Bernard Babington Smith

Bernard Babington Smith, OBE (1905-1993) was a British academic, wartime intelligence officer and amateur athlete. Early life and education He was born on 26 October 1905 at 29 Hyde Park Gate, London, the son of Sir Henry Babington Smith and Lady Elizabeth Bruce, daughter of Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, 13th Earl of Kincardine and former Viceory of India. He was educated at Eton College, where he was Captain of School and King's College, Cambridge. He was one of 10 children and his siblings included the banker Michael Babington Smith and Constance Babington Smith, a biographer and wartime intelligence officer. Another sister, Lucy, married Henry Sinclair, 2nd Baron Pentland. Athletics He competed in the pole vault at the 1930 British Empire Games for England. He also fenced for both England and Scotland.