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THE    SMITH    FAMILY 

BEING   A  POPULAR  ACCOUNT   OF   MOST 

BRANCHES  OF  THE  NAME— HOWEVER 

SPELT— FROM  THE  FOURTEENTH 

CENTURY  DOWNWARDS,  WITH 

NUMEROUS  PEDIGREES  NOW 

PUBLISHED    FOR   THE 

FIRST   TIME 


COMPTON    READE,    M.A. 

MAGDALEN   COLLEGE,    OXFORD  \     RECTOR  OP    KZNCHESTER 

AND      VICAR      Or       BRIDGE      50LLARS.  AUTHOR      OP 

"A    RECORD   OP   THE   REDEt,"    "  UH8RA   CCELI, 

"  CHARLES    READS,    D.C.L.  I     A    MEMOIR," 

ETC    ETC 


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POPULAR    EDITION 


LONDON 

ELLIOT   STOCK 

62    PATERNOSTER    ROW,    E.C. 

1904 


OLD  8.  LEE  LIBRARY 
6KIGHAM  YOUNG  UNIVERSITY 
PROVO  UTAH 


TO 

GEORGE  W.  MARSHALL,  ESQ.,  LL.D. 

ROUGE    CROIX    PURSUIVANT-AT-ARM3, 

LORD  OF  THE  MANOR  AND  PATRON 

OP  SARNESFIELD,  THE  ABLEST 

AND   MOST    COURTEOUS    OP 

LIVING  GENEALOGISTS 

WITH    THE 

CORDIAL  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP 

THE  COMPILER 


CONTENTS 


CHAPTER 

I.  MEDLEVAL   SMITHS 

II.  THE   HERALDS'   VISITATIONS 

III.  THE   ELKINGTON   LINE  .  .  .  . 

IV.  THE    WEST    COUNTRY    SMITHS — THE    SMITH- 

MARRIOTTS,    BARTS 

V.  THE  CARRINGTONS  AND  CARINGTONS — EARL 
CARRINGTON  —  LORD  PAUNCEFOTE  — 
SMYTHES,  BARTS. — BROMLEYS,  BARTS., 
ETC 

VI.      ENGLISH   PEDIGREES  . 

vii.     English  pedigrees — continued 

VIII.      SCOTTISH   PEDIGREES 
IX      IRISH   PEDIGREES 
X.      CELEBRITIES   OF   THE   NAME 

INDEX   (1)   TO   PEDIGREES     .... 
INDEX   (2)   OF   PRINCIPAL   NAMES   AND   PLACES 


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200 

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PREFACE 

I  lay  claim  to  be  the  first  to  produce  a  popular 
work  of  genealogy.  By  "popular"  I  mean  one 
that  rises  superior  to  the  limits  of  class  or  caste, 
and  presents  the  lineage  of  the  fanner  or  trades- 
man side  by  side  with  that  of  the  nobleman  or 
squire.  As  a  matter  of  history,  much  ancient 
Norman  blood  has  descended  to  the  lower  social 
stratum,  and  I  have  met  thereabouts  such  chivalrous 
names  as  Quatremain,  Turberville,  and  Louches, 
while  in  high  places  may  be  found  the  descendants 
of  men  who  were  serfs  to  those  followers  of 
"William  the  Conqueror.  Apart  from  that,  Geneal- 
ogy, a  science  which  should  by  rights  be  the  hand- 
maid of  history,  will  never  escape  the  reproach 
of  snobbishness,  until  it  broadens  downward.  An 
eminent  American  aphorised,  that  "  The  History  of 
England  is  the  history  of  the  families  " ;  but  this  is 
only  true,  if  we  exclude  artificial  limitations,  and 
endeavour  to  follow  up,  not  merely  the  leading, 
but  the  minor  strains  also.  And  while  in  this 
research  we  often  enough  discover  the  wearer  of  a 
coronet  to  have  sprung  from  proletarian  ancestors, 
we  also  occasionally  carry  back  the  lineage  of  the 
man  in  the  street  to  that  of  the  man  at  the  helm- 
Genealogy,  therefore,  ought  to  be  an  open  book, 
and  in  this  volume  an  attempt  has  been  made  to 
disclose  some  of  its  hitherto  uncut  pages. 

Among  the  ■  vast  multitude  of  Smiths,  I  cannot 
pretend  to  cover  the  entire  ground.  The  principle 
of  arrangement,   dominating    this   volume,    may   be 

b  iz 


x  PREFACE 

thus    stated :     where    a    descent    is    given,    which 

already    has    appeared    in    one    or    more    of    the 

ordinary  genealogical   works    of    reference,    it    has 

been  necessary,  owing  to   the  exigencies  of  space, 

to   condense   as   far  as   has    been   compatible   with 

perspicuity;   where,  on  the  other  hand,  a  pedigree 

is  presented  for  the  first  time,  the  fullest  obtainable 

details    have    been    appended.      To    have    omitted 

pedigrees    already  published    would    have   been   to 

render   the    work    lopsided ;    but    the    genealogical 

value   of  the  book  rests  mainly  on   those  descents 

which  have  not  appeared  elsewhere.     I  could  wish 

there  were  more  of  them,  or  that  I  had  been  able  to 

research  further,   where  a  clue   has   been  afforded. 

But  genealogy  to  me  is  of  necessity  a  parergon,  and 

there  are  only  twenty- four  hours  in  the  day. 

The  book  professes  to  review  the  great  Fabrician 

family,  whether  crisped  as  Smith,    "  smoothed   into 

Smyth,"  or  "smidged  into  Smijth."    To  have  given 

pedigrees   only   would   have  been  to  present  a  flat 

surface.     I  have  therefore  added  a  precis  of  such  of 

the  "name  as  have  attained  celebrity,  and  here   the 

practical   character   of  the   gens   goes    far  towards 

proving  the    doctrine    of    inherited    characteristics. 

For  these    descendants   of   primitive    iron-workers 

include   scarcely  a  poet    or    an    idealist,   while   in 

matters  practical  they  stand  pre-eminent. 

Whatever  we  are  we  were, 

And  whatever  we  were  are  we, 

And  whatever  we  are,  and  whatever  we  were 

That  same  shall  we  always  be. 

I  have  to  acknowledge  indebtedness  to  a  very 
great  number  of  courteous  and  patient  correspond- 
ents— among  them  George  W.  Marshall,  Esq.,  LL.D., 
Rouge  Croix  Pursuivant,  and  Squire  of  Sarnesfield, 
with  his  son,  Mr  George  Marshall  of  the  Batch ; 
Rev.  W.  D.  Macray,  Fellow  of  Magdalen;  H.  V.  Reade 
of    Ipsden,   Esq. ;    The    Hon.    Mrs   Stapleton ;    H. 


PREFACE  2ri 

Baskerville,  Esq.  of  Oriel ;  H.  F.  J.  Vaughan  of 
Humphreston,  Esq. ;  H.  Staffurth,  Esq.  of  Bowdon 
Sir  J.  S.  Purcell ;  Lionel  Horton  Smith,  Esq. 
Dr  Last  Smith  of  Torquay ;  Hamilton  Faber,  Esq. 
W.  F.  Ecroyd,  Esq.,  late  M.P.  for  Preston;  W.  H. 
Smyth,  Esq.,  Elkington  Hall;  Colonel  Smyth  of 
Annables ;  F.  Hawkins,  Esq.,  J.P.,  C.C.,  Sugwas  ; 
J.  W.  Smith,  Esq.,  J.P.,  C.C.,  of  Thinghill  Court; 
Alderman  W.  Smith  of  Chichester ;  Rev.  Kenelm 
H.  Smith ;  Rev.  C.  E.  Butler ;  Mrs  Chambers  of 
Ludlow ;  Mrs  M.  E.  Smith  of  Southfield  House ; 
J.  U.  Smith- Dorrien,  Esq.  of  Tresco ;  Mr  Abel 
Smith  of  "Woodhall;  W."  Maxwell  Smyth,  Esq.  of 
Drumcree ;  Arthur  M.  Smith,  Esq.  of  Lincoln's 
Tnn  Fields,  the  learned  historian  of  the  Smiths  of 
Exeter ;  the  Rev.  E.  U.  Smith,  also  author  of  an 
able  pedigree  of  the  same  lines ;  J.  W.  Smith,  Esq., 
J. P.,  Thinghill  Court ;  Joseph  Smith,  Esq.  of  Great 
Saling,  and  Miss  S.  Smith ;  F.  Smith,  Esq.,  Mount 
Park,  Coggeshall;  Sir  S.  Maryon  Wilson  of  East- 
bourne, Bart. ;  A  F  Herford,  Esq.,  Macclesfield ; 
J.  Dixon,  Esq.,  Barrow-in-Furness ;  Miss  E.  Percy 
Smith,  The  Holt,  Ledbury ;  Sir  George  Smith  of 
Treliske ;  Ernest  S.  Pink,  Esq. ;  James  Ward,  Esq. , 
the  widely-known  antiquarian  of  Nottingham ;  Mrs 
J.  M.  Smith  of  St  Mary's  Mount,  Leeds ;  Miss  L. 
M.  Sidnell ;  Major  Villiers  Downes  of  Aspley ;  Mrs 
Giles,  Ashby  Folville ;  Miss  Lucy  F.  Smith  of 
Beccles ;  A.  Holland  Hibbert,  Esq.  ;  George  A. 
Smith,  Esq.,  of  Helmshore ;  Edward  Smith,  Esq., 
of  Wribbenhall ;  Rev.  Irton  Smith  of  Ilkley ;  Rev. 
N.  H.  Smith,  Belfast;  H.  L.  Norton  Smith,  Esq., 
of  Edinburgh;  John  Yarker,  Esq.,  of  Didsbury; 
Dr  George  Smith,  CLE.,  Edinburgh ;  H.  Arthur 
Smith,  Esq.,  Elm  Court  Temple ;  Mrs  Rooke, 
•Thorpsfield,  Thirsk ;  W.  Macadam  Smith,  Esq., 
of  Wiveliscombe ;   Rev.    W.    H.   Rusby   of  Felton ; 


xii  PREFACE 

J.  Hasley  Smith,  Esq.  of  W.  Bridgeford ;  Miss 
F.  H.  Haines  of  Bangor,  co.  Down ;  Charles  J. 
Smith,  Esq.,  of  Charmouth ;  W.  H.  Smyth,  Esq., 
of  Hillsborough;  Mrs  Willcocks,  The  School, 
Warrington ;  B.  P.  Scattergood,  Esq.,  of  Leeds ; 
Rev.  A.  E.  Aldworth,  Dover ;  Rev.  Father  Morrall, 
O.S.B.,  Downside  Abbey,  Bath  ;  Miss  E  A  Smith, 
Monaghan ;  Miss  Morris,  Hereford ;  the  Rev.  C.  H. 
Bulmer,  R.  of  Credenhill,  for  permission  to  search  his 
Parish  Registers  ;  Mrs  Harrison  of  Windermere ;  Mrs 
Leah  Smith ;  Alderman  C.  T.  Smith  of  Rochester  ; 
C.  M.  Smith,  Esq.,  FirdalL  Bowdon;  A  C.  Godden 
Smith,  Esq.,  of  Wick ;  Miss  B.  A  Clough,  Principal 
of  Newnham  College,  Cambridge ;  Miss  M.  B. 
Percival  Smith  of  Brighton  ;  Sir  Edmund  Verney, 
Bart. ;  Captain  Frederick  Verney ;  J.  L  Travers, 
Esq.  of  Warlingham ;  L.  H.  Shore  Nightingale,  Esq. ; 
Willoughby  Gardner,  Esq. ;  and  Lord  Carrington. 

And  last,  but  by  no  means  least,  I  have  to  express 
my  grateful  acknowledgments  to  Mr  Elliot  Stock, 
for  his  kindness  in  lending  me  books  and  in  verify- 
ing references.  Residing  at  a  distance  remote  from 
London,  Oxford,  and  libraries  generally,  this  assist- 
ance to  me  has  proved  invaluable,  all  the  more  so 
because  accorded  so  readily  and  ungrudgingly. 

One  word  more.  Several  correspondents  have 
inquired  whether  I  am  Smith  disguised  as  Reade, 
or  failing  that  hypothesis,  if  I  happen  to  be  blessed 
with  a  powerful  strain  of  Smithish  ichor?  I  can 
only  reply,  that,  so  far  as  I  know,  I  cannot  boast 
a  single  drop  of  Smith  blood,  and  indeed,  the  only 
link  between  myself  and  the  Smyths  is  through  the 
Annables  line,  Judith,  niece  of  my  ancestress,  Helen 
Lytton  of  Knebworth,  having  married  Sir  George 
Smyth  of  Annables. 

COMPTON  READE. 

KZKCHZSTXK   RECTORT. 


INTRODUCTION 

"  The  history  of  the  name  and  race  of  Smith  has 
yet  to  be  written.  It  would  be  too  gigantic  a  task 
for  any  author  to  undertake  ;  but  there  are  numerous 
pedigrees  of  families  of  this  name,  as  well  in  print 
as  in  MS.,  which,  if  collected,  would  form  a  most 
curious  and  interesting  volume." 

Thus  Mr  Grazebrook,  author  of  that  excellent  and 
most  instructive  treatise,  "The  Heraldry  of  Smith," 
his  own  family  being  allied  to  that  of  the  Lea-Smiths 
of  Halesowen,  senior  co-heirs  of  the  Barony  of  Dudley. 
It  is,  as  he  urges,  absolutely  true  that  a  lifetime 
and  the  fortune  of  an  American  billionaire  would 
not  suffice  for  an  exhaustive  history  of  all  the  Smiths 
in  all  four  quarters  of  the  globe.  Even  as  regards 
England,  it  would  require  a  special  Heralds'  Visita- 
tion to  catalogue  the  pedigrees  of  Smiths  in  each 
county,  city,  and  township,  while  the  visitant  heralds 
would  have  to  be  armed  with  powers  to  investigate 
every  parish  register,  every  diocesan  register,  and 
the  entire  corpus  of  archives  and  muniments,  whether 
public  or  private.  For  an  individual  destitute  of 
authority  to  attempt  anything  so  supremely  heroic 
would  be  futile.  Enough,  therefore,  if  in  these  pages 
Mr  Grazebrook's  suggestion  of  a  collection,  or  com- 
pilation, of  Smith  pedigrees  may  have  assumed, 
however  imperfectly,  a  concrete  form.  The  example 
of  Prometheus  has  been  followed,  so  far  as  circum- 
stances permit,  and  the  reader  will  find  herein : 

"particulam  undique  dissectam," 
for  the  net  has  been  broadcast,  and  thereinto  have 


xiv  INTRODUCTION 

been  swept  the  records  alike  of  illustrious,  or 
reputable,  houses — mostly  already  known  per  the 
recognised  channels  of  genealogical  information — 
and  also  of  humbler  folk.  Here  will  be  found  the 
lineage,  not  merely  of  such  ennobled  Smith  families 
as  Carrington,  Pauncefote,  Lyveden,  and  Hambledon, 
not  merely  of  those  that  have  won  a  niche  in  the 
Walhallas  of  Burke  and  "Walford,  but  of  numerous 
others  also  appearing  now  in  print  for  the  first  time. 
Many,  if  not  all  of  these,  to  the  genealogist,  will 
prove  at  least  as  interesting  as,  say,  "  The  Familiae 
Minorum  Gentium,"  while  to  the  general  reader 
they  may  serve  as  apt  illustrations  of  the  ratio  of 
progress,  which  during  the  past  century  has  been 
upraising  the  status  of  the  middle  and  lower  middle 
orders.  Others — a  few  only — represent  no  more 
than  the  descent  of  families  who  have  neither  ad- 
vanced nor  receded — e.g.  farmers  who  were  farmers 
when  Farmer  George  was  king ;  keepers  who  have 
never  lost  their  congenital  love  of  the  covert ; 
Smiths  who  have  been  so  by  trade  as  well  as  in 
name.  These  samples  show  the  conservatism  of 
the  Shires  ;  for,  be  it  remarked,  the  tendency  of 
trade  is  to  mount  one  step  higher,  per  the  leverage 
of  banking,  brewing,  manufacture,  the  law,  arms,  and 
other  avenues  of  success. 

It  may  be  noticed  generally,  that  as  regards  the 
great  gens  Smith,  the  prime  foundations  of  opulence 
have  been  laid  in  some  one  of  the  forms  of  Protestant 
dissent.  Upon  this  phenomenon  I  make  no  comment. 
Simply  these  pages  attest  the  fact.  No  doubt  the 
self-contained  and  ascetic  habit  of  the  sects  has 
proved  ancillary  to  the  accumulation  of  wealth.  The 
aims  of  society  have  always  been  more  or  less  hed- 
onistic, and  a  refined  sestheticism,  almost  as  much 
as  luxury,  ostentation,  and  the  gambling  craze,  has 
proved   in   effect   a   leakage.     Where  there  existed 


INTRODUCTION  xv 

neither  the  desire,  nor  indeed  the  temptation,  to 
spend  even  the  surplus  of  a  penuriously-  earned 
increment,  saving,  and  hoarding,  and  re-duplication 
have  followed  as  the  necessary  corollary  of  industry 
and  a  quickened  commercial  intelligence.  These 
tradesmen  Smiths,  whose  patient  labour  and  willing 
self-denial  so  largely  assisted  in  the  creation  of  a 
reserve  of  national  wealth,  have  often  been  accused 
of  serving  mammon  rather  than  God,  while  their 
phase  of  religion  has  been  denounced  as  hypocrisy. 
Consistent  lives,  philanthropic  zeal,  above  all,  the 
blessing  which  has  attended  them  to  the  third  and 
fourth  generation,  afford  a  rejoinder  to  any  such 
calumnies.  So  far  as  the  Smiths  represent  a  type, 
one  may  affirm,  that  without  them  England  would 
have  been  small  indeed. 

It  is  curious,  but  true  in  the  main,  that  the  little 
letter  "y"  has  proved  a  huge  differentia.  For 
whereas  the  Smiths,  as  a  rule,  have  been  money- 
making,  the  Smyths  have  shown  themselves,  on 
the  contrary,  chivalrous  and  aristocratic.  While 
Smiths  were  Roundhead,  Smyths  were  Cavalier; 
while  Smiths  were  evangelical,  Smyths  were — out- 
side Ireland,  and  in  a  degree,  Scotland  —  high 
Churchmen  or  Roman  Catholics ;  while  Smiths 
flourished  as  Whigs,  Liberals,  Radicals,  Smyths 
suffered  for  Tory  and  Jacobite  principles.  The  late 
Mr  Smith  of  Tresco,  in  his  "  Stemmata  Fen-aria," 
crows  loudly  over  the  rapid  evolution  of  his  yeoman 
Smiths — Cromwellians  ;  in  contrast  to  the  devolution 
of  the  Carington  Smyths — Cavaliers.  The  phenome- 
non indeed  is  obvious  enough — painfully  so  ;  but  the 
cry  vce  victis !  was  scarcely  generous. 

A  notion  prevails  that  for  reasons  more  or  less 
snobbish,  the  Smyths,  Smythes,  and  Smijths,  have 
essayed  by  a  variation  of  spelling  to  lend  an 
aristocratic   flavour    to   a    homely   name.      Nothing 


xvi  INTRODUCTION 

can  be  further  from  the  truth.  The  original  form, 
as  I  have  shown  in  these  pages,  was  "  Smyth,"  just 
as  the  modern  "  cider  "  is  a  corruption  of  the  ancient 
"cyder."  So  far  from  the  Smiths  having  Smythed 
themselves,  I  can  discover  barely  one  notable 
instance  of  the  change  from  "i"  to  "y,"  but  I  can 
trace  numberless  instances  of  Elizabethan  Smyths 
having  become  Victorian  Smiths.  Even  the  old 
democratic  Cropwell  Boteler  strain  passed  from  the 
latinised  Faber  to  the  Smyth  of  mediaeval  days,  and 
thence  to  Smithe  and  Smith.  The  earliest  Smithe  I 
have  come  across  was  in  Devon,  the  truth  being,  that 
up  to  the  Reformation  the  letter  "i,"  following  Norman 
French,  was  the  equivalent  of  our  "  ee,"  and  accord- 
ing to  the  Devon- dialect  a  Smith  is  a  "Smeeth." 
That  will  account  for  the  "  i."     It  was  phonetic. 

As  for  Smijth,  which  has  always  provoked  a 
smile,  the  rococo  spelling  is  simply  a  variant  of 
Smyth.  In  writing  Smyth,  some  ingenious  clerk 
must  have  taken  upon  himself  to  dot  both  the 
strokes  of  the  letter  "y,"  thus  changing  it  into 
Smijth.  But  this  is  no  modern  conceit.  True, 
the  name  was  originally  Smyth,  but  we  find  Smijth 
in  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII.,  when  the  family  were 
of  the  highest  social  consideration,  as  is  evidenced 
by  their  alliances  and  opulence. 

My  former  colleague  in  ancient  days  at  beautiful 
Magdalen,  Mr  Macray,  remarks  that  "  to  write  a 
history  of  the  Smiths  is  to  count  the  grains  of  sand 
on  the  seashore  ! "  Most  true,  for  it  cannot  now  be 
said,  that  there  is  no  Smith  in  the  land;  indeed, 
inasmuch  as  in  the  course  of  my  researches  I 
have  stumbled  across  a  prolific  Smith  with  a  progeny 
of  twenty-two,  the  marvel  is  that  England  itself  has 
not  been  transmuted  into  Smithland.  Half-a-century 
ago,  some  pragmatical  statistician  calculated  that  the 
Smith    population    of   London    exceeded    the    total 


INTRODUCTION  xvii 

population  of  Liverpool.  Credat  Judceusl  Fortun- 
ately, as  a  sort  of  check  to  this  monotonous  uni- 
formity of  nomenclature,  the  Smiths  generally — I 
except  the  Smyths,  whose  ethos  seems  rather  loftier 
— jump  at  any  and  every  chance  to  merge  their 
patronymic  in  some  other.  Thus  scions  of  the 
ancient  Cropwell  Boteler  line,  who,  according  to  the 
late  Mr  Tresco  Smith,  ought  to  have  been  more  than 
proud  of  their  plebeian  patronymic,  have  cheerfully 
disguised  themselves  under  such  grandisonant  aliases 
as  Carrington,  Pauncefote,  Bromley,  and  Dorrien — in 
short,  when  a  man  is  born  into  the  world  Smith,  his 
first  thought  would  appear  to  be  how  to  rectify  that 
error  in  generic  nomenclature  ! 

Quod  non  est  simulat,  dissimulatqiie  quod  est. 

Inasmuch  as,  thanks  to  the  unrestricted  licence 
of  this  free  country,  a  butler  can  assume  the 
name  and  arms  of  his  master,  a  baronet,  and 
a  Bug  can  blossom  into  a  Norfolk  Howard,  there 
exists  no  valid  reason  why  John  Smith  should 
not  be  metamorphosed  into  Aylmer  De  Valence 
or  Eustace  De  Montmorency.  On  the  stage  they 
have  already  exchanged  freely  the  homely  Juggins 
for  De  Vere,  and  the  lists  of  lofty-named  players 
in  The  Era,  if  analysed,  would  probably  dis- 
close a  fair  contingent  of  Smiths.  Against  this 
arrangement  I  am  by  no  means  entering  a  protest. 
It  is  all  a  matter  of  business.  What  I  do  take 
grave  objection  to  is  the  snobbishness  of  too  many 
Smiths — the  pride  which  apes  humility. 

To  explain.  At  the  inception  of  this  work  I  made 
an  appeal,  through  the  provincial  press,  for  an 
account  of  every  Smith  family.  The  response  was 
only  partly  encouraging,  and  when  I  personally 
canvassed  several  persons  of  the  name  holding 
prominent   positions,   I   was   confronted   by  an   im- 


xviii  INTRODUCTION 

passive  unwillingness,  ■which  I  could  only  refer  to 
one  cause — viz.  that  ihe  parties  were  ashamed  of 
their  grandfather.  Had  I  printed  the  true  fact, 
that  the  grandsire  of  the  alderman  and  county 
councillor,  the  candidate  for  municipal  or  parlia- 
mentary honours,  was  a  shoeblack,  it  would  have 
raised  an  unworthy  blush  to  the  grandson's  cheek. 
This  type  of  egotist,  if  you  could  arrive  at  his  real 
meaning,  would  say :  "  Had  my  grandfather  been  a 
banker  I  should  have  bragged  about  him  ;  as  he  hap- 
pened to  be  a  blacksmith  or  a  butcher,  I'm  ashamed 
of  him,  and  prefer  to  ignore  any  such  connection 
with  Me ! "  The  greatest  of  miscreants  is  he  who 
repudiates  his  benefactor,  and  the  fellow  who  thinks 
scorn  of  the  honest  blood  in  his  veins  proves  him- 
self an  unworthy  descendant  of  a  worthy  man. 
Why?  Is  honest  toil — the  work  of  the  world — 
shameful  ?  I  pressed  a  gentleman,  universally  and 
deservedly  popular,  and  that  not  merely  because  of 
his  wealth,  which  was  great,  but  rather  because  of 
his  sterling  qualities,  to  reveal  to  me  the  mystery 
of  his  origin.  He  point-blank  refused.  And  yet 
I  have  reason  to  believe  that  the  only  fault  of 
his  grandfather  consisted  in  keeping  a  shop.  To 
that  antecedent  the  big  and  bettered  man  could 
not  bring  himself  to  own.  Surely,  to  think  scorn 
of  one's  own  flesh  and  blood  amounts  to  con- 
temptible hypocrisy  !  If  only  he  could  have  grasped 
the  truth,  many  of  us  bitterly  regret  that  our  grand- 
fathers, in  lieu  of  hound-keeping,  did  not  take  to 
shop-keeping,  and  instead  of  wasting,  had  earned 
money. 

