Sir Willie Reardon Smith, 2nd Baronet (26 May 1887 – 24 November 1950) was a British shipowner.
Reardon Smith was the son of Sir
William Reardon Smith
Sir William Reardon Smith, 1st Baronet (7 August 1856 – 23 December 1935) was an English shipowner and philanthropist.
Early life
Reardon Smith was born in Appledore, Devon, the youngest son of Thomas Reardon Smith, a sailing ship captain, an ...
, 1st Baronet, and his wife Ellen Hamlyn. He followed his father as owner of the South Wales shipping company Reardon Smith Line. He was director of many shipping companies as well as director of The London Assurance Company. He served as
High Sheriff of
Glamorgan
, HQ = Cardiff
, Government = Glamorgan County Council (1889–1974)
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, Code = GLA
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* West Glamorgan
* Mid Glamorgan
* South Glamorgan
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, and was a trustee of the
National Museum of Wales.
[P M Heaton (1984), ''Reardon Smith Line; the History of a South Wales Shipping Venture'',]
Footnotes
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1887 births
1950 deaths
High Sheriffs of Glamorgan
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
British businesspeople in shipping