Sir Robert Workman Smith, 1st Baronet, JP (7 December 1880 – 6 December 1957) was a Scottish Unionist politician. The youngest son of George Smith, shipowner, Glasgow, he was educated at

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. He was a barrister at the

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. Smith was unsuccessful candidate for Aberdeen and Kincardine Central in 1922–1923, and was elected as the

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(MP) for the seat in 1924, holding it until 1945. He was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Aberdeen. He was knighted in

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and created a baronet in the 1945 Dissolution Honours.

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* 1880 births 1957 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of the Inner Temple Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 Knights Bachelor {{Conservative-UK-MP-1880s-stub