On  the  other  hand,  I  have  been  favoured  with  not 
a  few  pedigrees  of  Smiths  proud  of  their  trading 
and  toiling  forbears,  and  these  family  records  to  me 
have  proved  replete  with  interest.  Suffice  it,  that 
but  for  the  silly  shamefacedness  of  Smiths  lacking 


INTRODUCTION  xix 

in  due  respect  for  those  to  whom,  under  Providence, 
they  owe  their  existence,  this  type  of  pedigree  could 
have  been  trebled  or  quadrupled.  With  a  name  so 
ubiquitous  I  admit  the  difficulty  of  tracing  far  back 
any  family  not  connected  with  the  land  ;  but  three  or 
four  generations  duly  verified  would  have  answered 
my  purpose ;  and,  after  all,  in  the  Heralds'  Visita- 
tions that  seems  to  have  been  the  normal  limit  of 
descents. 

In  the  eighteenth  century  a  grand  banquet  was 
held  in  the  city.  The  cooks  were  Smiths ;  the 
waiters  also  :  a  Smith  said  grace ;  the  guests  to  a 
man  were  Smiths,  and  the  president  was  one  Captain 
Smith,  Governor  of  Virginia.  The  feast  was  also 
graced  by  a  poet  Smith,  whose  claims  to  immortality 
rest  solely  on  the  ode  composed  for  the  occasion, 
the  publisher  being  one  James  Smith.  As  there  is 
no  Smith  Hall  among  the  City  Companies — why 
not? — the  Drapers'  was  borrowed  for  the  occasion, 
and  a  collection  made  for  poor  people  of  the  name 
— possibly  the  descendants  of  Cavaliers  and  Legiti- 
mists ;  the  grandsons  of  Roundheads  and  Whigs 
for  the  most  part  rolling  in  riches. 

This  latter  charitable  incident  proves  suggestive. 
The  number  of  Smith  benefactors  to  poor  parishes 
from  Land's  End  to  Berwick's  bounds  is  legion. 
Apart  from  such  exemplars  as  the  Episcopal  co- 
founder  of  B.N.C.,  the  munificent  "  Dog  "  Smith  of  the 
county  of  Surrey,  and  the  donor  of  the  Smith  prize 
at  Cambridge,  the  hand  of  Smith  has  verified  the 
proverb,  "  there  is  that  scattereth  and  yet  in- 
creaseth  " — a  paradox  divine  in  respect  of  inspiration, 
yet  splendidly  human.  I  have  before  me  so  many 
examples  of  this  helpful  spirit,  not  merely  in  London 
but  in  remote  country  towns  and  obscure  villages, 
as  to  constitute  a  colossal  tribute  to  the  good  heart 
of  the  Smiths — reminding  one  indeed  of  the  noble 


xx  INTRODUCTION     . 

aphorism  contained  in  the  funeral  oration  of  Pericles, 
which  I  might  thus  paraphrase  : 

"Of  generous  Smiths  the  whole  land  is  a  monument." 

Perhaps  the  most  eccentric  and  yet  practical 
bequest  was  that  of  Henry  Smith  in  1717  to  St 
Sepulchre's — "  to  help  poor  maides  for  husbands  ! " 
Clearly  when  George  was  king  a  spouse  must  have 
been  a  purchasable  commodity,  and  at  a  moderate 
price. 

"  The  Smith  a  mighty  man  is  he,"  sings  Longfellow. 
That  was  true  in  something  more  than  a  physical 
sense  in  the  principality  of  Wales,  where  the  Smith 
sat  on  the  right  hand  of  the  king,  and  was  the  chief 
subject  in  his  realm,  just  as  in  Olympus  Vulcan  held 
a  prominent  place,  and  the  first  brevet  the  shepherd 
boy  David  received,  was  to  be  armourer  to  King 
Saul 

As  to  the  antiquity  of  the  nomenclature,  not  being 
a  comparative  philologist,  I  should  hesitate  to  hazard 
an  opinion  concerning  its  possible  Grecian,  or  even 
Egyptian  *  origin.  According  to  one  eminent  author- 
ity, the  Smith-Marriott  baronets  enjoy  a  descent  of 
almost  interminable  duration,  not  only  as  being  qua 
Smiths  Egyptian,  but  Greek  also  qua  Marriott,  in 
having  hailed  from  the  Palus  Mareotis.  With  that 
I  can  scarcely  concur,  inasmuch  as  Smith  appears 
to  be  the  noun  substantive  of  the  verb  "to  smite," 
while  Marriott,  under  the  form  Merriott,  happens 
to  be  a  village  in   Somerset ;   and   as   regards   the 

*  Professor  Mahaffy  has  made  an  extraordinary  discovery  in  the  Petrie 
papyri.  These  contain  a  list  of  names,  and  he  says  :  "There  is  one  which 
appears  regularly  in  the  same  form,  and  of  which  we  can  give  no  further 
explanation.  It  is  the  name  Smith— unmistakably  written.  We  have  never 
found  anything  like  it  before,  and  it  is  surely  worth  telling  the  many 
distinguished  bearers  of  the  name,  that  there  was  a  man  known  as  Smith  in 
the  twentieth  year  of  the  third  Ptolemy,-  227  B.C.,  and  that  he  was  occupied 
in  brewing  beer  or  in  selling  it.  Is  there  any  other  English  name  comparable 
to  this  in  antiquity  ?  " 


INTRODUCTION  xxi 

termination  "  ot "  or  "  ott "  we  "have  it  in  the  parallel 
instances  of  Elliot,  and  Folliot.  I  have  never  yet 
heard  that  the  Elliots  were  originally  citizens  of 
His.* 

To  revert  to  "Smith."  In  the  days  when  the 
Norsemen  wielded  the  hammer  of  Thor,  which  none 
but  the  strongest  could  handle,  in  the  romantic 
period  when  physical  force  meant  moral  superi- 
ority,— he  was  a  cynosure.  Presently,  when  mind — 
thanks  to  the  influence  of  the  Church  in  the  first 
instance — had  begun  to  assert  itself  over  matter, 
the  artificer  was  awarded  the  second  place.  Once 
in  a  way  a  genius,  like  Quentin  Matsys,  arose  to  deify 
his  craft,  but  he,  like  our  own  Grinling  Gibbons  in 
another  department  of  art,  stood  alone.  The  Smith 
in  the  lapse  of  centuries  became  a  mechanic  pure 
and  simple,  while  a  world  prone  to  look  at  the 
present  rather  than  at  the  past  has  forgotten  his 
high  estate  in  primaeval  ages.  Hence  the  satiric 
couplet : 

"  Whence  cometh  Smith,  be  he  knight  or  be  he  squire, 
But  from  the  smith  that  forgeth  at  the  fire  ? " 

Good  old  "Customer"  Smith,  goldsmith  in  the 
Tudor  days,  and  ancestor  of  the  Viscounts  Strangford 

*  In  "  Zanoni,"  Book  II.,  chap.  6,  Lytton  puts  words  into  the  mouth  of 
a  not  very  wise  personage  in  ridioule  of  sham  philology.  Here  is  the  passage  : 
"Mervale  .  .  .  observed  that  he  now  ventured  to  announce  an  erudite  discovery 
he  himself  had  long  since  made — viz.  that  the  numerous  family  of  Smiths 
in  England  were  undoubtedly  the  ancient  priest3  of  the  Phrygian  Apollo. 
'  For,'  said  he,  '  was  not  Apollo's  surname,  in  Phrygia,  Smintheus  ?  How 
clear  all  the  ensuing  corruptions  of  the  august  name— Smintheus — Smitheus — 
Smiths — Smith  !  And  even  now,  I  may  remark,  that  the  more  ancient 
branches  of  that  illustrious  family,  unconsciously  anxious  to  approximate  at 
least  by  a  letter  nearer  to  the  true  title,  take  a  pious  pleasure  in  writing 
their  names  Smythe  ! '  " 

It  is  asserted  that  "The  abbreviation  oyxS  is  probably  a  form  of  ayivioi, 
the  Cretan  Apollo,  de-nasalised  ;  thus  we  have  iiroXXwvo*  (ru^us.  We  have 
also  o>i8i«,  a  common  form  of  Hathor,  a  purely  Egyptian  form."  But  surely 
this  is  comparative  philology  run  riot  ? 


xxii  INTRODUCTION 

— who  spelt  themselves  Smythe — must  have  had 
an  inherited  metallurgical  scent,  for  not  only  did  he 
discover  gold  and  silver  in  Cardiganshire,  but  also 
brought  his  nuggets  to  the  Mint  and  coined  broad 
pieces  with  them.  He  was  a  publican  in  the  Biblical 
sense,  contracting  for  the  dues  of  the  realm  and 
amassing  thereby  enormous  wealth.* 

Later  on,  goldsmith  was  used  as  a  synonym  for 
banker.  Thus  in  wills  of  the  reign  of  Queen  Anne 
we  find  such  items  as,  "money  lying  at  the  gold- 
smith's " — i.e.  at  interest.  The  Goldsmiths'  Hall  and 
Company  testifies  to  the  power  of  that  guild  in  the 
Middle  Ages.  In  its  inception  it  would  appear  to 
have  been  a  confraternity  of  craftsmen  skilled  in  the 
mystery  of  working  precious  metals,  but  the  transi- 
tion to  money -dealing  followed  imperceptibly,  and 
the  goldsmith  ceased  to  be  a  craftsman,  and  became  a 
financier.  He  retained,  however,  the  old  designation 
long  after  the  foundation  of  the  Bank  of  England. 

Although  the  blood  of  Smiths  and  Smyths  flows 
in  the  veins  of  a  very  considerable  proportion  of  the 
Peerage  and  Baronetage,  the  penny-a-lining  sneer 
at  "the  gentleman  of  the  name  of  Smith"  seems 
perennial,  while  the  gibe  at  the  Smyths,  for  the 
harmless  "  y  "  in  their  patronymic,  serves  in  the  stead 
of  wit — e.g.  I  came  across  this  ineptitude  recently : 
A  mansion  with  ancient  rookery  was  purchased  by 
a  man  supposed  to  be  named  Smith,  and  the  rooks, 
whose  tenure  of  the  Elizabethan  elms  was  as  ancient 
as  the  mansion,  met  in  conclave  and  decided  that  it 
would  be  beneath  their  dignity  to  adorn  the  demesne 
of  any  one  with  so  plebeian  a  patronymic.  Thev 
were  in  fact  about  to.  migrate,  when  one  of  their  tribe 
arrived  post  haste  to  assure  them  that  the  name  was 

*  The  last  contractor  of  customs  was  Sir  John  Bncknall  of  Oxhey,  Herts- 
temp  :  Jac.  IL — whose  son  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Reade,  Bart,  of 
Brocket  Hall.     The  family  merged  in  the  Bucknall-Estcourta. 


INTRODUCTION  xxiii 

Smythe  and  not  Smith.  That  of  course  altered  the 
case,  and  they  unanimously  decided  to  remain. 

Whereupon  I  have  to  remark,  that  if,  as  I  have 
found,  Messieurs  les  Smiths  choose  to  regard  their 
name  and  parentage  as  a  byword  and  a  reproach, 
they  need  scarcely  feel  surprised  if  the  world  takes 
them  at  their  own  valuation.  One  may  safely  assert 
that  there  are  Smiths  scattered  broadcast  over  the 
face  of  the  world,  who,  if  only  they  cared  to  take 
the  trouble,  could  prove  themselves  real — not  sham 
— Caringtons,  as  did  the  late  Mr  Carington  Smith, 
nursery  gardener  of  Worcester ;  and  others  also  who 
could  go  back  to  the  mediaeval  Smiths  or  Smyths 
of  Exeter,  Cuerdesley,  and  Lincolnshire.  It  may  be 
urged  by  the  Philistine  that  these  people,  now  in 
ignorance  of  their  birthright,  would  be  no  better  for 
becoming  enlightened.  Query?  The  moral  effect 
of  a  verified  pedigree  consists  in  the  sense  of  balance 
it  imparts.  The  Radical  thereby  becomes  mollified 
into  a  subdued  optimism,  and  his  son  washes  his 
hands  of  an  atavistic  pessimism.  The  Sectarian, 
while  retaining  his  belief,  finds  an  alkali  to  its  acid. 
In  short,  an  honest  pedigree  makes  good  men  better, 
and  in  obliterating  the  false  pride  that  apes  humility, 
raises  its  possessor  to  a  due  sense  of  his  dignity  as 
a  true  citizen  of  no  mean  city,  having  a  personal  and 
lasting  interest  in  the  sacred  soil  of  mother  England. 

My  contention  is,  that  in  a  land  of  ancient  civilisa- 
tion, whose  Parish  Registers  cover  more  or  less 
imperfectly  three  centuries  and  a  half,  the  origin  of 
every  reputable  citizen  need  not  be  obscure.  And 
further,  that  our  system  of  registration  should  be 
enlarged  and  improved.  Since  1836  the  Marriage 
Registers  have  been  explicit.  Not  only  are  the 
names  of  the  principals  recorded,  but  of  their  male 
parents  also,  with  their  place  of  abode.  The  same 
principle   should    be   applied   to    the-   Registers    of 


xxiv  INTRODUCTION 

Baptisms  and  Burials.  The  latter  more  particularly 
can  only  be  termed  miserably  jejune,  giving  nothing 
more  in  respect  of  identification  than  name,  abode, 
and  age.  Again,  the  Parish  Registers  (1)  of  each 
county,  (2)  of  each  borough  should  be  transcribed 
and  codified.  That  would  involve  some  small  ex- 
pense to  Government,  but  the  convenience  to  the 
public  would  amply  justify  such  outlay.  Lastly, 
fees  for  search  might  advantageously  be  abolished, 
and  in  their  stead  the  parochial  clergy  should  be 
allowed  a  fee  for  baptisms  and  for  burials  on  the  same 
scale  as  the  existing  marriage  fees.  If  this  reform, 
or  rather  reorganisation,  could  be  accomplished,  the 
task  of  pedigree-tracing,  even  in  the  instance  of  so 
myriad -headed  a  race  as  that  of  Smith,  would  be  in- 
definitely facilitated.  "  Efferor  studio  patres  vestros 
videndi ! "  exclaims  Cicero  in  the  "  De  Senectute," 
and  the  thought  of  tracing  the  ancestors  of  a  vagrom 
Smith  would  afford  a  pleasurable  anticipation  to  the 
researchful  genealogist.  As  things  are,  even  the 
learned  Herald  too  often  encounters  an  impasse, 
while  the  illusive  vindex  nodi  reposes  perdu  in  the 
registers  of  the  next  parish.  Had  a  perfect  system  of 
registration  prevailed,  it  would  have  been  possible  to 
prove  that  every  other  Englishman  one  meets  has  a 
strain  of  Smith  blood  in  his  veins. 

I  will  conclude  by  quoting  the  lines  of  a  con- 
tributor, who  pleads  a  cosmopolitan  origin  for  the 
family,  whereof  he  is  evidently  a  reputable  scion : 

"  Of  all  the  ancient  families  that  dwell  upon  the  earth, 
The  most  antique,  if  not  unique, 
Is  that  which  gives  us  birth. 
In  every  clime  from  dawn  of  time 
Have  dwelt  our  ancestors ; 
For  on  Egyptian  obelisk, 
And  on  the  Grecian  monolyth, 
You  '11  find  enrolled  in  letters  bold 
The  honoured  name  of  Smith." 


THE    SMITH    FAMILY 
CHAPTER  I 

MEDIEVAL    SMITHS 

The  earliest  record  we  have  of  the  gentlemen  of 
England  as  distinguished  from  the  Norman  nobility, 
is  furnished  by  the  reports  the  Commissioners 
appointed  by  Henry  the  Sixth  returned  in  1433. 
Unfortunately  this  catalogue  is  alike  imperfect,  in- 
congruous, and  biassed.  The  names  of  those  land- 
owners who  favoured  the  Yorkist  cause,  of  steady 
purpose  were  omitted.  From  twelve  counties  no 
return  was  made.  In  some  others  the  list  of  gentry 
is  so  swollen  as  to  suggest  the  inclusion  of  the 
yeoman  class,  while  in  others  it  has  been  so  restricted 
as  to  demonstrate  either  the  incompetence  or  the 
partiality  of  the  Commissioners.  This  is  notable 
especially  in  the  tripartite  shire  of  York,  whose 
return  is  less  than  that  of  Cambridge — albeit  all 
three  Ridings  were  professedly  included.  The  lists 
therefore  represent  probably  not  more  than  one-half 
of  the  landowning  gentry  of  England,  together  with 
some,  if  not  many,  names  that  would  have  been 
designated  by  the  Heralds  a  century  later  ignobiles. 
As  an  evidence  of  the  slatternly  way  wherein  the 
Commissioners  performed  their  duties,  it  may  be 
mentioned  that  many  families,  which  both  before  and 
shortly  after  1433  supplied  sheriffs  and  knights  of 
the  shire,  are  omitted — presumably  because  they 
were  identified  with  the  Yorkist  cause,  the  space 
which  their  names  would  have  filled  being  supplied 
by  ecclesiastics  and  yeomen. 

A 


2  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

At  the  same  time  the  returns,  such  as  they  are, 
demonstrate  the  social  status  of  most  families 
actually  named.  In  a  few  instances  old  Fuller  has 
assigned  a  local  habitation,  and  with  that  their 
armorial  bearings.  As  regards  the  latter,  he  is  too 
often  at  fault,  and  the  lists  of  1433  may  be  profit- 
ably read  side  by  side  with  those  of  sheriffs  of  the 
various  counties,  and  with  the  Heralds'  Visitations. 
Taking,  however,  as  our  starting-point  the  Commis- 
sioners' return  of  1433,  we  find  the  name  Smith,  or 
Smyth,  occupying  a  place  among  gentry.  Even  at 
that  remote  date  it  was  not  wholly  bourgeois,  but 
rooted  in  the  land.  It  is  of  course  Saxon,  and  its 
bearers,  with  numerous  others  of  Saxon  origin,  had 
slowly  but  surely  broken  through  the  monopoly  of 
the  soil  enjoyed  from  the  Conquest  by  the  Norman 
barons.  The  name  connoted  craftsmanship.  In  its 
inception  it  must  have  been  peculiar  to  the  burgher ; 
on  the  other  hand,  if  you  analyse  the  history  of 
many  among  the  noblest  and  most  ancient  of  English 
families,  they  will  be  found  to  have  emerged  by 
force  of  character  or  special  talents  from  the  ranks 
of  burghers — i.e.  from  precisely  the  same  stratum 
whence  emanated  such  of  the  great  gens  Smith 
as  have  dignified  the  common  name. 

In  the  1433  lists  we  find  the  name  Smith  absent 
from  the  counties  of  Berks,  Beds,  and  Bucks.  In 
the  county  of  Cambridge,  where  the  list  is  unusually 
long,  the  names  occur  of 

John  Smith  of  Hyston. 
John  Smith  of  Gamlingay. 
John  Smith,  Parson  of  Brynkle. 

In  Cheshire,  Cornwall,  and  Cumberland,  there 
were  no  returns ;  and  there  may  have  been  Smiths 
freeholders  of  those  shires ;  but  in  Derby  we  meet 
with 


MEDLEVAL   SMITHS  3 

Robert  Carington,  (later  Smyth). 
John  Smith,  ferrour. 
John  Smith,  baker. 
These  were  probably  members  of  the  guilds   of 
farriers  and  bakers   respectively,  and  not   actually 
engaged  in  trade — trade  being  obviously  extraneous 
to  the  scope  of  the  Commission. 

In  Devon  and  Dorset  the  name  is  absent,  as  also 
in  Durham,  Essex,  Gloucester,  Hants,  Herts, — where 
there  was  no  return — but  in  Hereford  the  names 
occur  of 

Thomas  Smith  of  Weobley. 
William  Smith  of  Tyberton. 
John  Smith  (query,  of  Credenhill ?) 
Huntingdon  returned  no  Smith,  but  in  Kent  was 

Richard  Smith  de  Schorne. 
Lancashire  was  one  of  the  twelve  counties  making 
no  return,  otherwise  we  might  have  anticipated  a 
contingent  of  Smiths  favouring  the  Red  Rose. 
Leicester  appears  to  have  been  Yorkist ;  but  in 
Lincoln  we  find, 

John  Smith  of  Elkington. 
Middlesex  returned  no  Smith  — albeit  a  Smith 
served  as  sheriff  in  the  ensuing  reign.  In  Mon- 
mouthshire there  was  no  return,  as  also  in  Northants, 
while  Norfolk  and  Notts  produced  none  of  the 
name,  and  Northumberland  only  a  John  Carington. 
Oxon,  however,  was  rich  in  Smiths — e.g. 

William  Smith  of  Chippingnorton. 

John  Smith  de  Mellington. 

Thomas  Smith  de  Eadem. 

John  Smith. 

The  list  of  the  county  of  Oxford  is  not  only  over- 
loaded with  names,  but  also  is  remarkable  for  some 
conspicuous  omissions. 


4  THE   SMITH  FAMILY 

Rutland,  Salop,  Somerset,  Staffordshire,  Suffolk, 
Surrey,  Sussex,  Warwickshire,  Westmoreland,  Wilts, 
Worcester,  and  York,  all  are  destitute  of  Smiths ; 
and  of  those  cited  in  other  Shires,  if  the  Caringtons 
be  excepted,  who  were  the  progenitors  of  Smyths, 
which  Smyths  do  not  seem  to  have  had  a  true 
Smyth  origin,  the  majority  may  fairly  be  relegated 
to  the  squireen  or  yeoman  class.  I  venture  to 
assign  more  particularly  the  status  of  armiger  or 
squire  to 

John  Smith  of  Hyston,  Camb. 

William  Smith  of  Tyberton,  Herefordshire. 

John  Smith,  if  of  Credenhill,  Herefordshire. 

Richard  Smith  of  Schorne,  Kent. 

John  Smith  of  Elkington,  Lincolnshire ; 

and  to  John  and  Thomas  Smith  of  Mellington,  Oxon. 
To  which  I  might  add  Simon  Smith,  whose  name  is 
omitted,  but  who  was  sheriff  for  London  and  Middle- 
sex, 9  Edward  IV. 

The  early  records  of  sheriffs  commence  circa  the 
Conquest,  and  terminate  with  the  reign  of  Charles  L 
These  lists  afford  a  very  accurate  estimate  of  the 
social  position  held  by  each  individual  sheriff,  the 
shrievalty  being  confined  to  owners  of  acreage,  and 
the  heavy  expenses  wherewith  the  office  was  saddled 
restricting  its  tenure  to  men  of  opulence.  Here  we 
first  meet  with  gentlemen  bearing  the  name  of  Smith 
or  Smyth  of  .definite  and  assured  status,  many  being 
knights,  as  well  as  men  of  estate.  The  returns 
withal  are  complete. 

In  the  counties  of  Berks,  Beds,  Bucks,  and 
Cambs,  there  is  no  Smith  sheriff  recorded  up  to 
the  last  year  of  Charles  I.  In  Cheshire,  however, 
the  most  aristocratic  of  all  shires,  there  served 

Laurence  Smith,  9  Queen  Elizabeth. 
Sir  Thomas  Smith,  42  Queen  Elizabeth. 


MEDIAEVAL   SMITHS  5 

In  Cornwall,  Cumberland,  and  Derby  the  name  is 
absent.     In  Devon  we  have 

Sir  George  Smith,  11  James  L 
Dorset  is  blank,  but  Essex  proves  prolific — e.g. 
John  Smith  (Smijth),  30  Henry  VIII.  (and  of 

Herts). 
Henry  Smith,  3  Elizabeth. 
William  Smith,  13  James  I. 
Sir  William  Smith,  17  James  I. 
Henry  Smith,  8  Charles  I. 
Robert  Smith,  17  Charles  I. 
In  Gloucestershire  we  find 

Thomas  Smith,  13  and  25  Elizabeth  (of  Nibley). 
Hants  gives  no  sheriff  of  the   name,  neither  do 
Hereford  and  Hunts.     In  Kent,  however,  we  have 
John  Smith  of  Ostenhanger,  42  Elizabeth. 
Lancashire  is  blank.     Leicestershire  gives 
Francis  SmitlLof  Ashby,  8  Elizabeth. 
Roger  Smith  of  Withcock,  42  Elizabeth. 
Lincolnshire  has  no  sheriff  Smith,  but  among  the 
sheriffs  of  London  and  Middlessex  are 
Simon  Smith,  9  Edward  IV. 
Humfrey  Smith,  5  Charles  I. 
Monmouth,   Norfolk,    Northants,   and    Notts   are 
blank.     In  Northumberland  John  Carrington  appears 
as  M.P.  for  the  county. 

Oxfordshire  yields  no  sheriff,  but  the  same  Roger 
Smith  who  was  sheriff  of  Leicestershire,  served  also 
as  sheriff  for  Rutland,  24  and  34  Elizabeth.  Salop 
is  blank.     Somerset  gives 

Hugo  Smith,  9  James  I. 
In  Staffordshire  we  find  an  early  entry  in 

William  Smith,  20,  21  Henry  VII.,  and  again  in 
14  Henry  VEIL 


6  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

Suffolk  is  blank.     Surrey  gives 

Thomas  Smith,  16  Charles  I. 

Sussex,  Warwickshire,  Westmoreland,  Worcester, 
Wilts,  and  Yorkshire  are  all  blank 

Among  the  valuable  publications  of  the  Royal 
Historical  Society,  Leadam's  "Domesday  of  In- 
closures,  1517-18,"  affords  some  evidence  as  to  the 
tenures  of  certain  Smyths — the  name  being  uniformly 
given  with  a  "y."  This  work  presents  verbatim  the 
Chancery  returns  for  Berks,  Beds,  Bucks,  Cheshire, 
Essex,  Leicester,  Lincoln,  Northants,  Oxon,  and 
Warwick,  with  Dugdale's  Notes  on  the  Inquisition 
for  Warwickshire.  A  large  body  of  Commissioners 
was  appointed,  with  sub-committees  for  each  shire, 
the  main  object  being  apparently  to  check  the 
conversion  of  arable  land  into  pasture,  as  well  as 
the  eviction  of  tenants  and  destruction  of  cottages 
in  order  to  create  deer  parks,  the  offenders 
being  cited  by  name  with  their  tenures.  Among 
those  appointed  Edward  Smyth  served  as  Com- 
missioner for  Cheshire,  and  Richard  Smyth  of 
Nuneaton  for  Warwickshire,  while  a  Robert  Smyth 
was  sworn  as  juror  before  the  Commissioners  for 
Lincolnshire. 

