Abel Smith retired on 14 February 1958 and was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Selkirkshire on the 16th, serving until 1975.
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He was made a Baronet in July 1938, of Philiphaugh, Selkirkshire, and from 1948 to 1958 he served as Lord Lieutenant of Selkirkshire.