Colonel Richard Francis Abel Smith DL (11 October 1933 – 23 December 2004)[1] was a British Army officer.

He gained the rank of Honorary Colonel in 1979 in the service of the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry Regiment, which he held until 1989.

1940), a daughter of Sir Douglas Kendrew, a future Governor of Western Australia, in St. Mary Abbott's Church, Kensington, London, England.

[7][8] They had a daughter, Katherine Emma Abel Smith (born 11 March 1961), who married Hon.

[9] He died of a stroke at home in Blidworth Dale, Nottinghamshire, England on 23 December 2004.