In  these  returns  we  find  that  Henry  Smyth 
enclosed  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  land  in 
Fletchamstead,  then  a  hamlet  of  Stoneleigh,  Warwick- 
shire. According  to  Dugdale,  this  Henry  was  son 
of  John  Smyth  of  Coventry,  and  made  a  park  with 
a  pool  therein  Dugdale  quotes  from  a  later  Inquisi- 
tion of  1548.  The  son  of  Henry  was  Sir  Walter 
Smyth,  who  was  murdered  by  his  wife  in  1554. 
[Vide  Dugdale's  "Warwick,"  pp.  40,  41.]  This  same 
Henry  Smyth  held  40  acres  in  Stretton-super-Strete, 
value  annually  £35,  but  allowed  the  cottages  to 
become  ruinated,  and  enclosed  the  land.     Not  only 


MEDIAEVAL   SMITHS  7 

was  there  a  large  eviction  of  poor  hinds  in  this  shire 
by  the  Smyths,  resulting  in  several  deaths,  but  the 
churches  became  also  ruins,  and  animals  trampled 
on  the  graves.  [Vide  preamble  of  an  Act,  7  Henry 
YELL,  for  "  avoidyng  pullyng  doune  of  Tounes,  wher'- 
by  husbandry  is  decay'd,  Churches  destrued,  and  the 
service  of  God  withdrawn."]  Henry  Smyth  further 
"imparcavit"  one  hundred  and  thirty  acres  in 
Shyrford,  and  altogether  one  half  of  Fletchamstead 
parish. 

We  find,  moreover,  that  John  Smyth  was  tenant  of 
John  Morys  at  Compton,  Berks,  and  that  Richard 
Smyth  owned  30  acres  in  Ludgershall,  Bucks,  while 
a  Thomas  Smyth  held  lands  in  Crookham,  Berks, 
under  the  Abbot  of  Reading. 

In  the  same  volume  mention  is  made  of  "William 
Smyth,  Rector  of  Gawcott,  Bucks,  Prebendary  of 
Sutton -cum -Buckingham,  Archdeacon  of  Lincoln, 
and  nephew,  as  well  as  exor,  of  Bishop  William 
Smyth,  co-founder  of  B.KC.  A  William  Smyth 
also  was  Chaplain  of  the  Chantry  of  Chippingnorton, 
Oxon,  in  1517 — possibly  the  same  William  as  the 
above  pluralist. 

Mention  is  further  made  of  Robert  Smyth  of 
Lower  Toynton,  Lincolnshire,  and  of  a  William 
Smyth  of  Alseley,  or  Allesley,  Warwickshire,  a  tenant 
of  Lord  Abergavenny. 

The  above  represent  the  total  of  the  name 
mentioned  in  the  "Domesday  of  Enclosures."  It 
may  be  safely  assumed  that  the  two  selected  Com- 
missioners were  either  distinguished  lawyers,  or  else 
prominent  landowners  in  their  respective  shires — 
probably  the  latter.  The  Warwickshire  Smyths 
were  evidently  burgesses  of  Coventry,  whose  park 
at  Stoneleigh,  with  the  aforesaid  pool,  i.e.  lake,  is 
now  the  property  of  Lord  Leigh.  The  first  Leigh 
of  Stoneleigh  appears  to  have  been  .Sir  Thomas,  who 


8  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

was  Lord  Mayor  when  The  Red  Queen  Mary  died. 
Inasmuch  as  his  wife  was  a  Warwickshire  lady,  it 
may  be  presumed  that  he  held  Stdneleigh  in  her 
right.  The  name  Stoneleigh  has  apparently  no  con- 
nection with  that  of  the  Leigh  family,  who  were 
seated  originally  at  High  Leigh,  or  Legh,  in  Cheshire. 


CHAPTEE  II 

THE   HERALDS'   VISITATIONS 

The  object  in  view  which  the  Tudors  had  in  scrutin- 
ising the  ancestry  of  such  among  the  gentry  as 
were  assigned  the  status  "  nobilis,"  appears  to  have 
been  mercenary.  So  far  as  the  science  of  genealogy 
is  concerned,  these  official  visitations  have  proved 
most  helpful,  while  among  those  families  which  were 
stigmatised  by  the  heralds  as  ignobiles,  not  a  few 
may  have  merited  the  contrary  designation,  and 
probably  a  little  palm  oil,  judiciously  administered, 
would  have  neutralised  the  obnoxious  negative — 
indeed,  among  those  entered  as  nobiles,  some  appear 
to  have  acquired  the  title  very  late  in  their  pedigree. 
These  Visitations,  covering  what  may  be  termed  the 
Reformation  period,  are  mainly  reliable,  and  at  all 
events  inform  us  concerning  the  leading  gentry  or 
minor  nobility  of  the  shires.  Incidentally  they  throw 
a  strong  light  on  certain  among  the  more  ancient  and 
honourable  of  those  houses  which  bore  the  name  of 
Smyth  or  Smith.  For  the  sake  of  perspicuity,  we  will 
deal  with  each  county  seriatim,  but  only  where  the 
returns  appear  to  be  serviceable  for  the  end  we  have 
in  view.  The  list  does  not  pretend  to  absolute  com- 
pleteness. 

Visitation  of  Behks,  1634 
SMYTH   OF  ABINGDON 

Richard  Smyth  of  Abingdon,  Berks  =  Barbara,  dau.  ...  Jawtherell  of 
Derbyshire,  and  by  her  had  : — 

1.  Richard  of  Abingdon  =  Mary,  dau.  of  Pawle  Dayrell  of  Livingstone 
DayrelL  Issue:— (a)  Richard,  living  in  1634=  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Geo.  Deane 
of  Stepney,  and  had,  John,  Thomas,  Martha,  Anne  ;  (b)  Thomas  ;  (c)  Edward ; 
(d)  Anthony;  (e)  Michael;  (/)  Walter  =  Anne,  dau.  of  Dr  Thos.  Edwards, 
Chancellor  of  the  Diocese  of  London. 


10 


THE    SMITH   FAMILY 


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THE   HERALDS'  VISITATIONS         11 


SMITH   OF   OLDHAUGH 

Asms  -.—Quarterly  1  and  4,  per  pah  or  and  gules,  3  fleurs-de-lis  counterehangtd 

2  and  3  ax.  a  fret  or. 
Chest  :— A  fleur-de-lis  per  pale  or  and  gules. 

John  of  Oldhaugh,  =  ...  Oldhaugh. 
descended   from 
a    younger    son 
of    Sir    Thomas 
of  Cuerdley. 


John  = ...  Page  of  Alpram. 


John  =  Elizabeth,  base  dau.  of  Sir  Andrew 
Brsreton,  ob.  1549. 


With  others.  Randoll  Smith  of  Old- = Jane,  dau.  of  Ralph  Bostocke  of 

haugh,  ob.  1589.  Norcroft,  ob.  1562. 


Alice,  dau.  of  Otwell=Rafe  of  Oldhaugh  =  Margery,  dau.  of  W.  Sutton, 


Shawcross. 


and  widow  of  W.  Minshull. 


Randoll = Amy,  dau.  of  Leonard  Shalcross. 

i ''  ! 

William  Smith,  Rouge  Dragon  =  Veronica,  dau.  of  Frank  Others. 

Alstensteig  of  N  urem- 
berg. 


Visitation  of  Cornwall,  1620 
SMYTH  OF  TREGONAKE  ST  GEEMAYNS 

Robert  Smyth  =  Joane,  dau.  of  Robert  Killigrew. 

Wilmot,  dau.  of  Roger  =  Thomas  =Mary,   dau.    of   Sir  ...  U-uthall   of 
Tremayne.  I  Latchtord,  Oxon. 


John  Smyth  of  Robert  Smyth  of  Trewvnt,  in 

Tregonnock.  Blysland. 

ARM3  :—B.  a  saltire  arg.  between  4  martlets  or. 

In  this  Visitation  we  further  dnd  that  Ellinor,  daughter  of  Bernard  Smith 
of  Totness.  and  widow  of  Sir  John  Fulford  =  John  Wrey  of  X.  Russel.  And 
th»t  William  Smith  of  Newton  was  disclaimed  as  tgnobilis. 


12  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

Visitation  of  Devon,  1620 
■SMYTH    OF   DARTMOUTH 

Arms. — Barry  wavy  of  six  arg.  and  az.  on  a  chief  gu.  three  pairs  of  barnacles. 
John  Smyth  of  D.  =  the  widow  of  John  Anthonie 


of  Exeter. 


John,  living  in  1620  =  Elizabeth,  dan.  of  Rich.  Dyer  of  Barnstaple. 
Issue. 

SMYTH  OF  EXETER  (latee  SMITH) 

John  Smyth  of  Borage  =  Alice  Muttleberrie. 

Joane,  dau.  of  James  Walker = Sir  George  =  Grace,  dau.  of  Win.  Viell,  by 
I  (ob.  1619).  I      Jane,  dau.    of    Arondell    of 

Trevize. 

I 
Grace  =  Bevill,  son  of 
Sir    Barnard 
I GrenvilL 

I  i  I 

Elizabeth  =  Sir  Thoa.  Monke     Sir  Nicholas  =  Dorothea,  dan.    Jane  =  Richard 
of  Powdendge.  of  Sir  Ralph  Henning 

Horsey  of  of  Dorset. 

Dorset. 

5  sons,  2  dau. 

Sir  Nicholas  Smvth   is  described  as  of  Larkbeare.     [Vide  Chapter  IV., 
'*  The  West  Country  Smiths."] 

Visitation  of  Dorset,  1623 

Angell  Smith  of  Stratton  had  a  daughter  who  married  ...  Meller  of  Came. 
Jane,  dau.  of  Sir  George  Smith  of  Motford,  Devon  =  Richard  Hemminge  of 
PorwelL     [  Vide  supra,  Visitation  of  Devon.  ] 

Visitation  of  Durham,  1615 
SMITH   OF  DURHAM 

ARMS  : — Arg.  on  a  bend  az.,  3  lozenges  erminois  between  S  unicorns'  heads 

erased  az. ,  armed  and  maned  or. 
Crest: — A  dexter  hand  embowed   erminois  cuffed  arg.,  grasping  a  broken 

sword  ppr. ,  hilt  or. 

Thomas  S.  =  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  ...  Layton  of  West  Layton. 

John  S.  =  Jane,  dau.  of  ...  Layton  of  Sproxton, 
I   Lord  of  the  Manor  of  West  Layton. 


I  ~  I 


I  I  I 

Thomas  S.  =  Margaret,  eldest  John,  parson  of  William,  parson 
I  dau.  of  Simon  Normanby,  co.  of  Hargrave,  co. 
I    Lightfoot       of        York.  Northumberland. 

I     West  Layton. 

.  i       i       n 

Symon.         John,         William  S.  of  Duresme,  =Mary,  dau.  of  Lyonell 

s.p.  Councellor  "  of     Law,  I  Heron  of  Chipchase, 

1615.  co.  Northumberland. 


Henry,  son  and  heir,  set.  6,  1615.  Margaret. 


THE   HERALDS'   VISITATIONS 


13 


Visitation  of  Essex,  1612 
CAEIN'GTON-^s  SMITH 

Arms  : — Arg.  a  croat  gules  between  4  peacocks  az. 

Crest: — A  peacock's  head  erased  gules,  ducal! y  gorged  or. 

Sir.  Wm.  C,  Knights  Anne,  dan.  of  Edmond  Far  well. 

Arms  —  Arg.    on    a 

bend    sable    3    faw- 

chens  in  Salter  arg. 

hilted    or.       Poynts 

downward. 


Sir  Edward  =  Ca therm,  heir 
to  Sir  Thos. 
Herriett. 
(Issue). 


Sir  William  =  Catherin,  syster  to 
Wm.  Mountacute, 
Erie  of  Sales berv. 


Sir  Thos.,  son  and  heir,  =  Margaret,  dau.  of  Sr.  Robert  Roose. 

obt.  4  Richd.  H,  1378.  I 


Edmond = Joan,  dr.  of  Sir 

ob. 

1397. 


J.  Ferrers. 

fled  abroad  and 
called  himself 
Smith.    Arms — 

Isabels  Thomas 

Arg.  a  crosse 

NevelL 

gules  enter  4 

peacockes  azure. 

Obt.  1446. 

John  Carington,  =  Elizabeth,  heiress  of 

Robert  Lainham  and  of 
Alice,  heiress  of  John 
Hende,  Lord  Mayor,  1392. 


Hamond  =  Thomas  Smith  of  Rivenhall=Isabell,  heiress  of  William  Foster, 
(Issue).  i  of  Littell  Badow. 


Sir  Clement  =  Dorathie,  dau.  of  Edward 
|      Seymer,  D.  of  Somersett. 

John,  a. p. 

Visitation  of  Essex,  166-i 
SMITH  OF  WEST  HAM 

Robert  Smith  =  ... 


I 
Others. 


Sir  Roberts  Judith  Walmsley. 

I 


James  =  Mary,  dau.  of  Sir         Robert = Jane  Trafford.  Anthony. 

Wm.  Peake.  !  — 

Hester. 


Robert.      John.      James.      Jane, 
(heir) 


Anne. 

Judith. 

Rebecca. 


14  THE   SMITH  FAMILY 

Visitation  of  Essex,  1664 
SMITH  OF  BLACKMORE 

Arms: — Arg.  a  cross  (sic)  between  4 peacocks  close  az. 
Crest  : — A  peacock's  head  erased  ppr.,  ducally  gorged  or. 

Thomas  Smith = Margaret,  dan.  of  Thos.  Turner 
of  Creasing  Hall. 

Arthur  =  Anne  Mil  ward. 


I 
Major  Stephen,  living  in  1664= Joan,  dan.  of  Alderman  Bennet. 
| 

I  I 

Arthur,  xt.  22,  1664.  Others. 

SMITH  OF  BROXTED 

Thomas  Smith  of  Sudbury. 


Thomas  of  Broxted  =  Elen,  dau.  of  Robt.  Poole  of  Belsham. 


Thomas,  living  in  1664=  Kathenne,  dan.  of  Win.  Howe  of  Farnham. 

SMITH  OF  HARWICH 

William  Smith  of  Walton  =  Anne  Culfe. 

| 

I 
Daniel  =  Bridget  Mannock. 


Daniel  =  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Thos.  Pitt  of  Trimley. 

I 

Daniel,  living  in  1664.  Others. 

Visitation  of  Essex,  1634 
NEVTLE 

Asms  :— Quarterly — 1  and  4,  gules  a  taltire  ermine  ;  2  and  3,  Smith  as  under 

Carington.     V.  1612. 
Ceest  : — A  bull's  head  ermine. 

Hugh  Smyth  of  Witham,  Essex. 


Sir  John  Smyth  of  Creasing  Temple = Anne,  d.  of  Edwd.  Wood  of  London. 


Edmond.  Thomas = Mary,  heiress  of  Sir  Thos.  Nevile  of  Holte. 


Sir  Thomas  Nevile,  =  Jane,  d.  of  Toby  Houghton        Others, 
alias  Smyth.  of  Houghton  Tower. 

*       (Issue. ) 


THE  HERALDS'  VISITATIONS 


15 


Farther  information  ia  supplied  by 

Berry's  Essex  Pedigrees  (HarL  Soc  Publications) 

SMYTH,  SMIJTH  (No.  1) 

ASUS : — Sable,  a  fete  daneettie  arg.  ;  bUletie  of  the  field,  between  three  lionr.elt 
rampant  yardant  of  the  leeond,  each  supporting  an  altar  or,  funning  proper. 
Cassr  :—A  Salamander  regardant  infiamet  proper,  dttcally  gorged. 

This  crest  was  adopted  by  Sir  Thomas  Smijth,  Sec  of  State  to  Queen 
Mary  (1)  in  allusion  to  his  escape  from  fire.  The  earlier  crest  was  an  eagle 
holding  a  burning  pen. 

Edward  HL 
I 
The  Black  Princes 

Sir  Roger  Do  Clarendon. 

From  ■whom 

Agnes  Chamock=Jobji  Smijth,  Sheriff  of  Essex  =2nd  wife,  3. p. 

1      and  Herts,  30  Hen.  VTH. 


Sir  Thomas,  Secretary  of  State  to  Q.  Eliza- 
beth, Amb.  to  France,  d.  s.p.  low. 


George  =... 
ob.  1577.  I 


Others. 


Sir  William  (1560- 1626)  =  Bridget,  dau.  of  Thomas  Fleet- 
I      wood  of  The  Vache,  Bucks. 


Others. 


Helligaurth,  =  Sir 


dau.  of  Ed- 
ward Con- 
way, Baron 
of  Ragley, 
Sea.  to 
James  L  and 
Charles  L 


William  = 


(1599-1631). 

Edward, 
died  a.  p. 


Anne,     Others.    Sir  Thomas,  created = Johanna 


dau.  of 
Croft  of 
Hertford 
(Query, 
Here- 
ford?) 


Bart.  1661.    He  m., 
2ndly,  Beatrice, 
dau.  of  Viscount 
Valentia,  and 
widow  of  Sir  John 
Lloyd,  d.  s.p.  1668. 


dau.  of 
Sir  E. 

Altham. 
Knt. 


Sir  Edward= Jane  Vandeput. 


Anne,  dau.  of  Right  Hon.  Sir  Charles = Sir  Edward,  =  Elizabeth  Wood. 
Hedges,  Secretary  of  State  to  King  I  3rd  Bart. 
William  and  Queen  Anne.  (1686-1744). 


•Edt 


Sir  Edward, 
4th  Bart. 
(1710-60),  a.  p. 


Sir  Charles,  =  Elizabeth      Rev.  Sir  William  =  Abigail  Wood  of 


5th  Bart. 
(1712-73). 


Burgess, 
d.  1776. 


(1720-77). 


Salop,  d.  1787. 


7illi 


Sir  William  (1746-1823)  =  Anne  Windham  (Bowyer). 


Sir  Thomas 
(1781-1823). 


I 
Sir  John 
(d.  1838). 


Rev.  Sir  Edward  =  LetitiaC,  dau.  of  J.  Weyland 
I         of  Woodeaton,  Oxon. 


niiis 


William,  b.  1814= Marianne  F.,  dau.  of  Sir 
H.  Meux,  Bart. 


Alfred  John  Edward, 
b.  1825. 


16 


THE   SMITH   FAMILY 


Berry's  Essex  Pedigrees 
(HarL  Soc.  Publications) 

SMYTH  (No.  2) 

A-n\t«  -.—Azure  two  ban  wavy  ermine  on  a  chief  or  a   dtmilion   rampant 

istuant  sabit. 
Crest  : An  ostrich  htad  quarterly  arrj.  and  so.  bttwun  two  wings  gu.,  in  tht 

beak  a  horseshoe  or. 
Motto  : — Sustine  et  abttine. 


Judith,  niece  of  Chief-  =  Robert  Smyth  of  Upton,  =  Rebecca,  dan.  of  Sir  W. 


Justice  Walmesly. 


created  Bart.  1665. 


Romney. 
2  daughters. 


Sir  Roberta  Jane  Trafford. 


James,  ancestor  of  the 
Smvtha  of  Istield. 


Sir  Robert,  U  P  ,»Ab»,  dan.  of  H.  Whitehead 
3rd  Bart  of  Tytherley. 


Others. 


Conway,  dan.  of  Dr  =  Trafford  =  Anne,  niece  of       Rev.  Robert,  V.  of  =  Dorothy 


Hackett,  Bishop     d.  1732.  I      SirJ.What- 
of  Down.  I      ton,  Knt. 


Woolavington. 


Sir  Trafford,  died,  s.p. 
1765. 


Llovd. 


Sir  Robert,  5th  Bart.,  =  Charlotte  S.  Blake, 
M.P.,  d.  1802.  d.  1823. 


Sir  George  EL,  6th  Bart.,  =  Eva,  dan.  of  Geo.  Elmore,  Esq.  of 
M.A.,  M.P.,  b.  1734.  Panton,  Hants. 


THE    HERALDS'  VISITATIONS        17 


Bessy's  Essex  Pedigrees  (HarL  Soc.  Publications) 


SMITH  (2Tb.  1) 


AR.X3 :— Ermine,  a  -laitirt  ax.  charged  with  an  escalop  or,  in  base  a  dolphin 
naiant,  embowed  of  the  second. 

Cb£ST  :— Between  a  pen  in  bend  or,  feathered  argent,  surmounted  by  a  sword 
proper,  pomei  and  hilt  gold,  an  escutcheon  azure,  charged  with  an 
escalop  of  the  first,  pendent  by  a  ribbon  gules. 

Motto :— Morte  et  ingenio. 

James  of  Camno,  N.B. 


John  London— merchant, =Mary,  dan.  of  Griffen  Ransom 
d.  July  1827.  !  of  Lambeth. 


Sir  Drnmmond,  created  a  Bart.  Thomas  of         Elizabeth: 

11  Jane  1804  (with  remainder  Font  hill,  Jamaica. 
to  Charles  Smith  of  Sutton  in 
right  of  his  niece,  Augusta). 
=(1)  Mary,  eldest  dan.  of  Sir 
Ellis  Cunliffe,  Bart. ;  (2)  Eliza- 
beth, dan.  of  William,  Vis- 
count Galway,  and  widow  of 
Sir  Francis  Sykes.  Died, 
a. p.,  Jan.  22,  1816. 


i  Andrew 
Telfe  of 
PenhilL 


Joshua  of  Stoke  Park,  =  Sarah, dan.  of    Sir  John  of  Harering  =  Margaret,  only 


Wilts,  MP. 


Gilbert,  Esq.         assumed   the  name       dau.  of  Ynyr 
and  arms  of  Burges,        B  urges,  Esq. 
createdaBart.  1763; 
ob.  1303,  s.p. 


I  iil 

Maria=Charles,Mar-  Elizabeth  =  William    Emma  =  Aug.    Augusta  =  Charles 

quess  of  Northamp-  Chute  of  the  Vine.         7, 1800,  Ran-  Smith 

er*n  rial!  TymJ  rvf  Qi,*- 


dall,  Lord 
D  u  n  s  a  n  y, 
and  died  a 
widow,  June 
1823. 


Smith 
of  Sut- 
tons. 


Spencer  Smith,  Esq. 


Belinda,  dau.  of = Sir  Charles 
Colebrooke, 
Esq.,  Oct.  1323. 


Mary,  2nd  dau.  of  Chas. 
Gosling  of  Rockarap- 
ton;  m.  July  20, 1326. 


Sir  Charles  Cunliffe  Smith,  Bart, 
of  Tring  Park,  Herts,  b.  Sept. 
15,  1827. 


18 


THE   SMITH  FAMILY 


♦  Bessy's  Essex  Pedigrees 

(HarL  Soc  Publications ) 

SMITH  (No.  2) 

Charles  of  'RarHiig  (of  Dorset)  =  Co- heiress  of  Captn.  Marnner. 


Ann*  RiceaCharles  of  Stratford » Judith,  dan.  of  Isaac  Lefevre  of  Old 
(1713-77).  Ford,  m.  1748. 


Judith,  num.,     Susanna  Deval,  =  Charles  of  Sat  tons,  =  Augusta,  3rd  dau.  of 


d.  1832. 


s.p. 


M.P.  (1757-1814). 


Joshua  Smith  of  Erl- 
stoke,  Wilts,  M.P. 


Augmta  =  Rev.  H.  W.  Wilder,   Emma  =  Rev.  J.  E.  Francos  =  Rot.  R.  Sey- 
Purley  F*11,  d.  Aug.  Austen        moor,  son  of  Admiral 

3,  1838.  Leigh  of       Sir  Michael  Seymour, 

Scarletts,    Bart.,  K.C.B.,  Rector 
Berks.  of  Kinwarton. 


ria  Los 


Sarah  Elizas  Denis  La  Marchant  Charlottes  Arthur  Currie.    Maria  Louisa, 
of  Chobham,  Judith. 


Sir  Charles  Joshua  of  =  (2)  Mary,  dau.  of    Spencer  =  Frances  A., 


Suttons,  heir  to  his 
maternal  uncle.  Sir 
Drummond.  He  d. 
Jan.  14,  183  . 
=  (1)  Belinda  Cole, 
brooke,  who  died  s.  p. 
1825. 


W.    Gosling 
Hassobury. 


dau.  of  Ad' 
miral  Sir 
M.  Seymour, 
Bart. 


Drummond, 

B.C.L., 

(1812-32). 


Sir  Charles  Cunliffe  of 
Suttons,  b.  1827. 


3  dau*.  Spencer.       Drummond.      A  dan. 


*  Since  the  MS.  of  this  volume  was  completed,  exception  has  been  taken  by 
the  Herald's  College  to  Berry  as  an  authority.  The  above  pedigrees  seem, 
howerer,  to  be  free  from  error. 


THE   HERALDS'  VISITATIONS 


19 


(Haul.  MSS.) 

Visitation  of  Gloucesteeshtrb,  1624 

SMYTH 

Arms  :  — Sa.  a  ftsst  between  3  aaltires  or — sometimes  charged  with  3  fleurs-de- 
lis  gu. 
Crest : — 3  serpent*  nowed  and  intertwined  as. 
Motto  : — Chastm  sa  parte. 

Thomas  S myth  =  Catherine,  dau.  of  Sir  Geo.  Throckmorton, 
of  Campden.     I  widow  of  Robert  Winter. 


