Born in Wandsworth, London, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashford at a by-election in 1943, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1950 general election.
His plays included The Shop at Sly Corner and, with Reginald Denham, Ladies in Retirement.
Smith has earned mild infamy among biologists for releasing 12 specimens of the marsh frog in his garden at Stone-in-Oxney, Kent, during the winter of 1934–5.
Today, it is regarded as an invasive species which eats the tadpoles of the common frog and which it widely succeeds.
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