Sir Charles Mortimer Tollemache Smith-Ryland KCVO (24 May 1927 – 14 November 1989) was Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire from 1968 to 1989.

Vera Sheppard a member of the League Against Cruel Sports led a protest against Smith-Ryland to be expelled from the RSPCA without success.

[2][3] Sheppard commented that the RSPCA's council was "totally hypocritical" for electing Smith-Ryland twice as president whilst ignoring the fact he was involved in the cruelty of blood sports.

[2][4] In April 1971, the RSPCA Reform Group led by Hilda Owen staged a protest demonstration in Leamington contesting the re-election of Smith-Ryland as president.

[5] Two months later, the RSPCA Reform Group reported a victory as the South and East Warwickshire branch had voted to remove the position of president.