Founder and visionary, William Herbert Guthrie-Smith GUTHRIE-SMITH, William Herbert (1861–1940). Author, naturalist, and farmer. William Herbert Guthrie-Smith was born at Helensburgh on the Clyde in Scotland on 13 March 1861. His father, John Guthrie-Smith, of Mugdock Castle, Stirlingshire, who had married into the Dennistoun family, was partner in a firm of insurance brokers. Herbert — … Continue reading W.H Guthrie-Smith