Hugh Colin Smith (31 October 1836 – 8 March 1910) was an English banker who was Governor of the Bank of England from 1897–99.

[4] His paternal grandfather was John Smith, who preceded his father as MP for Midhurst, and his maternal grandfather was Sir Samuel Clarke Jervoise.

Together, they were the parents of: From 1874–1908, he lived at Mount Clare, Roehampton, south west London.

He died at Mount Clare in 1910 after a three-month illness[2] and is buried at St Andrew's Church, Ham.

Through his daughter Olive, he was a grandfather of six, including the cricketer Giles Baring.