William Nigel Wenban-Smith CMG (born 1 September 1936) is a British former diplomat.
[1] After national service, Wenban-Smith became a Plebiscite Supervisory Officer in the Southern Cameroons (now Ambazonia) from 1960 to 1961.
Following diplomatic postings in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Ireland, and Belgium, he became Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory (1982-1985) and then Deputy High Commissioner in Ottawa (1986-1989).
[1] In 1990 he was appointed High Commissioner to Malawi, succeeding Denis Osborne.
[4] In retirement he served as Chairman of the Friends of the Chagos Islands Association and later earned an MA from the University of Buckingham.