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==Life==
He was born in [[Calcutta]], where his father, [[George Smith (1833-1919)|George Smith]], [[Order of the Indian Empire|C.I.E.]], was then Principal of the [[Doveton Corrie Protestant Schools Association|Doveton College]], a boys' school in [[Madras]]. His mother was Janet Colquhoun Smith (née Adam).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://genealogy.links.org/links-cgi/readged?/home/ben/camilla-genealogy/current+!0:156598+2-2-0-1-0|title = George SMITH}}</ref> By 1870 the family had returned to [[Scotland]] and were living at Scagore House in [[Seafield, Edinburgh]].
He was educated at [[Edinburgh]] in the [[Royal High School (Edinburgh)|Royal High School]].
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He was appointed a [[Ecclesiastical Household|Chaplain-in-Ordinary]] to King [[George V]] in 1933,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33983 |date=3 October 1933|page=6351}}</ref> and reappointed by King [[Edward VIII]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34306 |date=20 July 1936 |page=4665}}</ref> and King [[George VI]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34376 |date=2 March 1937 |page=1407}}</ref>
From 1924 to 1938 he was Patron of the [[Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.seventradesofaberdeen.co.uk/patrons-over-the-years/#|title=Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen | Patrons}}</ref>
He died at home, "Sweethillocks" in [[Balerno]] south-west of [[Edinburgh]] on 3 March 1942. He is buried with his wife and children in the north-east corner of [[Currie]] Cemetery in south-west [[Edinburgh]].{{cn|date=September 2021}}
==Family==
In 1889 he married Alice Lillian Buchanan (1866-1949), daughter of [[George Buchanan (physician)|Sir George Buchanan]] MD FRS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.glasgowwestaddress.co.uk/1909_Glasgow_Men/Smith_Rev_George_Adam.htm|title=Rev. George Adam Smith}}</ref> They had seven children:
*George Buchanan Smith (1890-1915);
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