stephen Smith Prof Henry John Stephen Smith Royal Society of London, FRS FRSE Royal Astronomical Society, FRAS LLD (2 November 1826 – 9 February 1883) was an Irish mathematician and amateur astronomer remembered for his work in elementary divisors, quadrati ...

(1826–1883), Irish mathematician *

Henry A. Smith Henry A. Smith (1830 – August 16, 1915) was a physician, poet, legislator and early settler of Seattle, best known today for his flowery translation of a speech by Chief Seattle (or Sealth or Si'ahl) that is still in print. In 1852, Smith tra ...

(1830–1915), American physician and poet *

Henry George Smith Henry George Smith (26 July 1852 – 19 September 1924) was an Australian chemist whose pioneering work on the chemistry of the essential oils of the Australian flora achieved worldwide recognition. Smith was born at Littlebourne, Kent, Englan ...

(1852–1924), Australian chemist *

Henry Louis Smith Henry Louis Smith (1859–1951) was the ninth president of Davidson College and the first president to not be an ordained Presbyterian minister. Originally from Greensboro, North Carolina, Smith graduated from Davidson in 1881 but returned as a ...

(1859–1951), president of Davidson College *

Henry Nash Smith Henry Nash Smith (September 29, 1906 – June 6, 1986) was a scholar of American culture and literature. He was co-founder of the academic discipline "American studies". He was also a noted Mark Twain scholar, and the curator of the Mark Twain P ...

(1906–1986), American professor, founder of American Studies *

Henry Smith (Egyptologist) Henry Sidney "Harry" Smith, (born 14 June 1928) is a British Egyptologist and academic, specialising in epigraphy and Egyptian archaeology. He held the Edwards Chair of Egyptology at University College London from 1970 to 1986. He had previousl ...

(born 1928), British Egyptologist and academic

Sports

* Henry Smith (discus thrower) (1955–2020), Samoan Olympic athlete *

Henry Smith (long jumper) Henry Smith (born 9 April 1996) is an Australian long jumper. In 2019, he competed in the men's long jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, ...

(born 1996), Australian long jumper * Henry Smith (Australian footballer) (1882–1957), Australian rules footballer *

Henry Tyrell-Smith Henry George Tyrell-Smith (1907–1982) was an Irish motorcycle road racer. He was born in Co Dublin and studied at Trinity College, Dublin for a B.A. And B.A.I.degree. He raced at the Isle of Man TT from 1927 to 1939, and between 1929 and 193 ...

(1907–1982), Irish motorcyclist *

Henry Smith (goalkeeper) Henry George Smith (born 10 March 1956) is a Scottish former footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. He spent the majority of his career with Heart of Midlothian. He made his debut for Hearts in a League Cup win over Airdrie at Broomfield ...

(born 1956), Scottish football goalkeeper *

Henry Smith (American football) Henry Smith (born July 19, 1983) is a former American football defensive tackle. He was signed by the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Texas A&M. Smith was also a member of the St. Louis Ram ...

(born 1983), American football player *

Henry Smith (baseball) Henry Smith was a Negro league second baseman in the 1940s. Smith made his Negro leagues debut in 1942 with the Jacksonville Red Caps and the Chicago American Giants. He went on to play for the Indianapolis Clowns, Indianapolis/Cincinnati Clown ...

, Negro leagues baseball player

Other people

Henry Walton Smith Henry Walton Smith (1738 – 23 August 1792) was the founder of W. H. Smith, one of the United Kingdom's largest bookselling and newspaper vending businesses. Career Brought up in Wrington in Somerset, Henry Walton Smith moved to London and became ...

(1738–1792), English businessman, founder of W H Smith *

Henry Smith (attorney) Henry Smith was a Bristol attorney-at-law and amateur artist who was forced to flee the country in 1809 after a duel in which he killed his opponent. His travels around Scotland and later Spain and Portugal during the Peninsula War (where he serve ...

(1774–?), English lawyer and amateur artist *

Henry More Smith Henry More Smith (fl. 19th century.) (also known as Henry Frederick Moon, Henry J. Moon, Henry Hopkins, Henry Frederick More Smith and William Newman) was a confidence man, master puppeteer, hypnotist, seer, liar, and above all else a superlative es ...

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1814), Canadian escape artist, confidence man *

(1803–1887), British naval officer *

Henry Smith (VC) Henry Smith VC (c. 1825 – 18 August 1862) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Details Smith ...

(1825–1862), English winner of the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny * Henry Pember Smith (1854–1907), American painter *

Henry Clay Smith Henry Clay Smith (February 7, 1874 – December 10, 1945) was an American architect. Smith was born in Santa Clara, California, one of 12 children born to German immigrants Charles Christian Smith (1838-1927) and Maria Pfieffer (1845-1916). ...

(1874–1945), American architect *

Henry Justin Smith Henry Justin Smith (June 19, 1875 – February 9, 1936) was managing editor of the ''Chicago Daily News''. Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Justin A and Mary L Smith. In 1899, he married his cousin, Katherine Augusta Smith (1874 ...

(1875–1936), American newspaper editor * Henry Smith (lynching victim) (1876–1893), American black man killed by a mob in Paris, Texas * Henry Holmes Smith (1909–1986), American photographer *

Henry Smith (police officer) Lieut.-Col. Sir Henry Smith (15 December 1835 – 2 March 1921) was a Scottish police officer who was Commissioner of the City of London Police. Smith was born in Penpont, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, the son of Rev. George Smith of the Church of Sc ...

(1836-1921), British police officer

Other uses

* SS ''Henry B. Smith'', a steel-hulled, propeller-driven lake freighter built in 1906