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Sir Alfred Waldron Smithers (4 October 1850 – 22 August 1924)[1] was a British businessman and politician, and a pioneer of the railway industry in England and Canada.

One of the stained glass windows in St Katharine's Church, Knockholt, Kent, England, is a memorial to Alfred & Emma Smithers. Knockholt, BC, Canada, a former train station, was named after Knockholt, Kent, the location of the family home. Knighted in 1919, Alfred was Coalition Unionist member of parliament for Chislehurst from 1918 to 1922.

His son Waldron was later elected to this constituency.

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