Richard.  =  Mariam,  dan.  of 
Hugh  Elston. 


Catherine  =  Sam  we  11  Tracie. 


Sam  well 


Catherine. 


rThi 


Silvanus.   Mary.    Paule,   Sir  Thomas,  Anne  =  ...  Ash-  Anthony =Joane,   dan. 


s-p.         Knt.,  s.p. 


field. 


of  Sir  Roger 
Martin, 
Lord  Mayor. 


Thomas.  =  Elizabeth,  dan.  of  Eustace  Eitzherbert, 
widow  of  Edward  Smyth  of  Cressing 
Temple,  Essex.     [See  vn.  of  Essex.] 


John, 
s.p. 


Grisegond. 


Edward,  son  of  Sir  John  Smyth =Grisegon= Andrew  Jennor   of  Bi- 
of  Cressing  Temple,  a.  p.  I  gotts  in  Much  Dunmow. 

Sir  Eenelm  Jennor,  Bart. 


SMYTH 

Aems  :—Or,  a  chevron  cotised  sa.,  between  3  roses  gu.,  slipped  vert,  impaling  or 
on  a  chevron  between  3  cinque/oils  ax.  as  many  escalops  arg.,  on  a 
chief  per  pale  gu.  and  so.  a  gnrfin  passant  erm. — Hawkins. 

Maria  Hawkins  =  MUo,  Bishop  of  Gloucester = Elizabeth,  dan.  of 
of  Cardiff.  1623.  Richard  Lygon  of 

Madresrieid,  s.p. 


Edward.    Robert. 


Gervase, 
of  the 
Middle 
Temple. 


I  I 

Milo=       Margerys 
Eliza-        Clint  of 
beth  Gloucester. 

Williams 
of  Cardiff. 


Catherines  Margaret. 
=  Morgan. 
[Compare 
the  pedi- 

Ce  of 
ith  (sic) 
of  Camb- 
den  in  the 
Visitatiou 
of  War- 
wickshire. 
1619.] 


Win. 

Sutton, 
Chancellor 
of  Glouces- 
ter. 


20  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

Visitation  of  Gloucestershire  (HarL  MSS.) 
SMYTH 

Arjis : — On  a  chevron  engrailed  between  6  crosses  formientchie  or  as  many  fenrs- 

dt-lis  az. 

William  Smyth  of  Hombertone  (Linc)= ...  Emoct. 


Tlioraas  Smrth  of  Hoby  (Leic. )  =  Joan,  dau.  of  Richard  Allayne    Richard. 

of  Derbv. 


John  of  Niblev^Mary,  dau.  of  John  Browning  of  Cowley. 


i  !  I 

John  of  The  MiddleaAnne,  dau.  of  Sir  Edward       Thomas  Smyth,      Others. 
Temple.  Bromfeld,  Lord  Mayor.  Commoner  of 

Lincoln  ColL, 
Oxford. 

Joseph  Baynham  of  Westbere  =  Joane,  dau.  of  William^Smyth  of  Brownshill, 
Gloucestershire,  wid  w  of  Thomas  Becke. 

[See  alsi  Visitation  1683,  Smtth  of  Farmlngton.] 


VISITATION  OF  Heeefobdshihe,  1569 
SMITH  OF  CREDEXHILL 

Arsis  :— Arg.  a  mount  vert,  a  lion  passant  regvardant  proper. 
Ceest  :— A  hone's  head  so.,  bridled  or. 


THE   HERALDS'   VISITATIONS        21 

Richard  Smith. 

Thoraaa  (21  Hen.  VL). 


William  =  All ice,  dan.  of  David  Boy*,  by  Joanne,  dan.  of  Riuaell 
|  of  BythelL 

*  John  Smyth  of  Wears  in  Kenchester  =  Maud  Hopwood. 


Richards  Anne  Stephen*. 


RichardaSybil  BarrolL  Thomas  t  of  CredenhillaElizth.  Welsh. 


(1)  Hugh  =  d.  of  Wm.      (2)  Richard  =  Mary  Osborne.     (3)  Thomaa=dau.  of 


Havard .  of  the 

(Issue.)  Exche- 

quer. 


of       I  Smyth  ot 
Weston    the 

Wear*. 


Peter.    Francis.    John.    Anne  at  Roger      Elixth.  =  Thos.        Rogers  Anne 


Dansey 
Peter  of  Dyffryn.  of  Brinsop. 


Powys  of        Plnmptre 
Sutton.  of  Notts. 


Thos.  Powys  of  Henley,  Salop. 


(4)  William    (5)  Root,  of = Anne  Wei-     (6)  James  of=Susan         (7)  Symon, 


ofDern-  Gard-         ford.  Overton. 

dalL  wey.       (Issue.) 


Davis  of  Chan* 

Red-  cellor 

castelL  of  St 

David's, 
Coilebs. 


John  Smyth  of = Prudence,  dan.  of  Reginald  Others. 

Overton,  Salop.  I  Davis  of  The  Marsh. 

Thomas = Elizabeth  Marshal. 
(Issue.) 

John  Smyth  •was  "ffeffeyd"  of  The  Weare  by  James  Baskerville  and  John 
Walwyn,  being  infeffyd  thereof  before. 

John  Breynton  of  St  rat  ton,  base  son  to  Symonde  =  Elizth.,  dau.  of  Thos. 
Smyth  of  CredenhilL 

Rachel  Smith  of  Upton,  Wore  =  Richard  Blount. 


•  In  the  reign  of  Hen.  VTH.  Thomas  Wenland  sued  John  Smith  (Smyth), 
Maud  his  wife,  and  Thomas  and  Alsen  Smith  for  an  assault  committed  in 
Kenchester  church.     This  waa  probably  occasioned  by  odium  theoiogicum, 

+  Banco  Roll  —  temp.  Eliz.— no  date.  George  Ap  Harry,  gent.,  sued 
Thomas  Smyth,  gent.,  of  Credenhill  to  recover  an  estate  in  Newton  and 
Michaelchurch  granted  to  his  ancestor,  An  Gwillim,  Eva  his  wife,  and  the 
heirs  of  their  bodies,  temp.  Edw.  ILL,  ana  which  hod  descended  in  tail  male 


22 


THE   SMITH   FAMILY 


Visitation  of  Herts 

Harl.  MSS.    Appendix  I.     (Under  Watebhouse  of 
Berkhamstead) 

Richard  Smyth  ■  Mary,  dau.  of  Nich.  Bonevyle.      (Erm.  3  torteaux. 

John  Smyth = Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Henry  Wake. 
{Gu.  a  ctom«  erm. ) 

Mary = James  Water-house. 


SMYTH  OF  ARABLES 

Asms:— Quarterly  (1)  per  bend  indented  or  and  az.  2  crosses  molint  counter- 
changed ;  (2)  Gu.  a  cross  arg.  over  ail  a  bend  sa.  (Willaby) ; 
(3)  Gu.  3  bars  arg.  in  chief  3  plates  (Coteby) ;  (4)  Sa.  a  rose  between 
3  lions  rampant  org. 

C&EST  :—OuL  of  a  ducal  coronet  or,  a  falcon  volant  proper. 

Robert  Smyth  of  Waltham,  Line  =  Ellinor,  dau.  of  Wm.  Lilborne. 
(Visn.  of  Line,  1562-4) 


Christopher    =  Margaret,  dau.  of 


of  Annables, 
Clerk  of  the 
Pipe. 


John  Hyde. 


Others. 


Elizabeth  Jane  =  Alice  =         Magdalen 

=  SirE.     George  (1)—  =  Sir  E.        Clerkof 

Rawle.       Rotherham.  Robinson  ;  Anderson,    the 
(2)  Sir  John  Chief-  Pipe. 

Fortescue     Justice, 
of  Salden. 


Thomas,  =  Margery,    Nicholas 
dau.  of         =... Gar- 
William      dener. 
Stooke.  | . 

Issue. 


Sir  George  Smyth  =  dau.  of  Sir 
of  Annables.  Rowland 

Lvtton 
of  Kneb- 
worth. 


Rowland. 


George. 


until  50  years  prior  to  the  suit.  The  said  Thomas  Smyth  called  to  warranty 
Lewis  Ap  Harry  of  Wormbridge,  and  denied  that  the  plaintiff's  ancestors 
were  seized  in  tail.  The  plaintiff  won  the  case,  and  the  sheriff  gave  defendant 
an  extent  of  Lewis  Ap  Harry's  lands  in  Wonpbridge. 

In  the  Probatio  atatis  of  Richard  Parry — temp.  Hen.  VL — Simon  Smyth 
with  William  Rowden  deposed  that  they  accompanied  Anna  De  la  Weare  to 
Turnaston  church  at  Richard's  baptism  In  1409,  when  she  was  godmother,  and 
saw  the  walls  of  the  church  hung  with  banners  of  red  and  black. 

Special  Exchequer  Commission  —  temp.  Eliz. — Thomas  Smyth  of  Madley 
gave  evidence  as  to  Dame  Parry's  obstruction  of  the  Crown  Commissioners. 


THE   HERALDS'  VISITATIONS        23 

Visitation  of  Kent,  1619 
SMITH 

Anw  :—Erm.  3  bexanU,  a  crtteent  on  a  muB.it  far  diferenee. 
Cswt-Otrt  of  a  ducal  coronet  a  plume  of  ostrich  feathers  alternately  vert 
and  org, 
Saa.— This  Edward  Smith  (vide  infra)  beareth  the  not  co»te  with  Mr 
Serjeant  Smith  of  Greenwich— with  difference. 

William  Smith. 


William-Margaret.,  dan.  oi  Edward=Eh^  dau.  of  S  r 

Richard  De  Stif-  Robert     Bornlle 

ford,  Essex.  deAgneaJud. 

Edward.  Thomae.  Humphry.  Maria. 

SMITH    • 
Abms  at  above.    Crest  alto. 
John  Smith  of  Watton  at  Stone,  Herts. 

I 


William  of  Greenwich.  =Cath.,  datu  of  Edw.  Boughton  of  Plumstead. 
Ob.  1621.  S 


William  of  Greenwich = Alice,  dan.  of  Walter  Duppa  of 


{servient  ad  legem. 
Query  Serjeant?) 


Greenwich,  sister  of  the  Bishop 
of  Sarum.  S'ae  married,  2ndly, 
John  Bettenham  of  Plnckley. 


France*.     William.     Maria.     Catherine.     Etobeth=A^oYwl^8-  Lucretia. 

SMITH  OF  BUCKLAND  PEOPE  MAIDSTONE 

Amm  .—Or  S  ban  and  in  chief  at  many  crosses  pateeft  tehee  all  so. 
Cms*  .—On  a  mount  vert  a  talbot  sejeant  erm. .collared  and  ringed  or,  eared 
gv,,  regarding  a  branch  of  lawrel  proper. 

Symon  de  Bucklande 


Join,  juris  peritua,  Symon  de  Boughton  Monchelsey. 

s.p. 


J 


Symonde  Chart,  juxta  Sutton=Maria,  daughter  of  Wm.  Hales  of  Tenterden. 

I        -  -  I 

Edward.    John.    Anna  Maria.    Alicia  Margareta.    Elizabeth  (eldest  dau. ). 


24 


THE   SMITH   FAMILY 


Hasted  carries  this  line  forward  from  John,  second 
son  of  Symon  de  Chart;  thus  :— 


John  (1629)= Mary,  dau.  of  Dean  Bargrave  of  Canterbury,  by 
Elizabeth,  dan.  of  John  Dering,  who  died  1667. 
The  Dean  died  1642. 


Johns 
A  son: 


Rev.    John,    vicar    of: 
Lested  and  (1637-1732) 
rector  of  Hastingleigh. 


Others. 


I 
John  =  Elizabeth,  dan.  of  Major 
ob.      j  Whitfield,  living  in  1782, 
<inte      and  seized  of  Bonghton 
1752.  I  Monchelsey. 


-J  i  '     L  J 

Felicia.         Elizabeth.         Anna  Maria.         Dorothea. 

Arms  confirmed  by  Camden  Clarencieux,  1605. 

[See  also  an  extended  pedigree  of  this  line  by  Berry.] 


SMYTH  OF  MUCH  WABLDTGITELD 

John  of  M.  W.  m  Leticia. 


Jeremias  of  the  City  of  Canterbury  =  Katherine,  dau.  of  Daniel  Wilkinson 

of  the  same  Citv. 


William.  Thomas  Jeremias.  Manilla. 


THE   HERALDS'  VISITATIONS        25 
SMITH  OF  OSTENHAHTCKEB 

Arms  :— Quarterly  of  12:  (1)  Az.  a  chevron  engraxkd,  between  3  lions  passant — 
guardant  or;  (2)  Ov.  a  /esse  embattled  raguly,  counter  embattled 
between  3  boar*'  heads  erased  org. ;  (3)  ax.  3  Koneels  rampant  within 
•  bordure  org. ;  (4)  or,  2  ekevronel*  and  a  canton  go.  ;  (5)  or,  a  erase 
voided  gu. ;  (6)  or,  S  chevronels  go. ;  (7)  go.  a  chevron  between  3 
cinque/oils  or;  (8)  so.  a  cross  voided  or;  (9)  Erm.  a  /esse  voire  or 
and  go. ;  (10)  or,  on  a  chevron  so.  a  mullet  org.  ;  (11)  az.  a  unicorn 
salient  org.  ;  (12)  vert,  a  chevron  between  3  eagles  displayed  or. 

Caesr:— A  leopard's  head  erased  org.  ptlltUe,  collared,  lined,  and  double- 
ringed  or. 

John  Smith= Alice  ... 


John  Smyth  da  Corsham,  Wilts  =  Agnes  or  Joan  B ranker. 
(oh.  1639)  J 


Eliata. 


.Honpoole.  Thorns*  of  Ostenhanger,  =  Alicia,  heiress  of  Sir  Andrew 
known  as  "  Customer,"   I  Jndd,  Lord  Mayor. 

ob.  1591,    buried    at       | 
Aahford. 


I  1  I 

Maria=Davis.    Adau.=(l)  Harding.    Cath.=(l)  Sir  Row-    Alices  Harris  of 
(2)  Butler.  land  Hay-  Wood- 

ward of  hay. 

London. 
(2)  John  Scott 
of  Scots  Hall. 


Sir  John  of  Ostenhanger, 
Eques  auratus. 


Elizth.,  dau. 
of  John 
Fineux  of 
Heme. 


Sir  Thomas  of  =>(!)  Judith,  dau.  of 


Budborough, 
Eques  auratus, 
Ambassador 
to  Russia. 


Cath,= 
(DSir 
Henry 
Baker  of 
Sissing- 
hurst. 
(2)  Geo. 
Lowe,  ob. 
1629. 


Cath.  a 

Sir  H. 
Neville 
of  Billing. 
beare. 


Thomas  of 
Ostr.  = 
Barbara, 
dau.  of  the 
Earl  of  Lei- 
cester of 
Penetrant. 


3ir  John  =  I 


Riohd.  Culrerwell. 
(2)  Sara,  dan.  of 
Sir  William  Blunt. 


Sir  John = Lady  Isabella,  dau.  of  the 
Smyth  Earl  of  Warwick. 


Other  children  of  the  above  Thomas  of  Ostenhanger  who  died  in  1591 : 
(1)  Henry  Smyths  Elizth.,  dan.      (2)  Elizth.  =  Henry       (3)  Syraon,  killed  at 
of  Corsham.       of  Judge  Thos.  Fanahaw.      the  Siege  of  Cadiz. 

Owen. 

We  note  also  in  this  Visitation  that  Dorothea  Walker  or  Waller  of  Fawkham 
married  Michael  Smith,  also  of  Fawkham. 


26 


THE   SMITH  FAMILY 


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THE    HERALDS'  VISITATIONS        27 


Visitation  of  Leicestershire,  1624 
SMITH   OF  WITHCOTE 

Atiw  ;—Gu.  on  a  chevron  or  between  3  bezante  as  many  crouea 
patie  fitchet  sa. 

John  Smith  aU  Harris  of  Withcote  =  Dorothy  Cave. 


Roger = Frances,  dau.  of      Francis.      Anthony.     Erasmus  =  Margaret,  sister 


Sir  T.  Griffin  of 
Dingley. 


of  Lord  Burgh- 
ley. 


3  daus. 


Margaret = Gilbert  Bery.      Ambrose  =  ...  Coo.   George  =  Mary  Alles.     Others 


Sir  Wm.,  Knighted  =  Elizabeth,  dau  of  4  sons. 

1601.  Alderman  Simms. 


4  sons. 


2  daus. 


This  pedigree  has  been  styled  Smith  of  Withcock,  but  Withcote  would  seem 
to  be  the  correct  reading.  For  a  fuller  account  of  the  family,  whose  real  name 
was  Heriz,  see  "  English  Pedigrees,"  Chapter  VI. 


[Vid*  infra,  Visitation  of  London,  1568.] 


28  THE  SMITH  FAMILY 


Visitation  of  LmcoLNsmEE,  1562 

SMYTH  OF  HACKTHOEPE 
[m.  ELKINGTON] 

Sir  Kandnlfe  OUley  Smyths ... 


I 
John  Oteley=  . 


Robert  Pelsham,  Willaby  ala  =  Isabel,  daughter  and 
WUlarby.  I  heir  to  John  Oteley. 

John  Smyth  of  Hackthorpe  ins  Jane,  dan.  and  heir  to 
Lincoln.  I      Robert  Willabye. 


John  Smyth  = . 


John  Smith  =  ... 


William  Smith= ... 
William  Smith  =  ... 

1 


Thomas  Smith,       uxor  to         William  Smith  =  ...     uxor  to  uxor  to    uxor  to 
eldest  eon.  Rosse.  2  sons.  Manby.  Lyanby.  Gilby. 


Robert  Smiths  Elinor,  dau.  and  heir  to 
I  William  Lylbourne. 

I  I  I 

Henrey  Smith,       Christopher  Smith,  =  Margaret,  dau.        Elizabeth,  uxor 
2  sons.  Esq.,  son  and  heir.  I  to  John  Hide.  Willm.  Csthwait. 

J  I  [ 1  I 

Ahce,  (11  mar.  to  Thomas  Smith    Maudlyn,  uxor  Elizabeth,  uxor     Others. 

Robinson  of  Lon-  of    Annas    in     to  Edward  An-  to  Edward  Faw- 

don,  (2)  to   Jo.  Lincolnshire.       derson.  Miles.  ley,  Miles. 

Forteeoue, 

Knigh  t    and 

Councillor. 

For  the  full  pedigree  of  Smyth  of  Elkington,  see  Chapter  III. 


Visitation  of  Middlesex,  1663 

See  Smith  of  Hammersmith  and  Smith  of  St  Gnu  Cbifflmatx. 


THE    HERALDS'   VISITATIONS        29 

Visitation  of  London,  1633 
SMIJTH    OF    NOEBOENE 

Leonard  Smijth. 

I 

Harry. 

j  I  i  i  I   , 

John.      William.       Elizabeth  =  Richard  Castlenau,      Margaret.       Thomasin. 
merchant. 

SMYTH  OF  NOETHANTS 

James  Smyth. 

' I 


John  of  Spoford  Yorke  =  Kath.,  dan.  of  Robt.  Thompson  of  Weatherby. 
Robert,  grocer =Thomazin,  dau.  of  Oswald,  grocer = Anne,  dau.  of  Edw. 


Ford  of  Keldon  1633. 

Hall,  Essex. 


Bene     of     Great 

Missenden. 


James,  set.  26,  in  1633. 


J  I                                               I 

Henry,  =  Magdalen,    dau.  Susan  =  Francis  Clark.        Katherin  =  Richard 

grocer,         of        William  Longfield  of  Lon- 

1633.            Morley  of  Chi-  don,  draper. 
Chester. 

SMITH 

Peter,  of  London,  fishmonger. 

| 

™  I  III 

Thomas,  mer-=Jane,   dau.   of  John  Anthony.  Richard.         Mary, 

chant,  1631.    I  Robinson  of  London. 


ohn  =  I 


John  =  Mary,  dau.  of  Edmund  Wright,  Henry.  Thomas. 

Alderman. 

Mary  =  Humfry,  3rd  son       Jane  =  William,    2nd    son       Martha = Archdall 
of     Alderman  of  Sir  John  Gore.  Palmer  of 

Bennett.  London. 

SMYTH 

Robert,  of  London,  draper,  ob.  at  Stoke  Prior,  Wore. 


Robert,  drapers  Mary,  dau.  of  ...  Baines,  merchant. 


Robert,  draper,  living  in  1633= Judith,  dau.  of  Nicholas  Wansley,  draper. 

|  |  | 

Robert.  James.  Ester. 


30  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

SMYTH 

Roger  of  Holborne,  a  courseter. 

Martin,  one  of  ye  cursi tors  =  Audrey ,  dau.  of  Richard  Edlin  of  Pinner. 


Richard  (cursetor),  living  1634  =  Mary,  dan.  of  Thomas  Motham. 

SMYTH* 

Randolfe  Smyth  of  Rochdale,  Lane. 


Richard,  fishmonger,  ob.  1591  =  Margaret,  dan.  of  Anthony  Creed  of  Wilts. 


I 
Thomas  of  Bow  Lane,  living  1634,  oet.  67. 

SMYTH 

Quartering   9  coats — i.e.   Smith,  Jude,  Chiche,   Chicheley,  Appulderfield, 
Criall,  Creneure,  Auvranches,   Marfen. 

[Vide  Visitation  of  Kent.] 
Thomas  of  Ostenhanger  =  Alice,  dau.  of  Sir  Andrew  Jude. 

I  i  I  |  [  i 

Sir  John.    Sir  Thomas.    Henry  of  =  Elizabeth,  dau.     SirRichd.     Robt.    Simon. 
Cossam,   I      of     Serjeant 
Wilts.  Owen. 


Thomas,  Receiver  of  the  Duchy  of  =  Isabel,  dau.  of  John  Ayliffe  of 
Lancaster,  1634.  Grittercham,  Wilts. 


ohn. 


John.  Thomas.  Richard.  Simon. 

SMITH 

John  Smith  of  Church  Lawford,  Warw. 


Thomas  of  S.  Mary  Magd.  =Jane,  dau-  of  Leonard  Lister,  of 
Milk  St.     Living  1634.     I         Little  Willaston,  Salojj. 


Thomas  of  Westerham  =  Thoraasina,  dau.  of  Xpofer  Loveday  of  London. 


*  The   Visitation  of  London,   1568,   gives  the   following  version  of  this 
pedigree  : — 

Or,  on  a  chief  sa.  a  lion  passant  of  the  first. 
Randolf  Smyth  of  Ratsdale  Lane  =  Margt.  Hames. 


Richard,  fishmonger  =  Margaret,  dau.  of  Anthony  Creede  of  Wilts. 

1 
Thomas. 


THE    HERALDS'   VISITATIONS        31 


Visitation  of  London,  1568 

Arg.  on  a  cross  company  countercompony  or  and  az.  betwten  4  lions  passant  so. 
John  Smyth  of  Staffordshire. 


Humphrey  of  Southampton  =  Alice  Case  of  Somerset. 


John  of  London  =  Magdalen,  dan.  of  Sir  John  Hawes. 


SMTTHE 

Ou.  on  a  chevron  or  between  3  bezants,  3  crosses  pate'e  jitchee,  in  chief  a  martlet 
of  the  second. 

John  Hares  als  Smyth  =  Dorothy,  dau.  of  R.  Cave 
of  Withcock  j  of  Stanford. 

Roger.  Francis.  Clement.  Ambrose =Joane,    Eras-  Robert.  Anthony.  George, 
dan.  of    mus. 
John 
Coo  of 
CoxalL 


i         I  i  l         i        i 

Henry.     Frances.     Margaret.     Ellen.     Dorothy.     Ann. 
[Vide  Visitation  of  Leicoster.] 


"Visitation  of  Norfolk,  1612 
SMYTH 

ABM3 : — On  a  fesse  between  3  crosses  J'ormee  jitchee  or  as  many  eagles  dis- 
played sa. 

CREST: — An  arm  emboiced  proper,  tied  round  the  wrist  with  a  riband  az.,  and 
holding  the  butt  end  of  a  tilting  spear  or. 

John  Smyth  of  Nedginge,  Suft  =dau.  of  Smyth  of  Higham. 

i 
Hugh  of  Leynham  =  Alice  Donne. 

I  I  I 

Elizth.  =  R.  Tyll.       John  of  Garbesham  =  Elizth.,  dau.  of  Alice  =  Thos. 

and  Hondon.         I    Wm.  Clapton  of  Hervye 

KentwelL  of  Clare. 


1 

Thos. 

1 
Francis, 

1 
Frances  =  Thos. 

1 
Elizth.  = 

„      1 
busan  = 

1 
Anne  = 

unmar- 

3. p. 

Warren  ot  (it. 

(1)  John 

.Vere  of 

Richard 

ried, 

Thurloe. 

Colville, 

Ketton. 

Peede  of 

1612. 

(2)  John 
Page. 

Berry, 
Suff. 

32 


THE   SMITH  FAMILY 


SMYTH  OF  WALSHAM 

Arms  : — Per  chevron  nebulit  sa.  and  or  3  panthers'  heads  erased,  counter- 
changed.     A  horse's  head  erased  per  chevron  nebulie  and  so. 


John  Smyth  of  WaLaham,  Suit  =  Alice  Halys  of  Walsh  am. 


Katherine,  dau.  of  =  Thomas  of  Walaham  =  Jone,  dan.  of        John. 


John  Paske. 


We  Leggatt. 


Isabel  = 

Win. 

HowelL 


8  dans. 


Thomas, 
heir. 


I 
John  of  =  Elizth.,  dan.  of  Hugh  Wilkenson 


Owlde 

Bucken- 

ham. 


of  Owlde  B. 


Kath.  =  Stephen 
Taylor  of 
Eccles. 


Thomas  of = Dorothy,  dan.  of  Hugh  W  ilk  en  eon 


Owlde 

Bucken- 

ham. 


of  O.B. 


