Frederick Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden

William Frederick Danvers Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden DL (12 August 1868 – 16 June 1928), known as Frederick Smith, was an English hereditary peer, businessman and politician. He studied at Eton and New College, Oxford

In 1891, he also succeeded his father William Henry Smith as Member of Parliament for the Strand constituency,

Smith was commissioned Lieutenant in the 2nd Buckinghamshire Rifle Volunteers (Eton College) in 1885, but resigned in 1887. In 1891 he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry. and Lieutenant-Colonel in 1914. He served with the Imperial Yeomanry during the Boer War. Smith was made Honorary Colonel of the Royal Devon Yeomanry Artillery in 1922.

He succeeded his mother, Emily Smith, as Viscount Hambleden following her death in 1913. He married Esther Georgiana Caroline née Gore, a daughter of Arthur Gore, 5th Earl of Arran. Smith was the main sponsor of the Victoria County History from 1909 until 1931. In May 1902, he was the first person to receive the honorary freedom of the borough of Henley-on-Thames, "in recognition of his valuable services to the borough and his munificent donation to the building fund of the new Town hall".