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Innes Smith, Robert Stuart, Born 1927

 Person

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]

 Item — Box BU Box 22: Series 187/15
Reference code: 187/15/29
Scope and Contents

Photocopy.

Dates: [1979]

Robert Innes Smith Archive

 Fonds
Reference code: 498
Scope and Contents Robert Innes Smith’s archive mainly comprises of his letters. Correspondents are predominantly British aristocrats and from aristocratic families (including the Queen, and the Duke of Norfolk) as well as politicians (such as Oswald Mosely) and historians. They also include other notable individuals such as the poet Sir John Betjeman, script writers Jimmy Perry/David Croft (Dad's Army, Are You Being Served?, 'Allo 'Allo!) and actors including Nyree Dawn Porter, (The Forsyte Saga). ...
Dates: 1910s - 2020