Sir Smith Child, 2nd Baronet

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Brigadier-General Sir Smith Hill Child, 2nd Baronet, GCVO, CB, CMG, DSO (19 September 188011 November 1958) was an officer in the British Army and a Conservative Party politician. He was elected at the 1918 general election as Coalition Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Stone in Staffordshire, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1922 general election.

Child was appointed Deputy Master of King's Household in 1926 by King George V and later became Master in the 'Year of three kings", 1936, serving King George VI until he retired from the post in 1941. He was appointed GCVO for his personal services to the Monarch and the Royal Household.

He inherited the baronetcy on the death from his father, who had also been a Conservative MP. The title became extinct on his death in 1958, aged 78.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
(new constituency)
Member of Parliament for Stone
19181922
Succeeded by
Joseph Lamb
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Smith Child
Baronet
(of Newfield )
1896–1958
Succeeded by
extinct
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Lord Claud Nigel Hamilton
Deputy Master of the Household
1929–1936
Succeeded by
Ririd Myddleton
Preceded by
Derek Keppel
Master of the Household
1936–1941
Succeeded by
Sir Piers Legh


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