Others — i.e. 
4  sons.     2  dans. 


Thomas = Mary,  dan.  of  John  Mynors 
of  BaldshalL,  Herts.,  whose 
wife  was  Awfield  of  Glou- 
cester. 


John. 


Elizth.= 
Nich.  Edgar 
of  Ashe. 


Job 


4  daus. 


SMYTH 


Asms  : — At.  a  bend  erm.  between  IS  billets  or. 

Crest: — On  a   chapeau  gu.,  turned  up  erm.,  t  wings   expanded   ax.,   each 
chargtd  with  a  bend  erm.  between  6  billets  or. 

Nicholas  Smyth  of  Suffolk. 


John  Smyth  of  Hal vb worth,  Suff.  =  Agnes,  dan.  of  Robert  Crane 

of  Chilton,  Suft 


John  Smyth  of  Gun  ton,  Norl  =  Amye,  dan.  of  Martin  Sidley  of 

Morley,  Norf. 


Agnes.  Jane.  Dorothy. 

Awdrey  Thwaites  married  secondly  John  Smyth  of  Wall  Sutton  in  Mershland. 


THE    HERALDS'  VISITATIONS        33 


A  SMYTH  OF  CAVENDISH 

Asms  : — Quarterly  1  and  4  org.,  a  chevron  gu.  between  3  crosses  crosslet  «*. ;  S 
and  3  org.  an  a  chevron  between  3  lion's  gambs  crated  to.  an  annulet. 
Over  all/our  a  crescent  for  difference. 


John  Smyth  of  Cavendish,  2nd  son  of  John  =  a  dau.  of  Brecknok,  Bucks. 


John  of 


Cavendish = Agnes,  dan.  of  John  Way, 
I     or  Raye,  of  Deverston. 


Margaret  =  Barnard. 


(1)  Barbara,  m  Thomas = (2)  Elizth,  (3)  Frances,     John.  Henry.    Loare    Other 


dan.  of 
Thoa.  Ben- 
dish  of 
Bnmstead, 
Essex. 


of 
Mersh 
land, 
Nor- 
folk. 


dan.  of        dan.  of 
Jasper         Thos.Digby,  of 
Pryce  of      Welby,  Leic,  s.p. 
Godman- 
chester. 


(Laura),  daua. 


4  sons.      1  dan.  1  son. 


1  dan 


SMITH  OF  CAVENDISH 

Asms  :—Arg.  a  chevron  gu.  between  3  crosses  crosslet  sa.,  a  crescent  for  difference. 
John  Smith. 


ohn  of 


John  of  Cavendish,  Suif.  =  dau.  of  Thos.  Cavendish  of  Lingford. 


ohn  1 


John  a  quo  Smyth  of  Symon,  a.  p. 

Cavendish. 


Thomas = Elizth.,  dau.  of  Peter 
I  Payne  of  Rowdham. 


Richard  of  Bawton= Elizth.,  dan.  of  John,  and  sister  of  Sir 
j  Robert,  Chester  of  Royston. 

-  I  I  i  I 

Thomas.     Richard  of  a  Elizth.,  dan.  of    Margery=Wm.  Anne  =  Ellis  of 


—         Carlton 
John.       Rode. 


William.  I 

—  6  sons. 

Robert. 


John  Long  of 
Gt.  Levermere 


4  daua. 


Curtys  of 
Lorn 


rtysol 
ndon. 


Long 

Melford- 


34 


THE    SMITH   FAMILY 


SMITH  OF  WTGHTON 

Asms  . Paly  of  six  arg.  and  icons  chief  or  3  grtyhtnmdt'  head*  erased  so. , 

collared  or,  ringed  gu. 
Cbsst  : An  heraldic  antelope's  head,  erased  or,  attired,  maned  and  tusked  so., 

collared  gu.,  studded,  lined,  and  ringed  or. 

John  Barnesdale  of  =  Marv,  dau.  of  Thomas  Gaytonthorpe 
.  Barwyk,  Norf.      I  of  Gaytonthorpe. 

Catherine,  clau.  of  John  Barnesdale  =  John  Smyth  of  Wyghton. 


s.p. 


George,  John  =  Mary,  dau.   Agnes  =  Win.  Margery  Alice  =  Wm.  Mary  = 

I  of  Thos.        Baiter  of  =  Root.  Pepys  of        Root. 

|  Goddard      Kings  Lynn.    Baiter  of  Cotnam,         Joyce  of 

I  of  Overton,  Stannow.  Camb.  Grundis- 

Wilts.  boro',  Soft 


John  =  Mary,  dan.  of  Sir  George. 

I  Anthony  Hevinghain. 


Gregory  ot'=  ...Lound  of 
London.     I       Essex. 


Others. 


Roger. 


John  =  dan.  of  Thos.  Cord  all. 


SMYTH  OF  ETVENHALL 


Asms  :— Quarterly  1  and  i  arg.  a  cross  gu.  between  4  peacocks  close  az.  S. 
Quarterly  1  and  .'*■  Quarterly  arg.  and  sa~,  in  first  quarter  a  fleur- 
de-lis  gu.,  and  in  4&h  an  erm.  spot.  2  and  3.  Arg.  on  a  chevron  az. 
3  escalops  of  the  first,  on  a  chief  of  the  second  a  lion  passant  arg.  S. 
Gu.,  3  garis  arg.  banded  or ;  over  all  the  quarterings  a  martlet,  or 
annulet,  for  difference.     CasST  : — A  peacocks  head  erased  sa. 

(1)  Ann,  dau.  of  Gernon,  rind  =  John  Smyth  =(2)  Mylecent,  dau.  of  Root. 
widow  of  Bavnard.  I  of  RirennalL  I      Laynham  of  Laynham. 


(1)  Hamond  =  Thomas  of  Rivenhall  =  (2)  Elizth.,  sister  of    Sir  John,  Baron  of 

Henry  Toffte  of  The  Exchequer. 

Little  Baddow. 

Thomas.  John.  Mvlecent  =  *idau.= 

W.  Bromp-  Hawkes. 

ton. 

Nicholas  of 

Lavnham. 

I 
Reignold. 


Anne=     Sir  John 

We         Clement  of  djiu.  of 

Tusser.     of  Little  Blacka-  Celt. 
Baddow.  more. 

I 
Sir  John. 


£"  izth. ,  =  Leonard  =  Rath.    Mary = John    Kath- 
of  Shuld-   Hast-  SkylL  erine,  a 

ham  ing  nrni 


Jane.   Leonard.  Henry.  Ed-       John,  Attorney  =  Jane,  dau.  of  Henry    Elizth. 
ward  ■      of  the  King's  I  Lyght  of  Lyghtslary, 
Bench.  Somerset. 


4  sons  and  2  daus. 


THE    HERALDS'   VISITATIONS        35 

Visitation  of  Nobthants,  1618 
SMITH  OF  POTTEESPXJET 

Arms  : — Sa.  a  chevron  between  3  cinque/oils  "pierced  erm. 

Ckest: — .4   taibot's  head  gu.,  charged  on  the  neck  with  a  cinque/oil  pierced 
erm. 

William  Smith  als  Kent = Mary  Marsey  of  Berwood. 


Joyce=Thoa.  Addington.     Suaan=(l)  W.  Illing.     Thomas  =  Elizabeth 

(2)  Hercules       (living     |  Saunders  of 
Wincot.  1618).'     I  Longniarsron. 


William,       Thomas.     Anthony.     Margaret,     Susan. 
at.  6,  1613. 


Visitation  of  aTorthants,  1618 
SMYTH  OF  KELMAESH 

ABM3: — <?u.  on  a  chevron  or  between  3  bezants,  at  many  crosses  patee  jitchee 
sa. 

CaEST  : — An  arm  erect,  vested  per  pale  or  and  gii.,  the  hand  ppr.,  grasping  a 
griffin's  head,  erased  az.  beaked  or. 

John  S.  of  Withcote,  =  Dorothy,  dau.  of  Richard  =  Henry  Poole,  Knt. 
Leic,  1546.  I      Cave'of  Stanford,  Nor-        of  the  Rhodes, 

thants. 

I  I 1 

Roger  of  With-     Margaret,  dau.  of  =  Erasmus  S.  =  ...,  dau.  of  ...     Francis. 


cote,  ob.    1603.       Richard     Cecill,       of  Bos- 
[  Vide  Leicester.  ]     widow  of  Roger       worth, 
Care  of  Stanford.       Leic. 


Baiard 
(Visn. 
Leic. ), 
widow  of 
...  Wye. 


I  I 

James  of  Kelmarsh,  Jane,  dau.  of  =  Roger  of  Kelmarsh,  =Ann,  dau.  of 


1618.  Sir     Edward 

Heron,  Knt., 
Baron  of  the 
Exchequer. 


Northants,  1618. 


Goodman 
of  London. 


Alithea.  Edw.  Smith,  son  and  John  S.    Erasmus.    Ann     Dorothv. 

[  Vide  Visn.        heir,  set.  19,  1618.  —  — 

Leic]  Roger.         Mary. 


36  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

Visitation  of  Notts,  1569-1614  . 
SMYTH 

Anne  Markham  of  Alberton  =  Sir  Thomas  or  Sir  Francis  Smyth. 
Robert  Eyre  of  Hodloke  =  Katherine,  dau.  of  Giles  Smith  of  Tirknill,  York. 
Henry  Cressy  of  Oldcotes  =  Catherine,   dau.    of  Sir   Richard  Smyth   of 
Walkeringham,  Notts. 
Adam  Leeke  of  Hallom  =  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Martin  Smith  of  Carlton,  Notts. 
John  Sandford  of  Bake  well,  Derby = Joan,  dau.  of  Roger  Smyth. 


Visitation  of  Oxford,  1624 

Robert  Smyth  of  Prescot,  Lancashire,  had  issue — (1)  Robert,  (2)  William, 
Bishop  of  Lincoln  and  Founder  of  B.N.C.  Robert,  the  elder  son,  of  Curdesley 
(Cuerdley),  Lanes.,  had  issue — (1)  Richard,  (2)  William,  Archdeacon  of  Stowe, 
Lincolnshire.  Richard  Smyth,  the  eider  son  =  Alice,  dau.  of  Richard  Denton 
(of  Ambrosden),  and  had  issue,  with  others — Thomas  Smyth  of  Oxford  = 
Rose,  dau.  of  William  Buckner  of  Botley,  by  whom  he  had  a  numerous  issue, 
entries  whereof  occur  in  the  Registers  of  St  Aldate's  Church  in  the  City 
of  Oxford. 


Visitation  of  Salop,  1623 
SMITH  OF  MORVILL 

Arms  ■ — So.,  a  bend  between  6  martlets  arg. 

Richard  of  Morvell  =  Mary  Gery  of  Ciff  Prope  Weme. 

I 

I 
Roger  =  Frances,  dau.  of  Rd.  Cressett  of  Upton  Creisett. 

I 

I 
George  of  Morrell  =  Mary,  dau.  of  Robt.  Piggott  of  Chetwyn. 


Elizth.,  widow  of  John  =  Richard  Smyth  of  Bridgenorth  =  Mary,  dau.  of  Chas. 
Kelpos  of  Watergate,  I  Hi  Loins  de  Weo. 

Staff. 


2  sou  and  4  daus.  John  of  Mom  11  =  ...  dau.  of  Thos.  Vernon 

of  Hartington. 


Jane  Weaver,  widow  =  George  of  Morvill  =  Jane,  dau.  of  Sir  Hugh 

Browne,  Km. 


I 
George. 


THE    HERALDS'  VISITATIONS        37 

SMITH  OF  OVERTON 

(Cow/part  Visitation  of  Herefordshire) 

Arms  : — Sari.  1396.  Arg.  on  a  mount  vert  a  lion  passant  reguardant  proper, 

granted  1590. 
CazST: — A  horse's  head  erased  chestnut,  maned  sable. 

Thomas  Smith  of  Credenhill  =  Elizabeth  Welshe. 


1 

Thomas 

1 

Richard 

1 
Thomas, 

1 
William  de 

1 
Simon, 

1               1 
Robert     Jacob  = 

=  Susan, 

or  Hugo 

de   Sca- 

3rd 

son. 

Derndell, 

Cancel- 

de  Good-     de 

dau.  of 

of  Fox- 

cano, 

4th  son. 

larins 

way,         Over- 

John 

ley  =... 

2nd  son 

Menin- 

5th  son      ton, 

Davies 

=  ...  Os- 

ensis. 

=  Anna      Sth 

of 

I 

borne. 

I 

Welford.   son. 

1 

Rich- 
ards 

3  30DS. 

3  sons  and 
2  daus. 

1 

3  sons  and 
1  dan. 

3  sons  and 
2  daus. 

Castle. 

Others.        (1)  Jacob  de  =  Prudence,  dau. 


Overton, 
1623, 


of  Reginald 
Davies  de  la 
Marche. 


(2)  Thomas  Smith  = 
Elizabeth,  dan.  of 
Thomas  Mascall. 


1  son  and  2  daus. 


Visitation  of  Somerset,  1623 
SMITH 

[The  griffin'3  head,  their  crest,  was  granted  by  Hawlev,  Clarencieux, 
36  Hen.  VIIL] 

John  Smith  of  Alberton,  Glos. ,  living  14  Hen.  VI. 
I 
Robert 


John 

I 
Mathew 

John  of  Long  Ashton.     3£  Hen.  VIII. 


Hugh  Smith  of  L.  Ashton.     His 
dan.  =  Morgan  of  Llanterner. 


Mathew  of  L.  =  Widow  Skerne. 
Ashton        I 


Adau.=Sir  Geo.     Adau.  =Gitfard     Jane  =  Mat-       SirHugh  =  Elizth.,dau.of 


Rodney. 


of  Salop. 


hewes  of 
Radnor. 


living 
1623. 


Sir  Thomas 
Gorge,  and 
sister  to 
Lord  Gorge. 


Helena=Sir  Francis  Rogers  of     Mary  =  Sir  Thos.  Smith  of    Thomas,  aet.  14, 
Cannington,  Somerset.  West  Chester.  1623. 


38  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

SMITHES  OF  WEENTON 

John,  living  in  1623  =  Joane  Dorington. 

I  I  I  [  I  I 

Jane  =  Ed w.     A  dau.  =BU-     Adau.=Fanvy    Judith  =     John  (25  Elizth.  = 

Barnett     of    set    of    Bat-    of  Brockley.         ...Taver-    in   1623)  Robert 

DownshilL       comb.  nor.  =  A  dan.  Godwyn 

ofFowen  of      Ow- 

of  Bristol,  key. 

Visitation  of  Stafford,  1583 

See  Smith  of  Newcastle,  and  1614,  1663,  Smith  of  Hanley. 

Visitation  of  Suffolk,  1612 
SMITH  OF  GORLESTON 

Thomas  Smith  =  a  dau.  of  Robert  Hart. 

I 


I  I 

John.  7  other  sons. 

[See   also  in   Visitations  1561,   1577,   1612,  Smith  of   Nettlzstkad   and 
Smtth  of  Denston.] 


Visitation  of  Subset,  1623 
SMTTH   OF  PEPEEHAEOW 

Abms  : — Per  pale   or   and  az.    a   chevron   between  S   lions  pastant-guardant 
counterchanged,  a  crescent  for  difference. 

Christopher  Smyth  of  Hagthorpe,  Line.  (i.e.  Hackthorpe. ) 
Thomas  Smyth  of  London. 


Henery  of  Peperharow 

=  Jane,  sister 

3f  Sir  Walter  Covert  of  Slaugham. 

1 
William  =  Anne,  sister 

1 
Jane  =  ( 1 ) 

1 
Richard  Smyth 

1 
Elizabeth  = 

Smyth 

ofWm.  ... 

Ninian  Bur 

of  Peperharow 

James 

of  Ryall 

doctor  to 

reUofCock 

=  Anne,  dau. 

Franklin  of 

Queen 

field;  (2) 

of  Richard 

Maidstone. 

Elizabeth. 

Peter  Cou- 
thop  of 

Robinson  of 
London. 

John  Smyth. 

Cambrook, 

Kent. 

THE    HERALDS'  VISITATIONS 


39 


SMYTH  OF  SOUTHWAKK 


Asms  : — A  lion  passant. 

Crbst  : — A  sleeved  arm  embowed,  holding  a  broken  tilting  spear. 
= Thomas  Smyth  of  Layham,  Su£t=Joane  Downes. 


Thomas. 


John  of  Sudbury = Mary  Syday  of 
I  Lenham,  Surf. 


Elizabeth,  daughter  of = Robert  Smyth,  =  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Oliffe 
Thos.  Ball  of  Hadley,      J.  P.  for  South-    Burgh  of  South  wark, 
Suft  and  widow  of  wark.  and  widow  of  John 

Oliver  Ailward.  Burgh. 


SMYTH   OF  MITCHAM 

Asms  i—Arg.  on  a  chevron  engrailed  az.,  between  3  greyhounds'  heads  erased 

so.,  collared  gu.,  as  many  estoiles  or. 
C&SST  :—A  buck's  head  and  neck  couped  gu.,  attired  arg. 


Mary  Cely=Thomas  Smyth  =  Ellinor  Haaelrigge  of  Leicester, 
of  Mieham        who  re-married  Bart.  Clarke. 


Ellinor  Smyth 
=  Dr  Gilbert 
Bourne. 


Mary  Smyth    George  Smyth    Thomas  =  Sara,  dau.   Others 


=  Sir  John 
Leigh  of 
Mieham. 


ofMycham(a-Vc 
=  Rose  Wor 
sop  of  Clap- 
ham. 


of 
Mycham 


of  Alder- 
man Sir 
Humphrey 
Handford, 
Knt. 


George. 


Sara. 


Rose. 


40 


THE   SMITH   FAMILY 


Visitation  of  Surrey,  1623 

Elizabeth  Offley  [Offley  of  Maresley]  =  Sir  John  Smyth  of  Thetford. 

SMYTH   OF  MERKOW 

Asms  : — Arg.  on  a  bende  between  2  unicorns'  heads  erased  az.  5  lozenge*  or. 
Crest  : — Out  of  a  coronet  a  demi-bull  differenced  with  a  mullet.  ■ 

Anthony  Smyth  of  Merrow,  =  Joane,  dan.  of  Thomas  Herwood 
Steward  to  Lady  Knevett,  I  of  Hail  Place  in  Merrow. 

born  at  Escnck,  York. 


Thomas,  Mayor  of  Guildford. 


Nicholas.      Henery,  =  Jane,  dau.  of  John 


Mayor 

ofGuild- 

ford. 


Weston    of     Oke- 
ham. 


John  of  Merrow  =  Rose,  dan.  of 
Stevens  of 
Horsley, 
Surrey. 


Henery. 


Thomas. 


Anthony  Smyth. 


Rev.  Richard 
Smyth,  B.D., 
of  Sheere. 

Note. — Arms  of  Smyth  in  this  Visitation  not  assigned  to  any  particular 
family  ;  Arg.  a  chevron  cotised  between  3  crosses  patie  gules. 


SMYTH 

Akms  : — Sa.  a  cross  proper. 

Cbest  : — A  greyhound  couchant  or,  collared  and  lined  sa. 

Robert  Smith,  als  Hovel,  of  Badwell,  Norf. 


Robert  of  =  Elizabeth,       dau.       Thomas      John  =  . 


Badwell 


of   Robert  Smyth      of  Ash- 
of  Walsam  in  the      field  = 
Willows,  Suff.  Anne 

Anstey, 
s.p. 


I  I 

Arthur  of       Elizabeth 
Hunston        =...How- 
=  ...An-         lett. 
stey. 


John.     Richard. 


Thomas  Smyth  of      Robert,  =  Elizabeth... 

Chertsey,  Serjeant  Leather-  I 

of  the  Carriages  =        seller. 

Elizabeth,  dau.  of 

Sir    John    Watts,  Robert. 

Lord  Mayor. 


John  of  =  Priscilla,      Elizabeth 


Ash- 

tield. 


dau.  of         =...  Mor- 
Walter        ris. 
Brampton. 


I  l  I  I  I 

John.         Walter.         X'poffer.         Priscilla.         Anne, 


THE    HERALDS'   VISITATIONS        41 

Visitation  of  Wabwickshike,  1619 
CAEINGTON,  ALS  SMITH 

Sir  William  Carington=Anne,  dau.  of  Sir  Edm.  Farwell 
I  by  the  dau.  of  Robert  Coventry. 


Sir  Wb.  Carington=Katherine,  dan.  of  Wm.  Montague  of  Sarnrn. 

Sir  Thos.  Carington  =  Margaret,  dau.  of  Sir  Robert  Roose. 

John  Carington  ais  Smith,  =  Milecencia. 
ob.  1446.  | 


Thomas  Smith  of  Rivenhall  =  Hamond. 
I 


|  I     •  I  I 

Thomas  of  Rivenhall  =  Isabel,  dau.  of  Wm.  Hugh  of       Robert.         John. 

I  Toffte  of  Little  Bedow.    Witham. 

|  I 

(1)  Thomas.  ...Wood  =  (Sir)  John  (of  Cress-  =  Agnes,  dau.  of  John 


ing  Temple).         I  Harwell  of  Wootton 
in  Warw. 


(2)  Sir  Clement. 

Sir  John,  1593. 

(3)  Leonard.. 

(4)  John  of  Blackmore.  Thomas  of  Cressing      Francis  =  Mary,  dau.  of 

Temple 

I 

Hugh. 


John  Moreton  of 
Ashley.* 


George  t  =  Mary,i  dau.  of  Sir  Thos.  Giffard,  by  Ursula, 
dau.  of  Robt.  Throckmorton. 


George.     Thomas.     John.     Robt.     Edw.     Francis  =  Anne,  dau.  of  Thos. 

I    Markham  of  Notts. 


I  III 

Thomas  Charles  §  Mary. 

(2nd  son).       (eldest  son). 


*  i.e.  Ashby  Folville. 

t  According  to  one  version,  Francis. 

J  According  to  one  version,  Anne. 

§  Another  version  gives  two  other  sons — viz.  Francis  and  John. 


42  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

SMITH   OF  CAMBDEN 
( Vide  Visitation  of  Gloucester) 

Asms  : — Sa.  on  a  /esse  between  3  saitiris  eusped  or  as  many  JUurs-de-lis  gu. 

Thomas  Smith  of  Cambden  =  Kath. ,  dau.  of  Sir  George  Throgmorton, 
and  widow  of  Robert  Winter. 


Paul  us.  Sir  Thos.,  a.  p.  Ant  ho  me  be  Carapden,  =  Joanne,  dau.  of 

—  living  in  1593.  I  Sir  Roger  Martin 

Lucas. 


Darnell.  Thomas.  Grisegonda. 


I  [  I  I 

Elizabeth  =  Walsh  of       Richard  =  Maria,  dau.  of      Anne.        Cath.  =  Sam  well 
Hereford.  I  Hugh  Elston.  I    Tracie. 


I  I  I  1 

Silvanus.  Mary.  Samwell.     Catherine. 


Visitation  of  Wilts 

See  Smith  of  Baydon. 

Visitation  of  Worcestershire,  1620 
SMYTH 

Arms  : — Az.  two  bars  wavy  erm.  on  a  chief  or  a  demUion  issvant  erm. 
Crest  : — Between  2  wings  expanded  gu.  an  ostrich  head  cowped  quarterly  sa.  and 
arg.  holding  in  the  beak  a  horseshoe  or. 

Edward  Smyth  of  Stoke  Prior,  Wore.  =  Dorathey,  dau.  of  Edw.  Denton 

of  Ambrosden,  Oion. 


I  I 

Edward.  Joyce. 


SMYTH  OF  COPCOTE 

Arms  : — So.  a  bend  between  S  mullets  0/6  points  pierced  arg. 

John  Smyth  of  Copcote  =  Allice  Pyrrday  of  Martin  Hussintree. 
I 
Robert. 

I 
Edmond. 

I 
John  =  ...  Harding. 

I 
Thomas,  s.p. 

Agnes  Hare  well  of  Wootten,  Warw.  =Sir  John  Smyth,  Knight,  of  Wootten, 
jure  uxoris. 

Elizabeth  Compton  of  Hart  bury  =  William  Smyth. 


THE    HERALDS'   VISITATIONS        43 

Visitation  of  Yokes 

No  Pedigree  of  Smith 

Noras.— George,  2nd  son  of  Sir  John  Lyttelton  of  Frankley  (Worc.)  = 
Margaret,  dan.  of  Sir  Richard  Smyth. 
Mary  Pudsey  of  Bart'orth=Ry chard  Smyth  of  Caton. 
Agnes  Clysby  =  Thomas  Smyth. 
Thomas  or  Anthony  Smith  of  Ketton  or  Sketton=Anne  Margaret  Bellasya. 

Among  the  publications  of  the  Harl.  Soc.  we 
find  a  number  of  later  pedigrees  styled  Familice 
Minorum  Gentium.  The  name  of  Smith  or  Smyth 
occurs  as  follows  : — 


Smith,  or  Wakefield,  of  Rotherham. 


Thomas  =  Anne  Wordsworth. 


Thomas  of  =  Bettie.     Wm.  =Shuldham.      John,     James  =  Frances  Kinderley. 
Sheffield.   I  3-P- 

(issue.) 


Richard.  Frances  J.  =  J.  Martin.  Sarah  M.  =  Chas. Lloyd,  Esther=C.  Western. 

LL.D. 


Sir  James  E.  =  Pleasaunce,        Francis  =  Sarah        John  F.  =  E.  T.  A. ,  dau.  of 


dau.  of  Robt 
Reeve  of 
Lowestoft 


Marsh.  Captain 

Howarth,  R.N. 


Frances  C.=Alf.  Bar-    Harriett  =  C.  Edwards.     James  K.  =Stanford.     Other 
nard.  aona- 


44  THE    SMITH   FAMILY 

SMITH   OF  NEWARK 

...  Smith  =  Sister  of  Alderman  Wilson. 

