Innes Smith, Robert Stuart, Born 1927
Dates
- Existence: Born 1927
Parallel Names
- Innes-Smith, Robert Stuart
Biography
Robert Innes Smith is a journalist, author and former editor of the Edinburgh Tatler magazine, the Tatler and Bystander, the Derbyshire Guide and Glasgow Illustrated who has written mainly on country houses and castles, the aristocracy and heraldry. His main publications are 'The Charge of the Right Brigade' (autobiography), 'The House of Innes' (family history) and 'An Outline of Heraldry'.
He is the son of Stuart W. Innes Smith and the Grandson of Robert William Innes Smith (1872-1933), a medical practitioner and historian whose papers books and portraits are part of Special Collection’s holdings.
He was born in Sheffield and brought up in Southern Rhodesia. Before becoming a journalist and writer, Robert's previous occupations were Doctor of Medicine, Barrister-at-Law and Schoolmaster. After reading law he worked for a time for Burke's Peerage and Reuter's.
Robert married Elizabeth, also known as Betsy Lamb, daughter of B. J. Lamb 'Uncle Dick' (the creator of the cartoon Pip, Squeak and Wilfred) in 1954. They had three children Victoria, Augusta and James.
The surnames 'Innes Smith' and 'Innes-Smith' appear interchangeably throughout records in the archive and published sources.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter in The Sunday Telegraph by Robert Innes Smith, [1979]
Photocopy.