Lieutenant Commander Thomas Mervyn Smith-Dorrien-Smith JP[1] (12 May 1913 – 5 December 1973) was a British politician who was the leaseholder of the island of Tresco from 1955 until 1973.
He had five children with her, including their eldest son Robert Dorrien-Smith.In September 1947, Tom Dorrien-Smith became a councillor, representing Tresco.
In 1967 Dorrien-Smith and his wife Tamara divorced, and he married Peggy Worthington the same year.
Unlike his father, who inherited the title of chairman, Tom Dorrien-Smith was democratically elected as chair.
In 1973, he returned to the Isles of Scilly from King Edward VII Hospital in London, ill from cancer, and died shortly after on 5 December 1973.