I 


John,  Mavor=Anne  Chambers.      William,     Mary = Henry      Ann  =  Hatfield, 
of  N.,  1760.   |                                       g.p.         Walker  of  Lin- 
- coin. 

I  I  i 

T.  of  Line,    =Eliz.  Bennett.    K.  of  Kelham.     Anne  =  S.  Haywood. 
Mayor.  1811.    |  " 

I  I 

Avsgough.  3  daus. 


Thomas,  ob.    1715,  =  Hannah,  dau.  of  Wm.     Rosamund,  s.  p.       Cath.=  Field. 
| Wood. 

Wm.  of  Newark = Sarah,  dan.  of    John.     Anne  =  Isaac  Wylde. 
|  Hardwick 
I  Tavlor. 

^ !       I      r    I  I  " 

Thomas.   John.    Wm.     Mary  =  Wm.  Eyres    Cath.  =  Thos.  Gilby  of  Bath, 
of  Bath.  now  of  London,  1822. 

(Families  Min.  Gen.) 
SMITH   OF  CAWOOD 

William  of  C.  =  Ann,  dau.  of  Thos.  Hewley,  annt  to 
|        Sir  John  H,  M.P.  for  York. 
James  =  Ash  ton. 


I 
Jonas  =  Ann,  dau.  of  Nicholas  Sager  of  York. 

I  I  i  I 

Nich.  of  =  Wilkins  of    Eliz.    William,  =  ...  HalL     Jas.  of  Cawood  =  Ann,  dan. 


Selby.    I    Cawood.  Rectorof  I 

Ryther. 
Nicholas  =  Eleanor  | 

I  Coupland.  j  I  I 

_      __       J  Nichs.  of  London,     Jas.     Others. 

Jas.  Waterhouse  Smith.  apoth. 


of  Ja 
Torre  of 
SvdaL 


Anne,  b.  1716  =  Stephen  Buckle  James,  Nichs.  of  =  Elizth.,  dan.  of  Rev.  R. 
of  York,  silver-  b.  1720.  Leeds,  I  Halsted,  V.  of  Hutton 
smith.  attorney.     PaynelL 

|  I 

Nichs-ofGowerSt.,  W.C.  =Frances,  dau.  of  Sir  Edmund    Eliza. 
Aocnt.  Geni.  in  Court  of     Anderson,  Bart. ,  of  Kildwick. 
Chancery  H752-1819). 


I  i  I 

James.        Sarah  =  Nicholson  of  Cawood.         Eliza  =  Stavely  of  York.        Jane. 


I  I 

Eliza  Stavely  =  E.  Prest  of  York.        Ann  =  Wm.  Barff 

of  Carlton, 
Edward  Prest. 


THE    HERALDS'  VISITATIONS        45 

(Familice  Min.  Gent.) 
SMYTH 


Samuel  of  Colkirk,  Norf.  =  Urith,  d.  of  Sir  John  Palgrave  of 
Barrister.     Ob.  1664.      I  Norwood.     Ob.    1630.      Bur.    at 
Oxwick. 


Rebecca = Sir  Samuel  Smyth  of  Co ikir k,  =  Oath.  Eliz.  d.  of  Sir  Jamea 


Knt.   Ob. 

1699.  Bur.  Orwick. 

Harington   of 

Ridlington, 

Bart.     Ob.  1680.     Bur.  at 

Oxwick. 

=  Thos.  Bendyshe, 

1                               1 
Lucy,  2nd  dau.      Urith, 

1 
3rd     Theodosia,  4th 

! 
Catherine  = 

=  (1)  John  Pett     dau.  = 

dau.  =  ( 1 )   Sam 

Smyth, 

son  of  Thos.  B. 

of  Colkirk;  (2)     OfHey. 

Sparrow        of 

1673-1747 

of  Gray's  Inn,  by 

Jonas        Rolfe, 

Lavenham;  is- 

Bridget,    d.     of 

(Town-Clerk  of 

sue  ;  (2)  Samuel 

Hen.  Ireton. 

Lynn). 

Freeman        of 
Beverley.    s.p. 

(1671-1722.) 

Ireton  B. 

Through  Thomas  Bendyshe  this  line  possesses  a  descent  from  Oliver  Crom- 
well.     Vide  Noble's  History  of  Oliver  Cromwell. 


CHAPTEE  in 

THE   ELKINGTON   LINE 

In  presenting  the  following  pedigrees  I  have  to 
avow  my  dependence,  first,  on  certain  published 
family  records,  including  not  merely  the.  familiar 
pages  of  Burke,  but  also  of  such  less  known  works 
as — e.g.  Mr  Augustus  Smith's  "  Stemmata  Ferraria," 
and  others  of  a  similar  type  printed  for  the  behoof 
of  particular  families  and  compiled  with  great  care 
and  large  research ;  and  next,  on  MSS.  supplied 
by  the  kindness  of  correspondents,  and  in  many 
instances  amplified  in  accordance  with  my  sugges- 
tions. Unfortunately  there  remain  other  MSS. 
too  fragmentary  or  inconsecutive  to  be  available. 
Among  them  I  may  mention  especially  the  Smiths 
of  Credenhill,  who  until  lately  held  lands  which 
had  been  theirs  at  the  time  of  the  Visitation. 
Notwithstanding,  although  I  searched  the  parish 
registers,  which  afforded  entries  as  far  back  as 
1686,  I  could  neither  connect  Joan,  wife  of  "Walter 
•Smith,  buried  in  that  year,  with  the  Smyths  of  the 
Visitation,  nor  with  later  Smyths  of  the  parish. 
Again,  although  Miss  Morris  of  Lulham  Court 
courteously  placed  at  my  disposal  certain  documents 
referring  to  the  Smiths  of  Tarrington,  who  being 
then  of  Holme  Lacey  were  empowered  by  Royal 
Licence,  in  1825,  to  change  their  name  to  Edwards, 
I  have  not  succeeded  in  evolving  a  pedigree  of  the 
family,  who  were  for  generations   stewards   to  the 

46 


THE   ELKINGTON   LINE  47 

Foleys  at  Stoke  Edith.  I  was  equally  at  fault 
with  the  Smiths  of  Beccles  and  of  Buckenhill  in 
Woolhope,  while  I  am  conscious  that  the  pedigree 
of  Smith  of  Buckton,  in  Leintwardine,  is  simply  a 
fragment  of  what  might  be  a  lengthened  record, 
and  I  have  to  confess  to  other  failures — notably  as 
regards  the  descent  of  that  enterprising  gentleman, 
Alderman  C.  T.  Smith  of  Chatham,  High  Constable 
of  Gillingham,  a  native  of  "Wareham.  As  it  is, 
though  only  a  compiler,  and  not  a  member  of  the 
Herald's  College,  I  have  done  Herald's  work  for 
some  Smiths  in  the  way  of  research,  but  that  was 
outside  my  proper  province,  and  I  can  only  trust — 
not  without  diffidence — that  the  following  pedigrees*, 
may  be  found  approximately  accurate,  besides  add- 
ing to  the  general  corpus  of  information,  concern- 
ing the  multitudinous  Smith  families. 

Smyth  of  Elkington,  Linc.,  and  of  Annables, 
Herts. 

[Vide  supra  Visitations  of  Herts,  1612 ;  Lincoln,  1562  ;  and  Surrey,  1623.] 

Although  we  find  a  Smyth,  or  Le  Smyth,  M.P. 
for  Chard,  as  far  back  as  1320,  he  has  not  been 
linked  with  the  Exeter  Smithes  or  with  any  other 
line.  The  honour,  therefore,  of  being  the  proto- 
Smyth  falls  to  the  ancient  line,  mentioned  in  the 
Visitation  of  1433  as  of  Elkington,  and  represented 
at  Elkington  Hall  by  the  lineal  descendant  of  that 
ancestor.  Very  few  houses  can  boast  so  prolonged 
a  tenure,  and  the  association  of  the  same  blood 
with  the  old  acres,  to  the  genealogist  appears  alike 
honourable  and  interesting.  True,  the  Elkington 
estate  passed  temporarily  in  the  female  line  to 
Lord  Glastonbury,  to  be  restored,  however,  to  its 
legitimate  owners  under  the  will  of  that  conscientious 

The  pedigrees  have  been  printed  neither  in  chronological  nor  in  alpha- 
betical sequence.  This,  unavoidably,  owing  to  some  having  been  completed 
while  the  sheets  have  passed  through  the  press.  The  reader,  however,  will 
be  able  to  discover  any  particular  line  without  difficulty. 


48  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

nobleman.  The  divorce  of  an  ancient  name  from  its 
hereditary  acres  is  at  least  as  painful  and  unnatural 
as  that  which  annuls  the  sacred  tie  of  wedlock,  and 
reduces  the  offspring  to  the  level  of  orphans. 

Like  the  coat  of  the  vast  majority  of  mediaeval 
families,  that  of  the  Elkington  Smyths  excels  in  a 
dignified  simplicity — viz.  per  bend  indented  or  and 
az.,  two  crosses  moline  counterchanged :  with  for 
crest,  on  a  ducal  coronet  or  a  falcon  with  wings 
expanded,  proper. 

From  Sir  Ealph  De  Ottely,  living  30  Ed.  L, 
descended  Isabella,  who  by  Robert  De  Willerby 
had  a  daughter,  Joan,  who  married  Smyth,  styled 
of  Acthorpe,  the  mother  parish  of  Elkington.  This 
Smyth  apparently  had  two  brothers,  John,  desig- 
nated in  contemporary  deeds  Le  Faber,  and 
Andrew,  whose  son  John  was  a  priest.  By  Joan 
"Willerby,  who  was  living  in  1421,  he  had  a  son 
John  of  Acthorpe,  or  Elkington,  probably  the  John 
of  the  Visitation  of  1433.  His  son  "William  died 
in  1467,  leaving  a  numerous  issue,  of  whom  the 
second  son,  Thomas  of  South  Elkington,  had  a  son 
George,  and  a  grandson  James ;  while  the  fourth 
son,  "William  of  Parkthorpe,  had  (1)  William  of 
Hammerton,  whose  line  ended  in  Christopher,* 
living  in  1631 :  and  (2)  Robert  of  Waltham,  living 
in  1530,  who  by  Eleanor  Lilbourn  of  Fenby,  had, 
with  others,  Christopher,  Clerk  of  the  Pipe,  who 
married  Margaret,  daughter  of  John  Hide,  or  Hyde, 
of  Albury,  Herts,  and  assigned  the  estate  of 
Annables  to  his  son  Thomas  on  his  marriage  with 
Joane  Collett,  who  re-married  Sir  John  Luke.  Of 
the  issue  of  his  second  son  Nicholas  we  will  treat 
presently.     By  Joane   Collett,   Thomas   Smyth   had 

*  I  accept  this  from  the  printed  pedigree  of  Smyth  of  Elkington ;  other- 
wise the  Visitation  of  Surrey,  1623 — Smyth  of  Peperharow — would  lead  to 
an  opposite  conclusion. 


THE  ELKINGTON   LINE  49 

Sir  George,  who  purchased  the  manorial  rights  of 
Annables.  He  succeeded  his  father  as  Clerk  of 
the  Pipe,  and  married  Judith,  daughter  of  Sir 
Rowland  Lytton  of  Knebworth,  and  niece  of  Helen 
Lytton,  wife  of  Sir  John  Brocket,  whose  fifth 
daughter,  Mary,  married  Sir  Thomas  Eeade,  jure 
uxoins,  of  Brocket  Hall.  Neither  of  the  sons  of  Sir 
George  Smyth  by  Judith  Lytton  —  viz.  Rowland 
(died  1639),  and  George,  left  issue,  and  this  branch 
thus  terminating,  the  Line,  and  Herts  estates 
devolved  on  Edmund,  son  of  Nicholas  afore- 
mentioned. 

This  Nicholas,  described  as  of  Westminster, 
married  Katherine  Gardiner  of  Southwark,  and  by 
her  had  Edmund,  as  above  stated,  who  married 
Grace,  daughter  of  John  Percival  of  Kingsale.  He 
died  in  1684,  leaving  a  numerous  issue ;  of  these 
the  Eev.  William,  of  whom  anon,  transmitted  the 
old  blood,  but  his  elder  brother,  James,  who  in- 
herited the  Elkington  estates,  by  Anne  Jenkins 
of  Harpenden  had  a  daughter,  Mary,  who  married 
the  Hon.  James  Grenville,  uncle  to  George,  first 
Marquess  of  Buckingham.  Their  son,  who  was 
raised  to  the  peerage  as  Baron  Glastonbury,  dying 
s.p.,  bequeathed  the  Elkington  property  to  his 
maternal  cousin,  the  Eev.  William,  great-grandson 
of  the  above  mentioned  Rev.  William,  son  of 
Nicholas  of  Westminster.  This  younger  Eev. 
William,  vicar  of  South  Elkington,  by  Mary, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Eay  of  Tannington,  Suffolk, 
had  (1)  William  Henry  Smyth,  Esq.,  of  Elkington 
Hall,  b.  March  21,  1821 ;  married,  April  19,  1849, 
Sarah  Anna,  daughter  of  Eev.  John  Sergeant, 
Eector  of  Stan  wick,  and  has  issue,  {a)  William 
Grenville,  J.P.  for  Lincoln,  b.  October  6,  1857, 
(b)  George  Edmund,  b.  June  28,  1859,  (c)  Charles 
Glastonbury,   b.   September   7,    1862.      Mr  W.    H. 


50  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

Smyth  is  J.P.  and  D.L.  for  Lincolnshire,  of  which 
he  served  as  High  Sheriff  in  1882,  also  J.P..  for 
York,  and  High  Steward  of  Louth. 

The  second  son  is  Colonel  Edmund  Smyth  of  The 
Grange,  Welwyn,  who  is  Lord  of  the  Manor  of 
Annables ;  b.  Dec,  1823,  J.P.  for  Herts,  married  at 
Almora,  N.W.P.,  1866,  Frances  Maria,  daughter  of 
Dr  John  Gardner. 

The  third  son,  James  Grenville  Smyth  of  S. 
Elkington,  b.  June  1,  1825 ;  married  July  14, 
1858,  Emily  Royds  of  Brereton,  who  died  Nov. 
23,  1859. 

The  fourth  son,  Christopher  of  Woodford, 
Northants,  b.  Jan.  17,  1827  ;  married  at  Rochdale 
July  7,  1S57,  Clementine,  daughter  of  Clement  Royds 
of  Fallinge. 

Of  the  daughters,  Emily  Jane,  b.  Oct.  7,  1822, 
married  at  S.  Elkington,  Sept.  7,  1852,  The  Right 
Hon.  Stephen  Cave,  F.S.A,  MP.,  sometime  President 
of  the  Board  of  Trade ;  Frances,  was  born  May  26, 
1828  ;  and  Ellen  Mary,  b.  Sept.  16,  1829,  married, 
April  25,  1861,  Edw.  Wrey  Whinfield  of  Severn 
Grange,  Worcester.  Mr  and  Mrs  Smyth  of  Elking- 
ton celebrated  their  golden  wedding  in  1899. 

As  may  be  expected  in  a  family  of  so  great 
antiquity,  Elkington  possesses  a  large  collection  of 
ancient  deeds,  including  one  bearing  the  date  1284. 
For  the  sake  of  safety,  it  might  be  well  if  such 
priceless  treasures  were  to  be  fac-similed,  and  the 
originals  deposited  in  the  Bodleian  or  British 
Museum,  the  former  for  preference,  because  of  the 
rigid  rule  prohibiting  lights  of  any  kind  within  the 
four  corners  of  the  building.  The  author  is  able 
to  cite  an  instance  where  this  precaution  has  been 
taken,  and  very  much  to  the  satisfaction  of  all 
concerned. 

Historically,  the   Elkington    Smyths   have   but   a 


THE   ELKINGTON   LINE  51 

minor  record  A  William  Smyth  of  Louth,  pre- 
sumably of  this  line,  was  executed  in  1536  for 
complicity  in  the  Lincolnshire  rising  against  the 
new  learning.  He  joined  the  vicar  of  Louth  and 
the  Roman  Catholic  gentry,  sharing  their  fate. 
"With  him  was  another  William  Smyth  of 
Donington,  about  six  miles  from  Elkington,  and  a 
John  Smythe. 

Sir  George  Smyth,  the  Clerk  of  the  Pipe,  must 
have  been  a  man  of  mark,  and  probably — unlike  his 
Lincolnshire  relatives — a  Protestant,  for  his  con- 
nections, the  Lyttons  of  that  era,  were  strongly 
Puritanical,  while  Sir  John  Brocket  showed  much 
sympathy  for  the  Princess,  afterwards  Queen, 
Elizabeth  during  her  confinement  at  Ashridge  as 
her  sister's  prisoner,  and  she  was  actually  his  and 
his  wife's  (Helen  Lytton's)  guest  at  Brocket  Hall 
when  the  Lord  Mayor  came  in  state  to  carry  her 
to  Westminster  for  her  coronation.  It  may  be 
noted  that  Judith  Lytton,  after  Sir  George's  death, 
married,  as  her  second  husband,  Sir  Thomas 
Barrington*  of  Hatfield  Broadoak,  Essex ;  and  that 
one  of  Sir  George's  aunts  married  Chief-Justice 
Anderson,  another  Sir  John  Fortescue,  Master 
of  the  Great  Wardrobe,  and  a  third  one  of  the 
Raleighs.  These  alliances  will  give  a  fair  indication 
of  the  high  social  position  assumed  by  the  Smyths 
of  Annables  throughout  the  Elizabethan  period ; 
and  it  may  be  added  that  during  the  past  three 
centuries  the  family  has  been  even  more  closely 
associated  with  Herts  than  with  their  more  atavistic 
home  at  Elkington,  to  which,  however,  they  have 
reverted,  having  built  for  themselves  a  new  Elking- 
ton HalL     Stet/ortuna  domils! 

The  family  boasts  one  royal  descent,  which  may 
be  formulated  as  follows  : — 

*  The  Barrington  family  were  related  to  the  Brockets. 


52  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

Edward  L  =  Eleanor  of  Castile. 


Joan  of  Acre  =  (l)  Gilbert  De  Clare,  E.  of  Gloucester  and  Herts. 
Elizabeth  De  Clare  =  (3)  Roger,  Lord  D'Amory. 

Elizabeth  D'Amory  =  John,  Lord  Bardolph  (1313-63). 


! 

William,  Lord  Bardolph  =  Agnes,  dau.  of  Michael,  Lord  Poynines. 
(1350-86)  I 

Cecilia  Bardolph  =  Sir  Brian  Stapylton. 


Sir  Miles  Stapylton  =  Katherine,  dau.  of  Sir  Thos.  De  La  Pole. 

Elizabeth  Stapvlton  =  Sir  William  Calthorpe  (1410-94). 
I 
Anne  Calthorpe  =  Sir   Robert   Drury,    Speaker  of  the 
House  of  Commons. 
Elizabeth  Drury  =  Sir  Philip  Boteler. 


Sir  John  Boteler  =  Grizel,  dau.  of  Lord  Mavor  Sir  W.  Roche. 
I 
Sir  Henry  Boteler  =  Catherine,  great-aunt  of  Edmund  Waller,  the  poet. 

Elizabeth  Boteler  =  Sir  Anthony  Chester,  Bart. 


Sir  Anthony  Chester,  2nd  Bart.  =  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Sir  John  Peytoo. 
Sir  Anthony  Chester,  3rd  Bart.  =  Mary  Cranmer. 

! 

Diana  Chester  (1660-95)  =  Rev.  Thos.  Remington,  V.  of  Easton  Maudit. 
Barbara  Remington  =  Rev.  J.  Shann,  V.  of  Chicheley. 


Dorothea  Shann  =  Rev.  E.  Smyth,  V.  of  Gt.  Linford. 
! 
Rev.  W.  Smyth  =  Susanna  Rav. 

Rev.  W.  Smyth  =  Mary  Ray. 


William  H.  Smyth  of  Elkington  Hall  =  Sarah,  dau.  of  Rev.  J.  Sargeant, 

R.  of  Stanwick. 


William  Grenville  Smyth  (b.  1857)=  Anna  Lily,  dau.  of  Cosmo  W.  Gordon. 
William  H.  Gordon  Smyth  (b.  1893). 


CHAPTER  IV 

THE  WEST   COUNTRY  SMITHS — THE   SMITH-MARRIOTTS, 

BARONETS 

[See  Visitations  of  Devon,  1620,  and  Dorset,  1623  ;  also  "Familia 
Min.  Gentium."] 

John  le  Smythe  was  Member  for  Chard  in  1327, 
and  probably  the  first  of  his  name  in  England  to 
acquire  social  distinction,  albeit  we  find  the  name 
Faber  among  early  lists  of  Knights,  but  in  connection 
with  the  North  and  Midlands  rather  than  with  the 
West.  Of  his  blood  is  assumed  to  be  Robert,  Mayor 
of  Exeter  in  1469,  who  had  the  honour  of  entertain- 
ing King  Edward  IV.  during  his  year  of  office. 
Between  1469  and  1553,  when  William  Smith  was 
Mayor,  there  are  no  traceable  family  links,  but 
inasmuch  as  they  were  woolstaplers  in  the  chief 
towns  of  Devonshire  and  Dorset,  from  whose  ports 
the  wool  was  shipped  to  Flanders,  the  probabilities 
are  in  favour  of  the  Smiths  holding  a  commanding 
position  in  the  trade.  The  Flemish  merchants  in  the 
later  middle  ages  were  paying  such  large  prices  for 
English  wool,  that  men  of  the  highest  social  status, 
such  as  the  Dormers  and  Grevilles,  embarked  in  that 
trade.  At  all  events  we  note  about  the  Reformation 
period  that  the  Smiths  of  the  West,  while  retaining 
their  connection  with  Exeter,  had  already  advanced 
from  being  mere  yeomen  to  become  large  and  in- 
fluential landowners.  Wool  indisputably  was  the 
source  from  whence  their  wealth  accumulated,  and 
it  is  affirmed  that  already  they  had  begun  to  manu- 
facture cloth  on  their  own  account.  This  may  be ; 
but  a  profitable  and  extensive  export  trade  was  the 
53 


54  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

making  of  the  West,  and  incidentally  of  its  notable 
manufacturers,  the  Smiths. 

Robert  Smith,  the  Mayor  of  Exeter,  had  the  honour 
of  entertaining  Edward  IV.  with  his  consort ;  and 
Isacke,  in  his  "  History  of  Exeter,"  states  that  in 
return  for  his  hospitality  the  King  presented  a  sword, 
to  be  borne  ever  after  before  the  Mayor  and  his 
successors.  Inasmuch  as  the  little  western  city  had 
propitiated  His  Majesty  with  a.  douceur  of  100  nobles, 
the  royal  favour  represented  no  more  than  so  much 
discount  off,  but  the  Devonians  must  have  felt 
flattered,  for  they  further  presented  the  Queen  and 
Prince  with  £20  apiece  in  gold.  The  Mayor, 
however,  was  not  accorded  the  honour-  of  the 
accolade,  which  his  largesse  and  liberality  would 
seem  to  have  honestly  earned.  Autres  temps,  autres 
mceurs ! 

In  his  pedigree  of  the  family  Mr  Arthur  M.  Smith, 
whose  researches  deserve  high  praise — albeit  he 
elects  to  be  severe  on  the  human  fallibility  of  the 
Heralds — makes  Robert  the  Mayor  prime  ancestor. 
But  although  thus  formulating  his  pedigree,  in  the 
text  of  his  work  he  states  that  the  link  (query, 
links  ?)  between  Robert  the  Mayor  in  1469  and 
William,  Mayor  in  1553,  is  wanting — in  other  words, 
two  generations  rest  upon  the  basis  of  hypothesis, 
a  very  dangerous  foundation  in  any  case,  doubly  so 
in  that  of  a  family  bearing  a  name  so  widely  diffused 
as  that  of  Smith. 

This  line  boasts  a  royal  descent,  which,  like  most 
others,  teste  Mr  Foster,  is  a  trifle  circuitous — e.g. 
through  the  families  of  Monthermer,  Montague, 
Bevin,  and  Muttleberie.  Other  royal  descents — or 
connections  —  might  probably  be  traced  as  satis- 
factorily. The  following  appears  to  have  been  com- 
piled by,  or  for,  Sir  Nicholas  Smithe  of  Larkbear, 
circa   1624,  possibly  as  the  result  of  the  Heralds' 


THE   WEST   COUNTRY  SMITHS        55 

Visitation  of  Devon.  I  may  add  that  "  Muttleberie  " 
is  the  local  phonetic  of  "  Myrtleberry "— a  form  of 
nomenclature  as  prettily  poetic  as  "  Muttleberie "  is 
the  reverse. 

Edward  L  =  Eleanor  of  Castile. 

Joan  Plantagenet  =  (2)  Ralph  de  Monthermer. 

Thomas,  Lord  Monthermer  = . . . 

I 

Margaret  Monthermer  =  Sir  John  Montague. 

Robert  Montague  =... 

John  Montague  =  Agnes  More. 
I 
William  Montague  = ... 

"    William  Montague  = . . .  PeverelL 

Elianor  Montague  =  John  Bavin. 


Katherine  Bevin= Alexander  Muttleberie. 

Alice  Muttleberie = John  Smithe. 

Sir  George  Smithe. 
(Father  of  Sir  Nicholas  Smithe. ) 

Of  the  above,  Sir  John  Montague,  who  died  12 
Rich.  II.,  was  son  of  William  Montague,  Earl  of 
Salisbury.  Robert  was  the  second  son,  and  John 
Montague,  the  elder,  succeeded  his  uncle  as  Earl 
of  Salisbury.  Their  son  Thomas,  Earl  of  Salisbury. 
married  Elianna,  daughter  of  Thomas  Holland,  Earl 
of  Kent,  and  their  daughter  and  heiress  married^ 
Richard  Nevill,  who  became,  jure  uxoris,  Earl  of 
Salisbury,  an  arrangement  which  would  not  now  be 
sanctioned  without  a  fresh  patent. 

