Carl Smith (businessman)

Sir Carl Victor Smith CBE (19 April 1897 – 12 February 1979) was a New Zealand businessman, based in Dunedin. He was chairman of confectionery and biscuit company Cadbury Fry Hudson from 1938 until his retirement in 1963.[1]

Sir Carl Smith

CBE
Born
Carl Victor Smith

(1897-04-19)19 April 1897
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died12 February 1979(1979-02-12) (aged 81)
Dunedin, New Zealand
OccupationBusinessman
Known forChairman of Cadbury Fry Hudson
Spouse(s)
Catherine Elizabeth Gettings Johnston
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(m. 1919)​

Smith served as president of the New Zealand Manufacturers' Federation and was a member of the Economic Stabilisation Commission during World War II. In the 1946 King's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of both those roles.[2] He was made a Knight Bachelor, for public services, in the 1964 Queen's Birthday Honours.[3]

In 1968, Smith wrote a centennial history of Cadbury Fry Hudson, titled Sweet Success.[4]

A member of the University of Otago Council, and the founder of the Rowheath Trust, which supports the work of the university,[5] Smith was awarded an honorary LLD by the University of Otago in 1968.[6]

Smith died in Dunedin on 12 February 1979.[7]

References
  1. Smith, C.V. (1968). Sweet success, 1868–1968: one hundred years, R. Hudson & Co., and Cadbury Fry Hudson Ltd. Whitcombe and Tombs.
  2. "No. 37601". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1946. p. 2837.
  3. "No. 43345". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 13 June 1964. p. 4977.
  4. "Manufacturing (part 2)" (PDF). Friends of the Hocken Collections Bulletin. Hocken Library (54): 2. May 2006. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  5. "Research awards". University of Otago. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  6. "Honorary graduates". University of Otago Calendar (PDF). University of Otago. 2016. p. 142. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  7. "Cemeteries search". Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 23 April 2017.


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