Sir James Edward Masterton-Smith KCB (24 August 1878 – 4 May 1938) was a British civil servant who held the position of Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies.
[1] In 1905 he married Barbara Crosbie-Hill, the eldest daughter of William Samuel James Hill JP and Elizabeth Mary Crosbie, of The Red House in Sevenoaks, Kent.
In 1921, when he was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies, Churchill offered Masterton-Smith the position of Permanent Under-Secretary, which he accepted.
Masterton-Smith was also a member of the National Whitley Council, representing the Civil Service.
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