For  the  early  items  in  the  pedigree  which  com- 
mences with  Smith  of  Borage,  the  reader  is  referred 
to  the  Visitation  of  Devon  1623.  Here,  however,  we 
find  a  ci-ucc  in  limine,  for  Mr  A.  M.  Smith  denies  that 
John  Smith,  from  whom  the  descent  starts,  was 
of  Borage,  but  styles  him  of  Holdich  in  Thorncomb, 


56 


THE   SMITH   FAMILY 


albeit  bis  son  Tbomas  was  of  Borage  or  Burridge. 
Tbis  detail  is  verified  by  tbe  said  Jobn's  will,  and 
fortunately  does  not  affect  the  pedigree  itself:  where- 
of the  earlier  portion  stands  thus  : 


John  Smiths  a  Alice  Muttleberie. 

or  Smythe     I 


Richard. 


William,  Major 
of  Exeter. 


I 

(1)  John  Smith  of  Yar- 
combe  (queried)? 

(2)  Robert. 

(3)  Nicholas. 

(4)  Thomas. 

(6)  Thomas. 

(7)  Aron. 


Jane,  dau.  =(5)  Sir  George,  =  Grace     Viell     (de- 


of     James 

Walker. 


Major  of  Exe- 
ter, Sheriff  of 
Devon,  1615. 


scended  from  Anne, 
dan.  of  the  Earl  of 
Wilts  and  Or- 
monde), dan.  of 
William  Viell  by 
Jane  Arundell  of 
Trevise. 


Grace  =  Sir  Bevill  Gren- 

ville,  the  Cavalier. 
( Whence  the  Earls  and 
Marquesses  of  Bath,  etc. ) 


Sir  Nicholas  of  =  Dorothy  Horsey. 
Larkbeare 


I 
Elizabeth  =  Sir  Thomas 
Monck,  whence  General 
Monck,    D.    of    Albe- 
marie. 


Jane  =  Richard 
Henning, 
whence  the 
Trenchards. 


I  I  I  I  I  I  I 

Nicholas  =  Hon.   John=  George,    Edw.    Ralphe,  Right  Hon.  =  Anne,  2  dans. 


Rose   (ances- 
La.ru-    tor  of 
bait.       tbe 
Land- 
graves of 
Carolina). 


ob. 
1642. 


ob. 

ob. 

1639, 

1635, 

s.p. 

s.p. 

George, 
s.p.  ob.  1631. 


Sir    James     widow 
(ob.  1681),      ofWm. 
s.p.  Boevey. 


I 
Mary  Boevey  =  Sir  Francis  Courtenay,  who 
thus  succeeded  to  Sir  George 
Smithe's    vast    estates    in 
Devon. 


Robert,  tbe  second  son  of  John  by  Alice  Muttleberie 
(ob.  1590),  had  Aron  of  Crediton  (ob.  1631).  Nicholas 
of  Holditch,  the  third  son  (ob.  1597),  had  George,  who 
by  Margerie  ...  had  (1)  William  of  Ilminster,  (2)  Ed- 
ward of  Chard,  (3)  George  of  Ilchester  (ob.  1651),  (4) 
John  of  Taunton,  (5)  Rev.  Richard  of  Whitstanton. 

Of  these  (1)  "William  of  Ilminster,  by  his  wife 
Elizabeth,  had  (1)  John  of  Forton,  clothier  (ob.  1667), 
who  had  five  sons  and  four  daughters,  of  whom  Aron, 


THE    WEST   COUNTRY   SMITHS        57 

bapt.  1653,  may  have  been  the  Aron  Smith  who  was 
Solicitor  to  the  Treasury,  (2)  Robert  of  Hminster,  of 
whose  issue  we  treat  at  length  below,  and  with  two 
daughters,  three  other  sons. 

Thomas,  fourth  son  of  John  Smithe  by  Olive  Muttle- 
berie,  is  described  as  of  South  Chard.  By  Alice 
Atkins  he  had  Richard  Burridge  of  Crimchard, 
who  by  Agnes  Cogan  had,  with  others,  Richard  of 
S.  Chard  (ob.  1680),  whose  son  Richard  was  executed 
by  Judge  Jeffreys,  while  William,  another  son,  had 
a  numerous  issue. 

Aron,  the  youngest  son  of  John  Smithe  and  Alice 
aforesaid  (ob.  1629),  by  his  wife  Judith;  had  John 
of-  Combe,  and  Nicholas,  whose  grandson  Aron  may 
also  have  been  the  Aron,  Solicitor  to  the  Treasury 
(vide  supra).     Of  his  other  progeny  nothing  is  known. 

I  pause  here  to  remark  that  in  the  extensive 
pedigrees,  compiled  with  remarkable  diligence  by 
Mr  A  M.  Smith  and  Rev.  E.  F.  N.  Smith,  occur 
numerous  names  culled  from  parish  registers,  but 
of  no  personal  value.  For  the  sake  of  condensation 
I  omit  these  nomina  inutilia,  referring  the  reader  to 
the  above  able  works.  The  ancestor-hunter  indeed, 
so  far  as  the  Smith  families  are  concerned,  will  find 
himself  overwhelmed  by  an  embarras  de  richesses ; 
it  seems  desirable,  therefore,  to  focus  the  eye  as 
far  as  possible  on  the  main  threads.  To  the  lucidus 
ordo  of  Mr  A.  M.  Smith,  I  avow  myself  especially 
indebted.  He  has  tabulated  separately  each  principal 
descent — in  felicitous  contrast  to  the  method  of  Mr 
Augustus  Smith  whose  tree,  formulated  on  12  sheets, 
each  2  feet  long  by  l'deep,  necessitates  a  table  or 
trestle  of  24  feet  in  longitude  for  the  hapless  student. 
Divide  et  impera  is  an  excellent  rule  for  the  tree-builder. 

We  now  come  to  the  descendants  of  Robert  Smith 
of  Hminster,  second  son  of  William  of  Ilminster,  by 
his  wife   Elizabeth.      They  had   issue   (A)   Captain 


58  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

Edmond  Smith,  R.K,  born  1619,  (B)  George  of 
Moolham,  ancestor  of  the  Smith  Marriots — vide 
infra,     (c)  Another  son  and  two  daughters. 

(A.)  Captain  Edmond,  by  his  wife  Eleanor  (ob.  1695) 
had  (1)  Robert,  (2)  William  (born  1652),  (3)  Edmund, 
born  1658,  of  whom  presently,  (4)  Captain  James  of 
Poplar. 

Robert  of  Rotherhithe,  living  1712,  by  Joyce  had 
(1)  Robert  of  Barking  (1658-1747)  =  Susannah  Shippy, 
and  had  issue.  (2)  Charles  of  Waddon  (1690-1761), 
who  by  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Captain  Marriner, 
had  (1)  Charles  of  Stratford  (1713-77),  who  by 
Judith,  daughter  of  Isaac  Lefevre  of.  Stepney, 
had  Charles  of  Suttons  (1757-1814),  M.P.  for  West- 
bury  and  Saltash,  who  married  Augusta,  daughter 
and  co-heir  of  Joshua  Smith  of  Erlestoke,  Wilts, 
niece  of  Sir  Drummond  Smith,  first  Bart.,  and  by  her 
had  (1)  Sir  Charles  Joshua  Smith,  second  Bart,  of 
Suttons  (ob.  1831),  who  by  Mary,  daughter  of  William 
Gosling,  Esq.  of  Rockhampton,  had  Sir  Charles  C. 
Smith  (b.  1S27),  who  married  Agnes  F.  Cure, 
and  by  her  had  Drummond  Cunliffe,  Reginald 
Cunliffe  =  Maud  Gosling,  Frederica  M.,  and  Rev. 
C.B.H. ;  (2)  Spencer  Smith  of  Brooklands,  who 
by  Frances,  daughter  of  Sir  Michael  Seymour,  Bart., 
had  Captain  T.  S.  Smith,  R.X.,  (ob.  s.p.,  1893) ; 
Rev.  Spencer  C.  S.  (b.  1842)  =  Mary  B.  Hamilton, 
and  has  issue ;  Rev.  Orlando  S.,  Langford  Lodge, 
Salisbury  (b.  1843)  =  Theodosia,  daughter  of  Sir 
R.  England;  Captain  Gilbert  S.  (b.  1843)  =  Edith  C, 
daughter  of  A.  Pelham,  Esq. ;  and  4  daughters  ;  (3) 
Drummond,  s.p. ;  (4)  Frederick  =  Augusta  Wilder ; 
(5)  Emma  =  Rev.  Austen  Leigh;  (6)  Frances  =  Rev. 
R.  Seymour;  (7)  Eliza  =  Sir  D.  Le  Marchant,  Bart.; 
(8)  Maria  =  Sir  John  Seymour. 

The  second  son  of  Charles  of  Waddon,  by  Rebecca 
Marriner,  was  William  of  Camer,   Kent  (1719-64). 


THE   WEST   COUNTRY  SMITHS        59 

He  married  Katherine,  daughter  and  heiress  of 
George  Masters,  Esq.,  Squire  of  Camer,  and  by 
her  had  (1)  George  of  Camer  (1757-1831)  =  Rebecca, 
daughter  of  Nicholas  Brett,  and  by  her  had  (1) 
William  Masters  Smith  of  Camer,  MP.  (1802-61)  = 
Frances,  daughter  of  Sir  Howard  Elphinstone,  Bart. ; 
(2)  William  Cowburn  (d.  1854)  who  was  succeeded 
at  Camer  by  Rev.  A.  Smith  Masters  (1820-75),  who 
by  R.  M.,  daughter  of  Archdeacon  Randall,  had 
Rev.  J.  E.  Smith  Masters  =  Eliza  M.,  daughter  of  S. 
Melville  ;  (3)  Edward  Twopeny  =  Elizabeth  ....  The 
younger  brother  of  Mr  George  Smith  of  Camer  was 
William  Smith  of  Fairy  Hall  (1760-1830)  =  Catherine, 
daughter  of  John  Manby,  Esq.  of  Holbrook,  and  by  her 
had(l)Edward  F.,Q.C,  Bencher  of  the  Middle  Temple, 
ob.  s.p.  1877 ;  (2)  Charles  Manby,  b.  1819,  Master 
of  the  Q.B.,  and  afterwards  Judge  of  the  Supreme 
Court  =  Georgina  F.,  daughter  of  Governor  Ibbetson, 
and  had  issue :  Reginald  M.  of  Bifrons ;  Arthur 
Mortan  (author  of  the  Smiths  of  Exeter) ;  Ernest 
Manby ;  Bertram  Robert ;  Gertrude  M. ;  William 
W.  =  Florence  Elvira,  and  had  issue  :  Amy  Georgina  ; 
Walter  M.  G.  =  Katherine  Maud,  and  has  issue. 

We  now  come  to  Edmund  Smith,  Consul  at  Teneriffe, 
who  is  said  to  have  been  buried  at  Christ  Church. 
Newgate,  in  1705.  By  his  wife  Isabel  he  had  a  son 
Ralph,  who,  dying  in  1748,  left  with  other  issue  Robert 
(1741-1810),  who  by  Martha  Davis  had,  with  other 
issue — (a)  Robert  of  Carey's,  Brockenhurst  (1769- 
1849),  who  by  Ann  Bowden  had  a  very  numerous 
issue:  (1)  Nathaniel  Bowden  Smith  (1797-1886)  = 
Emily  M.  Ripley,  and  had,  by  her  with  others,  Philip 
Bowden  (1828-95),  who  by  Emily  Robertson  had  a 
large  family;  Nathaniel  Bowden  (b.  1838)  =  Emily 
Cecilia  Sandeman,  and  by  her  had  three  daughters  ; 
and  Rev.  Frederic  H.  Bowden  (b.  1S41)  =  Harriet 
Hardis,  and  has  six  children.     (2)  Richard  Bowden 


60  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

(1800-81)  =  Georgina  E,  daughter  of  "Walter  Long, 
Esq.,  and  had  issue,  Walter  B.  B.  of  Vernalls  (b. 
1850)  =  Julia  Humphreys.  (/S)  Henry  Bates  Smith 
(1776-1834)  =  Martha  Ferris,  and  by  her  had,  with 
others,  Henry  Goodenough  (1814-78)  =  Jane  Cooper, 
and  by  her  had,  with  others,  Rev.  H.  R.  Cooper 
Smith  "(b.  1851). 

"We  must  now,  following  the  order  of  what 
Aristotle  terms  priority  and  posteriority,  revert  to 
(B.)  George  Smith  of  Moolham,  W.  Dowlish  (1624- 
1700).  His  son  John  (1659-1729)  by  his  wife  Mary 
(1653-1729)  had,  with  others,  George  (d.  1730),  who, 
by  Elizabeth  his  wife,  had  Henry  of  New  Windsor, 
(1714-68),  who  by  Mary  Hill  (d.  1757)  had,  with 
others,  including  Rev.  Doctor  Edmund,  Rector  of 
Godmanston  and  Fellow  of  Magd.  Coll.,  Camb.  (1747- 
1814),  Sir  George  Smith,  first  Bart,  of  Sydling  (1744- 
1807).  He  was  F.RS.  and  Sheriff  of  Dorset,  1773. 
By  his  first  wife,  Elizabeth  Carter  of  "Wilsthorpe,  he 
had,  with  others,  including  Amelia  =  Hon.  R.  Quin,  son 
of  the  Earl  of  Dunraven,  Sir  John  Wyldbore  Smith, 
second  Bart.,  Sheriff  of  Dorset,  1814  (1770-1852).  He 
married  Elizabeth  A,  daughter  of  Rev.  Dr  Marriott 
of  Horsmonden  (1770-1847),  and  by  her  had  (1)  Sir 
John  James  Smith,  third  Bart,  of  Sydling  (1800-62) 
=  Frances  Penney  of  Somerton  Erleigh,  and  died 
s.p. ;  (2)  Rev.  Sir  "William  M.  Smith-Marriott,  Rector 
of  Horsmonden,  who  assumed  the  name  of  Marriott 
(1801-64).  By  his  first  wife  Julia  E,  daughter  of  T. 
L.  Hodges,  M.P.,  he  had  Sir  William  Smith  Marriott, 
fifth  Bart.,  Sheriff  of  Dorset,  1876  =  Elizabeth  D., 
daughter  of  Hon.  R.  Cavendish,  son  of  Lord  Water- 
park,  and  by  her  had  with  others  his  heir,  William 
J.  Smith  Marriott  (b.  1870) ;  John  Bosworth,  4th 
Dragoon  Guards  (b.  1837)  =  Julia  F.,  daughter  of  C. 
J.  Redclyffe  (issue,  William  (b.  1865)  =  C.  M.  Austen; 
Charles  E.  ;  Rev.  W.  N.  P.  =  Hilda) ;  Hugh  Forbes,  R. 


THE   WEST   COUNTRY  SxMITHS        61 

of  Horsmonden  =  Frances,  daughter  of  Admiral  Hon. 
J.  G.  Cavendish  (issue,  Hugh  R.  C. ;  George  R  W. ; 
Frances  J.  E.).  Rev.  Horace  Meeres  =  Charlotte 
L.  Peareth — issue  ;  and  two  daughters.  (3)  Henry 
C  Smith  (1806-34),  R  of  Rushton,  s.p.  (4)  Reginald 
Southwell  (1809-95)  =  Emily  G.,  daughter  of  H.  H. 
Simpson  of  Bath  (issue,  with  others,  Reginald  Bos- 
worth,  Fellow  of  Trin.  Coll.,  Oxford,  author  of  a 
Life  of  Lord  Laurence,  etc.  =  Flora,  dau.  of  Rev.  E. 
D.  Wickham,  and  had  issue ;  Walter  W.  Marriott, 
R.  A.  =  Alice  Ley  of  Trehill,  and  had  issue ;  Rev.  E. 
Floyer  Noel,  M.A.,  Vicar  of  St  Mary,  Tottenham  ; 
Caledon  E.,  Colonel  of  the  Dorset  Regiment ;  others. 
(5)  Rev.  Francis  R.  of  Rushton  (1816-51)  =  Mary 
Bogue,  and  had  issue,  with  others,  Rev.  Francis  A, 
R  of  Rushton.  (6)  Major  Edward  Heathcote  (1813- 
69)  =  Christina,  daughter  of  Edward  Mackintosh, 
Esq.,  of  Geddes,  and  had  issue.  (7)  Ann  Eliza  (1803- 
59)  =  Rev.  John  D.  Wingfield  Digby,  nephew  of 
Earl  Digby,  and  left  issue. 

It  may  be  added  that  Susanna,  sister  of  the  first 
Bart.,  had  by  Captain  Bechinoe,  R.N.,  a  daughter 
Mary,  who  married  (1)  the  fourth  Duke  of  Roxburgh, 
(2)  the  Hon.  John  Tollemache,  son  of  the  E.  of 
Dysart,  but  had  issue  by  neither  husband.  Also 
that  the  Rev.  E.  Floyer  Noel  Smith  of  Trinity  Coll., 
Oxford,  is  author  of  "  The  Pedigree  of  Smith  " — a 
work  of  considerable  research,  to  which  I  avow  my- 
self indebted.     He  ?ives  the  following:  Marriott  tree  : 


Hugh  Marriott  of  Spelmonden  =  Lydia,  grand-dau.  of  Sir 
(d.  1753).  Vivian  Pearson. 


I 
Rev.  J.  Marriott,  LL.  D.  =  Catharine,  dau.  of  Sir  John  Bos-worth, 
(b.  1743). 

Elizabeth  =  Sir  J.  Wyldbore  Smith,  Bart. 

Anns  of  Sir  George  Smith,  Smyth,  or  Smithe,  1615  :—Sa.  a  feue  and  -' 
barrulett  between  5  martlet*  or. 


62  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

We  now  revert  to  Robert  Smith  of  Ilminster,  who 
died  in  1656.  By  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth,  he  had 
(1)  Robert  of  Ilminster  (1629-95),  who  by  Elizabeth... 
had  Robert  of  Bishopshull  (1659-1714)  =  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  John  Lucas  of  Sherborne,  widow  of 
John  Bind  on,  issue,  three  daughters ;  Thomas  of 
Ilminster,  (ob.  s.p.  1727) ;  "William  of  the  Tower  of 
London  (ob.  1737),  who  by  Mary  Sawtell,  had,  with 
others,  Edmund  of  London  (1707-79),  who  by  Eliza- 
beth Blunkett,  had  William  Smithe  of  Horsham 
Park  (ob.  1788)  =  Sarah,  daughter  of  Simon  Forster 
of  Aldermaston,  and  by  her  had  Edmund  of  Horsham 
Park  (1772-1845)  =  Mary,  daughter  of  Peter  Du 
Cane,  Esq.,  of  Braxted,  and  had  Rev.  Percy  (1804- 
76),  who  by  Mary,  daughter  of  Rev.  L.  Kenrick 
had  Rev.  W.  H.  G.  Vicar  of  Horton,  Northants ; 
Frederick  (1806-69)  =  Isabella  0.,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Dr  James,  Preb.  of  Worcester,  and  had  Percy  S.  G. 
of  Shermanbury ;  William  Forster  of  Staplefield  Place 
(1813-68)  =  Lilla  R,  daughter  of  A.  S.  Greene,  Esq. 
of  Lewes,  and  had  Edmund  Du  Cane  (b.  1853),  Forest 
Service  of  India  ;  Arthur  D'Orville  ;  Percy  B. ;  Bel- 
ville  G. ;  Alexander  EL.  G.  =  Amy  Redcroft ;  Lilla  L.  ; 
Joseph  Godman  of  Park  Hatch,  Surrey  =  Caroline  . . . 

The  second  son  of  Robert  of  Ilminster  was  William, 
Mayor  of  Lyme  Regis  (1631-77).  By  Dorothy  Cars- 
well  he  had,  with  others,  Robert  of  Langham  (ob. 
1791),  who  =  (1)  Rebecca  Tin-ell,  and  by  her  had 
John  Smith  of  Honiton.  He  married  (2)  Mary 
Woolmington,  and  by  her  had  Alderman  Sir  William 
Smith.  Sheriff  of  Middlesex  and  Dorset  (ob.  1752), 
who,  by  Elizabeth  '...,  had  a  daughter,  Susanna 
(ob.  s.p.  1742).  The  third  son  of  Robert  of  Ilminster 
was  Thomas  of  Exeter  (1634-1709),  who,  by  Anne, 
had  Thomas,  Eleanor  (ob.  1713),  and  Margaret  = 
Richard  Knight  of  Deal,  nephew  of  Morgan  Lodge 
of  Eastrv,  and  left  issue. 


THE   WEST   COUNTRY   SMITHS        63 

For  the  voluminous  pedigree  of  the  American 
Smiths,  descending  from  John  Smith  of  Exeter  (b. 
1611),  I  must  refer  the  reader  to  the  valuable  work 
of  Mr  A.  M.  Smith,  entituled,  "  Some  Account  of  the 
Smiths  of  Exeter.  By  One  of  them"  He  has  added 
the  pedigree  of  the  Ashstead  Smiths,  who  claim  de- 
scent from  Sir  Nicholas  of  Larkbeare  (vide  sicpra), 
but  whose  first  verified  ancestor  is  Captain  John 
Smith,  buried  at  St  Mary  Magdalene,  Bermondsey, 
1714.  Of  his  issue,  Captain  Nathaniel  (ob.  1730)  of 
St  Giles,  Cripplegate,  by  Ann,  daughter  of  James 
Gould,  had  Nathaniel  of  Ashstead,  a  posthumous 
son  (ob.  1794).  He  was  M.P.  for  Rochester  and 
Chairman  of  the  E.I.C.  By  Hester,  daughter  of 
George  Dance,  City  Architect,  and  sister  of  George 
Dance,  R.A.,  he  had,  with  others,  George,  Chief- 
Justice  of  the  Mauritius  -  Sarah,  daughter  of  J. 
Hardman,  Esq.,  of  Manchester,  and  by  her  had  (1) 
Nathaniel  of  Ashstead  =  Eliza,  daughter  of  General 
Auchmuty ;  (2)  Felix  Vaughan  (ob.  1876)  =  Charlotte, 
heiress  of  Sir  Hugh  Massey,  Bart.,  and  by  her  had 
Frances  M. ;  Watkin  Wingfield  (ob.  1886) ;  (3) 
Edmund  Loman  =  Hester  ...  ;  (4)  Sarah  =  Robert, 
Lord  Abinger.  Their  daughter  Frances  =  Rev.  S. 
Lidderdale  Smith,  Canon  of  Hereford,  and  has 
issue. 

Mr  A.  M.  Smith  further  appends  the  pedigree  of 
Smith    of    Cawood,   who    may,    like    the    Ashstead 

Smiths,  descend  from  Sir  Nicholas  of  Larkbeare 

in  any  case  this  tree  is  of  interest,  inasmuch  as  it 
includes  among  its  scions  that  gallant  General,  Sir 
Harry  Smith,  of  whom  more  particularly  amon°- 
Celebrities  of  the  name. 

At. the  close  of  the  seventeenth  century  we  find  the 
names  of  James  and  Richard  Smith  of  Cawood,  the 
latter  apparently  being  the  senior,  possibly  father  or 
uncle  of  the  former.     "We  will  treat  them  separately. 


64  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

First,  James  (ob.  1692,  set.  54).  By  his  wife 
Martha  he  had,  with  others,  Jonah,  whose  son  James 
(1695-1755)  by  Anne  Torre  had  Nicholas  of  Cawood 
(ob.  1 794)  =  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Rev.  R  Halstead, 
and  by  her  had  Nicholas,  of  the  Middle  Temple, 
Accountant- General  of  the  Court  of  Chancery  (buried 
at  Stanmore,  1819)  =  Elizabeth  D.  F,  daughter  of  Sir 
Edmund  Anderson,  Bart. 

Richard  Smith  of  Cawood  had  Ashton  (ob.  1689, 
aet.  22),  and  a  second  son.  [His  cousin,  Rev.  W.  J. 
Smith  of  Cawood  had  a  son,  Peter  of  Ely  (ob.  1796).] 
The  above  second  son  left  John  of  Worboys,  who,  by 
Martha,  daughter  of  John  Wakelyn  of  Whittlesey, 
had  Wakelyn  (ob.  1759),  who  =  his  first  cousin, 
Susanna  (ob.  1804),  and  by  her  had  John,  surgeon,  of 
Whittlesey  (1756-1843)  =  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Minor  Canon  Moore  of  Peterborough.  Their  issue 
was  numerous — e.g.  (1)  William  G.  (1790-1830)  = 
Sophia  Fothergill,  and  by  her  had  George  (ob.  1877) 
=  Elizabeth  Brewster;  (2)  John  S.  (1792-1819)  = 
Anne  Maydwell,  and  had  John  S.  =  Mary  Wells ; 
(3)  William  F. ;  (4)  Sir  Harry  G.  W.,  of  Aliwal, 
Bart.,  G.C.B.  (ob.  1860)  =  Juana  Maria  De  Los 
Dolores  De  Leon,  s.p. ;  (5)  Colonel  Thomas  Laurence, 
C.B.  =  (1)  Catherine  Maydwell,  and  by  her  had  Harry, 
who  assumed  his  mother's  name,  and  was  father  of 
Colonel  R  L.  W.  M.  Maydwell ;  Colonel  Hugh,  s.p. ; 
Captain  R  L.,  of  Thames  Ditton  =  his  cousin  Alice; 
Colonel  T.  L.  Smith ;  =  (2)  Elizabeth  Morris,  and  by 
her  had  Alice  =  Captain  R.  L.  (vide  supra) ;  Harriet 
(ob.  1866),  author  of  a  Memoir  entituled  "  Home- 
wards"; Colonel  Wellesley,  K.C.B.  ;  and  Charles, 
RN.  (ob.  s.p.) ;  (6)  Samuel,  surgeon,  of  Whittlesey, 
whose  son,  Henry  Terry  Smith  of  Northampton  = 
Louisa  ...  ;  (7)  Daniel  S.  =  Jane  Alice  ...  ;  (8)  George 
Hardy  of  St  Ives  =  Elizabeth  ...;  (9)  Charles,  J.P., 
D.L.,  of  Whittlesey  (ob.  1854),  by  Mary,  daughter  of 


THE   WEST   COUNTRY  SMITHS        65 

Abraham  Smith,  Esq.  of  Eastrea  Hall,  Cambridge- 
shire, had  Anne  Agnes  (ob.  1885)  =  Staff-Surgeon 
Ford;  John  A=Jennetta  H,  daughter  of  W.  M. 
Ford,  and  by  her  had,  with  others,  Arthur  Ford 
(ob.  1895,  s.p.),  B.A.,  Cambridge ;  George  Moore  (ob. 
1870),  solicitor,  of  Whittlesey  =  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Eev.  J.  C.  Franks  (and  had  issue,  with  others,  George 
M,  M.A,  Cambridge;  Harry  Wakelyn,  M.A,  Cam- 
bridge; Wilfrid  H.  M.,  Lieut.  RM.L.I);  Captain 
Harry  (ob.  1857)  =  Mary  Lambarde,  and  had 
Harry  St  Lawrence,  Eastern  Telegraphs  Company. 


