Rodney Smith, Baron Smith Explained

Edwin Rodney Smith, Baron Smith KBE FRCS (10 May 1914  - 1 July 1998) was a British surgeon.[1] [2]

He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1975 New Year Honours and created a life peer as Baron Smith, of Marlow in the County of Buckinghamshire on 8 July 1978. He served as president of the Royal Society of Medicine between 1978 and 1980.

He was a strong bridge player.[3]

Escutcheon:Gules in chief two fleams the blades outwards and in base a lyre Or a border Ermine.
Crest:An eagle close reguardant Sable beaked and legged Or holding in the dexter claw a bugle horn Or by its strings Sable.
Supporters:Dexter a Burmese cat, sinister a greyhound Sable, both collared Or each collar charged with a thistle Proper.
Motto:Satis Optima Adpetisse [4]

References

  1. ‘SMITH’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 10 Sept 2013
  2. Web site: Smith, Rodney, Baron Smith of Marlow in the County of Buckinghamshire (1914 - 1998).
  3. Lord Smith of MarlowJohn AitkenJames ("Jimmy") George LedinghamRobert ("Bob") MurrayArthur Salmon ("Sam") WigfieldJohn Frederick Wilkinson . Harold . Ellis . Harold Ellis (surgeon) . . 318 . 7176. 129 . 9 January 1999 . 10.1136/bmj.318.7176.129 . 9880305. 1114594 .
  4. Book: Debrett's Peerage . 1985.