Allan Smith (solicitor) explained

Sir Allan Macgregor Smith (19 May 1871 – 21 February 1941) was a British solicitor, businessman, and Conservative Party politician. He was the MP for Croydon South 1919–1923.

Smith was born in Glasgow, the second of eight children.[1] Educated at Glasgow University, he qualified as a solicitor, and during the First World War, successfully negotiated labour with trade unions to successfully meet munitions supply.[2]

He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 Birthday Honours.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Rodgers. Terence. Smith, Sir Allan MacGregor (1871-1941), employers' leader and politician. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . 2004 . 10.1093/ref:odnb/48196 . 29 January 2016.
  2. News: Sir Allan Smith . . 7 . 24 February 1941.

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