| Authorised form of name | Smith; William Henry (1825 - 1891) |
| Dates | 1825 - 1891 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Duke Street, Grosvenor Square, London, England |
| Date of birth | 24 June 1825 |
| Place of death | Walmer Castle, Kent |
| Date of death | 06 October 1891 |
| Activity | Career:
Entered his father's business (1841); partner (1846); secured a railway bookstall monopoly and initiated a circulating library; Chief Secretary in Ireland (1866); MP for Westminster (1868-1885); Secretary of the Treasury (1874-1877); First Lord of the Admiralty (1877-1880); Privy Councillor (1877); MP for the Strand division (1881-1891); Secretary of State for War (1885-1887); First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons (1887-1891); Constable of Dover Castle; Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 14/02/1878 |
| Relationships | Son of William Henry Smith, founder of W H Smith and Son, and his wife Mary Anne Cooper; married (13 April 1858) Emily, daughter of Frederick Dawes Danvers |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 09 March 1872, 12 November 1887 |
| Royal Society code | NA6515 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MM/19/105 | Letter from William Henry Smith to Royal Society | 29 December 1852 |
| NLB/2/331 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to the Right Honorable William Henry Smith, First Lord of the Treasury | 28 April 1888 |
| EC/1878/02 | Smith, William Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/11/182 | Letter from W H [William Henry] Smith, House of Commons, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 12 March 1878 |
| MC/10/300 | Letter from W H [William Henry] Smith, Treasury Chambers, to [Joseph Dalton Hooker], President of the Royal Society] | 10 November 1875 |
| MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |