Tom Elder Barr Smith

Thomas Elder Barr Smith (8 December 1863 – 26 November 1941) was a South Australian pastoralist and philanthropist.

Tom Barr Smith was born in Woodville, South Australia, the son of Robert Barr Smith, and his wife Joanna Lang, née Elder.

His interests included competing in car rallies. A steam locomotive, now preserved in the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, was named after him in 1926.

There is a plaque in his honour on the Jubilee 150 Walkway.

Family Father: Robert Barr Smith (1824–1915) Mother: Joanna Elder - sister of Sir Thomas Elder Uncles: Sir Thomas Elder (1818–1897), William Elder (1813–1882), Alexander Lang Elder (1815–1885) and George Elder (1816–1897) Daughter: Joanna Lang Barr Smith, Lady Gosse (1886–1965) married Sir James Hay Gosse (1876–1952) on 29 April 1908, at St. Andrew's, Walkerville, South Australia. Son: Sir Tom Elder Barr Smith (1904–1968)