Robert Smith-Dorrien

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Algernon Smith-Dorrien JP (born Robert Algernon Smith)[1] was a British churchwarden and soldier.[2]

Not to be confused with Robert Dorrien-Smith.
Lt. Col.

Robert Smith-Dorrien

JP
Born
Robert Algernon Smith

(1814-10-02)October 2, 1814
Died(1879-10-08)October 8, 1879 (aged 65)
SpouseMary Anne Drever (married 1845)
Children15 (including Thomas Smith-Dorrien and Horace Smith-Dorrien)
Parents
  • James Smith (father)
  • Mary Isabella Pechell (mother)
RelativesAugustus Smith (brother)

Biography
The plaque at St Peter's Church commemorating Robert Smith-Dorrien

Robert Smith was born on 2 October 1814 to James Smith and Mary Isabella Pechell. He married Mary Anne Drever, a member of the Dorrien family, in 1845. He adopted his wife's maiden name and changed his surname by Royal Licence to Smith-Dorrien. Together they had 15 children, including Thomas Smith-Dorrien and Horace Smith-Dorrien.

He served as a Justice of the Peace. He was a lieutenant colonel, serving in the Hertfordshire Militia and also a captain in both the 3rd Light Dragoons and the 16th Lancers.

Smith-Dorrien was heavily involved in the restoration of the now Grade II* listed St Peter's Church in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, serving as the Churchwarden from 1868 until his death on 8 October 1879. Due to his work for the church building, a stained glass window by Charles Eamer Kempe was installed and dedicated in his honour, along with a plaque.[2]

Family

Smith-Dorrien's elder brother was Augustus Smith, Lord Proprietor of the Isles of Scilly from 1834 to 1872. Augustus Smith was succeeded as Lord Proprietor by Robert Smith-Dorrien's eldest son, Thomas Algernon Smith-Dorrien.[1][2]

References
  1. Barber, Richard (2002). Tresco Times: the last piece of England (1st ed.). Halsgrove. p. 35. ISBN 1-84114-163-1. OCLC 862619901.
  2. "Robert Algernon Smith-Dorrien". Rectory Lane Cemetery, Berkhamsted. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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