Rodney Smith, Baron Smith

For other people named Rodney Smith, see Rod Smith (disambiguation).

"Baron Smith" redirects here. For other uses, see Baron Smith (disambiguation).

Edwin Rodney Smith, Baron Smith KBE FRCS (10 May 1914 – 1 July 1998) was a British surgeon.^[1][2]

He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1975 New Year Honours^[3] and created a life peer as Baron Smith, of Marlow in the County of Buckinghamshire on 8 July 1978.^[4] He served as president of the Royal Society of Medicine between 1978 and 1980.

He was a strong bridge player.^[5]

Coat of arms of Rodney Smith, Baron Smith

Crest An eagle close reguardant Sable beaked and legged Or holding in the dexter claw a bugle horn Or by its strings Sable. Escutcheon Gules in chief two fleams the blades outwards and in base a lyre Or a border Ermine. Supporters Dexter a Burmese cat, sinister a greyhound Sable, both collared Or each collar charged with a thistle Proper. Motto Satis Optima Adpetisse [6]