Frederick Smith, 1st Baron Colwyn

Frederick Henry Smith, 1st Baron Colwyn PC (24 January 1859 26 January 1946), known as Sir Frederick Smith, 1st Baronet, from 1912 to 1917, was a British manufacturer, investor and banking executive.

Smith was a rubber and cotton factory owner, deputy chairman of Martins Bank (which 23 years after his death with 700 branches was acquired by Barclays Bank) and a director of several railway companies. In 1917 he served as Sheriff of Caernarvonshire. He was created a Baronet, of Colwyn Bay in the County of Denbigh, in 1912 and in 1917 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Colwyn, of Colwyn Bay in the County of Denbigh. In 1924 he was admitted to the Privy Council.

Lord Colwyn married Elizabeth Anne, daughter of Hamilton Savage, in 1882. She died in 1945. Colwyn died in January 1946, aged 87, and was succeeded in his titles by his grandson Frederick.

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
New Creation
Baron Colwyn
19171946
Succeeded by
Frederick John Vivian Smith