an English composer who, following in his father's footsteps, became George Frideric Handel's secretary and amanuensis. Smith's first opera was the Italian-style Teraminta on a libretto by Henry Carey and first performed on 20 November 1732. Among his other works are five volumes of harpsichord music (1732–1763), a book of hymns (1765), a funeral service (1772) for the dowager Princess of Wales, who was his harpsichord pupil, and two cantatas.
