Francis John Kinchin Smith


Michael Kinchin-Smith
[CFT #8931]
Born: 1921
Died: 2002
m1947Rachel Frances Willinkc F/MSt Martin's-in-the-Fields, London
1 Marriage



b New York, USA

d Oxfordshire

Only son of Francis John Kinchin Smith of London, SW7.

Education: Westminster (Kings School); Christ Church, Oxford (Scholar, 1st Class Hons. Modern History; President of the Oxford Union, 1941).

Michael Kinchin Smith served with the Coldstream Guards in the Italian Campaign (Captain; Mentioned in Despatches); with the BBC, 1950-78; Controller, Staff Administration, 1967-76; Lay Assistant to the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1979-84; Archbishops' Secretary for Appointments, and Secretary, Crown Appointments Commission, 1984-87; from 1991, Chairman, Diocesan Trustees (Oxford) Ltd.

Following his death in hospital in 2002, a Memorial Service was held at Bloxham Parish Church on 22 03 2003.

Taken from the family records of Robert (Robin) Morley Fletcher (1935-2015)

Vanessa Griffith - May 2018



1: 1948 Lavinia (Vin) Mary Kinchin-Smithc H/C
2: 1950 Christopher (Chris) Henry Kinchin-Smithc W/C
3: 1952 John Michael Kinchin-Smithc W/C
4: 1954 David Francis Kinchin-Smithc
5: 1957 Juliet Clare Kinchin-Smithc
6: 1960 Robert Mark Kinchin-Smithc
6 Children

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