CHAPTER  V 

THE  CARRINGTONS  AND  CARINGTONS — EARL  CAR- 
RINGTON — LORD  PAUNCEFOTE — SMTTHES,  BARTS. — 
BROMLEYS,    BARTS.,    ETC. 

[Vide  Visitations  of  Essex,  1612,  1634;  Norfolk,  1612;  and  Warwick,  1619.] 

Starting  from  the  Horatian  maxim,  "fortes  creantur 
fortibus  et  bonis,"  the  late  Mr  Augustus  Smith,  M.P., 
of  Tresco,  set  to  work,  and  in  masterly  fashion,  to 
demonstrate  that  the  Smiths  of  Cropwell  Boteler 
were  not  descended  from  the  Cavalier  Smyths,  als 
Carington,  but  from  a  humble  yeoman  who  could 
not  so  much  as  sign  his  name.  So  far  so  good. 
Unfortunately,  this  gentleman  being  an  alumnus  of 
the  Manchester  school,  imported  into  his  otherwise 
admirable  tractate  a  quantity  of  fustian  concerning 
civil  and  religious  liberty,  assuming  as  self-evident 
that  the  Cavalier  nobleman  was  the  enemy,  and  the 
illiterate  yeoman's  son  the  enlightened  friend,  of  these 
priceless  boons.  Had  he  not  perused  English  his- 
tory through  the  prejudiced  medium  of  Manchester 
doctrinaires,  had  he  not  been  fascinated  by  the  lurid 
colouring  imparted  by  the  Philistine  Carlyle  to  the 
character  of  Cromwell,  he  might  have  written  other- 
wise, because  these  very  Cavaliers  who  took  up  arms 
for  the  King  had  been  among  the  first  to  resist  ship- 
money  ;  and  to  pourtray  a  military  despot  as  champion 
of  liberty  is  to  outrage  common-sense.  Besides,  if  one 
reads  Mr  Augustus  Smith  between  the  lines,  it  seems 
pretty  evident  that  his  cool  assumption  as  to  the  super- 
iority of  a  boor  to  a  man  of  refinement  amounts  to 
nothing  less  than  an  apt  illustration  of  the  fable  of  the 
fox  and  the  grapes.     If  this  exponent  of  Manchester 

66 


CAERINGTONS,   CARINGTONS,  ETC.     67 

politics  could  have  proved  his  descent  from  noble 
Carington  and  his  illustrious  ancestors,  the  Crusaders, 
we  should  have  been  spared  the  apotheosis  of  the  boor. 
No  doubt,  with  a  feeling  of  infinite  sorrow,  the  laird 
of  Tresco  would  have  resigned  himself  to  a  hard  fate 
which  had  made  him — of  course  against  his  will ! — 
sharer  of  the  blood  that  flowed  in  the  veins  of  a 
Cavalier.  But  he  would  have  lost  the  opportunity 
of  thanking  God  that  he  was  not  as  other  gentlemen 
are — loyalists,  churchmen — even  as  this  Carington. 

Setting  aside  political  animus,  one  may  bestow 
the  highest  praise  on  Mr  Augustus  Smith's  genea- 
logical honesty.  When  a  man  goes  ancestor-hunting, 
and  tells  you,  in  limine,  that  his  loftiest  ambition 
is  to  discover  a  link  with  a  chimney-sweep  or  a 
ploughboy,  simply  you  cannot  believe  him ;  but  if 
in  the  course  of  his  quest  he  learns  that  previous 
attempts  to  link  his  line  with  positive  ancestry  have 
no  firmer  basis  than  the  manipulations  of  some  inter- 
ested Ananias,  and  if  he  resolutely  determines  to 
quash  the  lie,  he  is  entitled  to  the  highest  respect, 
and,  indeed,  to  the  gratitude  of  those  who,  like  the 
present  Lord  Carrington,  repudiate  a  mythical  preten- 
sion. Let  us  briefly  glance  .at  the  situation  as  exposed 
by  Mr  Augustus  Smith. 

Sir  Michael  Carington  was  standard-bearer  to 
Eichard  I.,  and  for  that  reason  doubtless  an  object 
of  loathing  to  all  Manchester.  A  descendant  of  his 
— according  to  "The  Visitation  of  Essex" — having 
espoused  the  losing  side  in  the  "Wars  of  the  Eoses, 
fled  the  country,  but  reappeared  under  the  name 
Smith.  For  reasons  more  or  less  intelligible,  his 
descendants  foreswore  their  ancient  and  honourable 
patronymic,  and  were  known  simply  as  Smiths,  or 
rather,  to  be  exact,  as  Smyths.  By  an  alliance 
with  the  elder  co-heiress  of  the  Warwickshire  Hare- 
wells —  her  younger  sister  married,  as   his   second 


68  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

wife,  Leonard  Eede  of  Boarstal — they  obtained 
Wootton  "Wawen,  and  again,  by  annexing  another 
Midland  heiress,  in  the  succeeding  generation,  Ashby 
Folville,  in  Leicestershire,  where  are  monuments  to  their 
memory,  restored  by  the  late  Lord  Carrington,  under 
the  impression,  for  which  Sir  "William  Betham  must  be 
held  responsible,  that  he  was  thereby  honouring  his 
ancestors.  When  Charles  I.  created  the  Carington 
viscountcy  the  family  resumed  their  true  patronymic. 

The  first  of  the  Caringtons,  alias  Smyth,  to  reside 
at  Ashby  Folville  was  Francis,  son  of  Sir  John  Smyth 
of  Wootton  Wawen  by  Agnes,  daughter  and  co- 
heiress of  John  Harewell.  He  married  Mary, 
daughter  and  heiress  of  John  Moreton,  and  by  her, 
who  died  in  1563,  had  a  son  George,  stated  to  have 
died  in  1607,  aet.  30.  These  dates  are  obviously 
erroneous,  inasmuch  as  they  make  the  said  George 
to  have  been  born  in  1577 — i.e.  fourteen  years  after 
his  mother's  decease.  He  married  Anne,  daughter  of 
Sir  Thomas  Giffard  of  Chillington,  and  although  only 
thirty  at  his  death,  by  her  had  twelve  children ! 

All  of  this  is,  to  say  the  least,  confused,  albeit 
certified  by  Sir  William  Betham.  Anyhow,  George's 
eldest  son  married  a  Nottinghamshire  lady,  Miss 
Markham.  Called  Francis,  after  his  grandsire,  he 
was  knighted,  and  died  in  1629,  leaving  one  son,  Sir 
Charles,  who  became,  by  favour  of  King  Charles, 
Lord  Carington,  and  was  killed  in  France  in  1664. 
The  fifth  son  of  George,  by  Anne  Giffard,  was  John 
Smyth,  alias  Carington,  and  Sir  William  Betham 
identified  him  with  another  John  Smith,  a  yeoman 
of  Cropwell  Boteler,  the  ancestor  of  the  existing  Lord 
Carrington  and  of  the  late  Mr  Augustus  Smith,  M.P. 

It  will  be  remembered  that  George  Smith,  alias 
Carington,  of  Ashby  Folville,  died  in  1607,  aet.  30. 
John  Smith — minus  the  Carington  alias — of  Cropwell 
Boteler,  was   born  in   1593,  when  his  alleged  sire, 


CARRINGTONS,   CARINGTONS,   ETC.     69 

according  to  Betham's  hopelessly  muddled  figures, 
was  sixteen,  and  as,  ex  hypothesi,  he  was  the  fifth 
son,  George  must  have  begun  to  reproduce  his.  species 
very  early  in  life.  That,  of  course,  is  a  detail  capable 
of  emendation,  if  the  dates  could  be  brought  into 
harmony  with  the  true  Carington  pedigree.  As  the 
tree  stands  it  is  simply  inexplicable. 

Betham,  and  the  champions  of  the  Carington 
descent  of  the  present  Smiths,  who  come  undoubtedly 
from  John  of  Cropwell,  urge  that  this  John  had 
abjured  the  Eoman  creed,  to  which  the  true  Caring- 
tons  had  adhered  in  the  teeth  of  Protestant  perse- 
cution ;  also,  that  by  his  marriage  with  Elizabeth 
Garton,  a  yeoman's  daughter,  and  his  political  as  well 
as  religious  principles,  he  had  been  discarded  by  his 
family.  But  apparently  for  these  hypotheses  there 
exists  no  proof  whatsoever.  Moreover,  Nichol's 
pedigree  ("  History  of  Leicestershire ")  clashes  with 
certain  pedigrees  in  the  British  Museum,  date  circa 
1764,  the  object  of  which  pedigrees  was  to  prove,  that 
the  male  issue  of  the  old  Carington  line  was  extinct 
— this  in  reference  to  the  devolution  of  estates.  It 
may  be  that  these  pedigrees,  having  been  compiled 
with  intention,  lie  open  to  suspicion.  They  were 
accepted,  however,  by  the  Court  without  dispute, 
and  therein  we  find  no  John,  son  of  George  of 
Ashby,  but  on  the  contrary  a  John,  son  of  Sii 
Francis,  and  brother  of  the  first  Lord  Carington, 
which  John  died  s.p. !  If  the  descendants  of  John 
of  Cropwell  had  perceived  a  chance  of  obtaining  the 
Carington  estates,  it  is  practically  certain  that  such 
shrewd  men  of  business  —  Nottingham  bankers  — 
would  not  have  let  the  opportunity  slip.  So  far 
from  entering  even  a  caveat,  they  never  dreamt  of 
any  kinship,  inasmuch  as  Thomas,  High  Sheriff  for 
Notts  in  1717,  had  already  applied  to  the  Heralds' 
College  for  a  grant  of  arms,  alleging  that  he  was 


70  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

uncertain  what  arms  did  belong  to  his  family,  and 
was  unwilling  to  bear  any  to  which  he  had  not  a 
just  title.  It  seems  rather  putting  a  gloss  on  such 
words  to  assume  that  they  were  meant  as  a  sort  of 
challenge  to  the  college  to  confirm  a  right  to  bear 
the  Carington  coat,  though  it  may  be  admitted  that 
the  simpler  plan  would  have  been  to  urge  that  the 
family  never  had  borne  arms  at  all,  but,  as  Sydney 
Smith  sarcastically  affirmed,  had  been  in  the  habit  of 
sealing  their  letters  with  their  thumbs.  The  Smiths, 
it  may  be  remarked,  two  and  three  centuries  ago 
were  as  addicted  to  an  alias  as  in  later  years.  Thus 
the  first  of  Cropwell  Boteler  Smiths  was  Stanydge 
or  Standish,  alias  Smith ;  just  as  the  heir  of  Mr 
Augustus  Smith,  M.P.,  called  himself  Smith-Dorrien. 
It  should  be  added  that  the  Smith  alias  Stanydge 
wills  and  the  register  of  Titheby,  the  parish  whereof 
Cropwell  is  a  hamlet,  go  to  demonstrate  that  John  of 
Cropwell  was  son  of  John  Smith,  alias  Stanydge,  and 
not  of  George  Carington,  grandfather  of  the  first  Vis- 
count Carington.  Here  the  research  of  Mr  Augustus 
Smith,  M.P.,  has  proved  especially  valuable  and  con- 
vincing, and  it  is  a  matter  for  regret  that  a  mere 
problem  in  genealogy  could  not  have  been  submitted 
to  impartial  consideration  without  importing  political 
and  polemical  animus.  That  Providence  has  been 
invariably  on  the  side  of  the  Whigs  amounts  to  an 
indemonstrable  hypothesis,  and  that  all  descendants 
of  Roundheads  have  been  blessed,  and  all  of  Cavaliers 
cursed,  is  a  generalisation  altogether  too  sweeping  to 
bear  the  test  of  analysis.  That  no  family  has  so 
prospered  as  the  Nottingham  Smiths  during  the  past 
two  centuries  cannot  be  controverted.  That  this 
phenomenon  must  be  referred  to  a  higher  power 
every  man  who  respects  religion  will  affirm.  But 
that  the  adherence  of  the  Smiths  to  buff  and  dis- 
sociation  with    blue    had    anything    to   do   with   it 


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represents  the  type  of  argument  that  would  only 
appeal  to  the  very  ignorant  or  supremely  prejudiced. 
Force  of  character,  practical  talent,  plus  the  favour 
of  God  have  combined  to  make  the  Smiths ;  and  so 
long  as  they  retain  their  ancestral  virtues,  it  may  be 
safely  prophesied  that  they  will  not  be  unmade. 

The  following  references  to  the  old  Caringtons 
supplement  the  account  given  in  the  Heralds' 
Visitations : — 

(1)  A  precis  taken  from  the  <:  Diet.  Nat.  Bio- 
graphy":— -Sir  John  Smith  (sic)  (1616-44),  Royalist; 
born  at  Studley,  "Warwickshire,  being  the  fourth  son 
of  Francis  Smith  of  Queeniborough,  Leicestershire, 
by  Anne,  daughter  of  Thomas  Markham  of  Allerton, 
Notts.  His  eldest  brother  was  raised  to  the  peerage 
in  1643  as  Baron  Carington  of  Wootton  Wawen  or 
Wavern,  and  Viscount  Carington  of  Barreford,  in 
Connaught.  Educated  as  a  Roman  Catholic,  he 
joined  the  Spanish  army  and  served  in  Flanders. 
He  then  offered  his  sword  to  King  Charles  L,  and 
receiving  a  commission  defeated  the  Scots  at  Staple- 
ford.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  he  received 
a  Captaincy  under  Lord  John  Stewart,  and  took  part 
in  a  skirmish  at  Powick.  At  Edgehill  he  recovered 
the  Royal  Standard,  which  had  been  captured  by  the 
enemy  after  the  death  of  Sir  Edmund  Verney,  and  for 
this  exploit  was  made  knight- banneret  on  the  field. 
Taken  prisoner  by  Waller,  he  was  released,  and  served 
as  Colonel  of  Lord  Herbert's  Horse  at  Oxford.  He  was 
killed  in  a  skirmish  with  Waller's  troops  at  Cheriton, 
and  is  buried  in  Christ  Church  Cathedral,  Oxford." 

(2)  From  "  Stemmata  Ferraria,"  by  the  late 
Augustus  Smith,  M.P.,  of  Tresco :  "  The  Smyth 
alias  Carington  family  derived  its  origin  from  Sir 
Michael  Carington,  Standard- Bearer  to  King  Richard 
I.  in  the  Holy  Land,  and  was  long  seated  in  the 
County  of  Essex  at  Cressing  Temple.   The  name  Smyth 


72  THE   SMITH  FAMILY 

(Smythe)  or  Smith  is  reported  to  have  been  adopted 
during  the  Wars  of  the  Roses  for  the  purposes  of 
concealment,  and  afterwards  retained  during  several 
generations.  Its  chief  seat  was  subsequently  trans- 
ferred to  Wootton,  in  Warwickshire,  by  a  marriage 
with  an  heiress  of  the  Harewell  family,  and  still  later 
to  Ashby  Folville,  in  Leicestershire,  by  another  mar- 
riage with  the  heiress  of  the  Mortons  in  the  reign 
of  Henry  VIII.,  about  1540.  During  the  Civil  Wars 
the  head  of  the  family  was  created  by  Charles  I. 
Baron  Carington,  and  the  family  to  a  certain  extent 
gradually  resumed  the  name  of  Carington.  At  this 
period  the  several  branches  were  numerous,  and 
for  the  most  part  adhered  to  the  Roman  Catholic 
faith. 

"  Wootton  Wavern  (Wawen)  is  now  possessed, 
curiously  enough,  by  a  baronet  of  the  name  of  Smyth. 
This  family  are  of  Acton  Barrell  (Burnell),  in  Shrop- 
shire, and  acquired  this  property  by  the  marriage 
with  the  widow  of  its  last  Carington  owner." 


The  Cropwell  Boteler  Like 

Thomas  Smith  (1631-99)  =  (1)  Mary  Hooper,  and 
by  her  had  two  daughters,  Mary  (1665-1720),  who  by 
John  Egleton  had  a  son,  Sir  Charles,  ancestor  of 
the  Kents,  Barts. ;  and  Fortune  (1669-91).  He  = 
(2)  Fortune,  daughter  of  a  Roundhead  artilleryman, 
named  Collin,  of  Nottingham,  and  by  her  (1654-1715) 
had  Thomas,  John,  Samuel,  Abel,  Jane,  and  Anne. 
From  Thomas,  Samuel,  and  Abel  sprang  three 
distinct  branches. 

Thomas,  the  eldest  son  (1682-1727),  left  no  son, 
but  a  skein  of  daughters.  Of  these,  Mary  =  Dr 
Tennison,  nephew  of  the  Archbishop  and  Chancellor 
of  the  Diocese  of  Oxford  ;   Elizabeth  =  Giles  Eyre  ; 


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Katherine  =  "William  Ring ;  Anne,  who  died  in  1786 
=  Henry  Walters,  and  Harriot,  died  in  1784. 

Samuel,  of  Gadsby,  Leicestershire,  goldsmith,  of 
London,  who  died  in  1651,  =  Elizabeth,  heiress  of 
John  Cartlich,  goldsmith,  and  by  her  had  (1)  John 
(1716-17),  (2)  Anne  (b.  1718),  (3)  John,  (4)  Thomas 
(1720-65),  of  Nottingham  and  Keyworth  =  Dorothy 
Lister  (who  remarried  Henry  Powys  of  the  Abbey, 
Shrewsbury),  and  by  her  had  Elizabeth  =  Sir  Philip 
Hales,  Bart.,  and  by  him  had  Elizabeth,  of  Brymore, 
Somerset,  at  whose  decease  Brymore  passed  to  the 
Bouveries ;  (5)  Samuel,  of  Aldermanbury  and  Epsom 
(1722-89)  =  Elizabeth  (1723-82),  daughter  of  Thos. 
Watson,  and  by  her  had  (1)  Elizabeth,  (2)  Samuel 
(1755-93),  M.P.  for  Ilchester  and  Worcester  =  Mary, 
daughter  of  Geo.  Lockyer  (who  remarried  . . .  Brett- 
ingham),  and  by  her  left  Thomas  (1778-1S06),  s.p., 
and  three  daughters  ;  (3)  Thomas  (1755-1800)  =  Hon. 
Mary  Hely  Hutchinson,  daughter  of  Lord  Donough- 
more,  and  by  her  had  (1)  William,  E.I.C.S.  (1792- 
1821),  s.p.,  (2)  Christiana  =  Rev.  Geo.  Almond,  (3) 
Rev.  Hely  Hutchinson  (1796-1830)  =  Kate,  daughter 
of  J.  Williams,  Esq.,  and  by  her  had  Rev.  Hely  H. 
A  =  Harriet  A,  daughter  of  Joseph  Merton,  Esq.,  and 
had  issue;  (4)  William  (b.  1756),  (5)  Rev.  Charles, 
Fellow  of  New  Coll.  (b.  1757)  =  Anne,  daughter  of 
Anthony  Sawyer,  of  Hey  wood,  Berks.,  and  by  her 
had  (1)  Chas.  W.  =a  sister  of  Vice- Chancellor  Shad- 
well,  and  had  issue;  (2)  Mary  Anne,  (3)  Rev.  Robert 
Hopton  =  Jane  Bovill  Chapman,  and  had  issue;  (4) 
Rev.  Herbert,  of  Shirley  (b.  1800)  =  Cassandra, 
daughter  of  Captain  Chamberlayne,  of  Maugersbury, 
and  had  issue,  Herbert  Chamberlayne  (b.  1829), 
Charles  Harcourt  (b.  1830),  and  a  daughter ;  (5) 
Lieut.  John  (1756-82),  (6)  Mary  (b.  1760)  =  Thos. 
Watson,  (7)  Jemima  (1761-93),  (8)  George  (1764- 
1811)  =  Frances,  daughter  of  Ant.   Sawyer,  and   by 


74  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

her  had  (1)  George  Anthony,  E.I.C.S.  (1801-49)  = 
(a)  Eugenie,  daughter  of  Captain  Bonchey  (1802-31), 
and  by  her  had  Frances  Mary  (1826-53)  =  Captain 
Hamilton,  Madras  Inf. — issue;  George,  Mahratta 
Horse  (1826-65)=  Mary  B.  Kerr— issue;  John  S. 
(1830-52) ;  Laura  A  (1831-48).  Mr  Geo.  Anthony 
Smith  =  (/3)  Katherine,  daughter  of  Dr  Batten,  Prin- 
cipal of  Haileybury,  and  by  her  had  Katherine  P. ; 
Jane  C.  =  Rev.  J.  Aldworth.    (2)  Harcourt  (b.  1802), 

(3)  Frances  M.  (1804-51)  =  Herbert  Sawyer — issue  ; 

(4)  Rev.  Samuel  =  Frances  J.  M.,  daughter  of  Major 
Brooks — issue.  (9)  James,  of  Ashlyns,  Herts  (1768- 
1843)  =  (a)  Frances,  daughter  of  J.  Arbuthnot,  and 
had  issue,  James  (1800-11) ;  (/3)  Mary  Isabella, 
daughter  of  Augustus  Pechell,  Esq.,  and  by  her  had 
(1)  Augustus,  of  Ashlyns  and  Tresco  Abbey,  M.P. 
for  Truro  1857-65  ;  (2)  Frederick  G.,  13th  Dragoons 
(1806-26) ;  (3)  Frances  M.  I.  =  Col.  Thos.  Le  Mar- 
chant  ;  (4)  Theodore  S.  (1813-23),  (5)  Paulina  W. 
(1820-35),  (6)  Robert  A  Smith-Dorrien,  CoL  Herts 
Militia  =  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  Dr  Drever,  by  Mary 
A,  daughter  of  Thos.  Dorrien.  By  her  he  had  (1) 
Thos.  A,  10th  Hussars;  (2)  Frances  A  L;  (3) 
Frederick  (1846-48),  (5)  Marian,  (6)  Henry  T,  (7) 
Walter  M.,  (8)  Amy,  (9)  Edith,  (10)  Alena  P.,  (11) 
Arthur  H,  (12)  Horace  L,  (13)  Mary  B.,  (14)  Maud 
C,  (15)  Laura  M.,  (16)  Helen  D. 

Mr  Augustus  Smith,  who  waxed  very  sarcastic  over 
any  attempt  to  shelve  a  patronymic  whereof  he 
avowed  himself  proud,  styled  his  brother,  who  had 
assumed  the  additional  name  of  Dorrien,  "  semi- 
disguised."  The  Carringtons,  Pauncefotes,  and 
Bromleys  he  spoke  of  as  totally  disguised.  In  his 
justification  of  the  old  homely  name  he  was  at  all 
events  consistent,  if,  perhaps,  unduly  severe. 

We  now  come  to  Abel  (so  named  after  the  Notting- 
ham Roundhead  gunner,  Abel  Collin),  who  died  in 


CARRINGTONS,   CARINGTONS,   ETC.     75 

1757,  and  married  Jane,  daughter  of  Geo.  Beaumont, 
of  Darton.     By  her  he  had  (1)  Sir  George,  created 
Bart,  in  1757.     He  married,  first,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Major  Howe,  by  Elizabeth,  co-heiress  of  William 
Pauncefote,  of  Carrswells,  Newent.     She  died  1761, 
he  1763.     By  her  he  had  (1)  Howe  (b.  1744);   (2) 
Mary  (b.  1751);  (3)  Sir  George,  2nd  Bart.,  who  assumed 
the  name  of  Bromley  (1753-1808),  and  married  Hon. 
Hester,  daughter  of  Viscount  Curzon,  being  succeeded 
by  Sir  Robert  Howe  Bromley  (1778  - 1857),  who, 
marrying  Anne,  daughter  of  Daniel  Wilson,  Esq.,  of 
Dalton  Tower,  had  Robert  (1815-1850),  M.P.  for 
Notts,  s.p. ;  Sir  Henry  Bromley  (b.  1816),  who,  by 
Charlotte  F.  A.,  daughter  of  Colonel  Rolleston,  had 
a   son,   Henry   (b.   1849)  =  Adela   A,    daughter    of 
Westley  Richards,  Esq.— issue,   Robert  (b.    1874) ; 
Maurice  (b.  1875) ;  Arthur ;— he  remarried  Georgina 
E.,  daughter  of  Vere  Fane,  Esq.,  but  by  her  had  no 
issue ;   Anne,  died   1857 ;   Charles,  R.N.  (b.    1820) ; 
William    (1831  -  36) ;    Thomas,    Bombay    Army   (b. 
1822),   married    first,   Lucie,    daughter    of   General 
Webber,   of   Buckland,  and  by  her    had  Reginald 
Howe  ;  Adelaide  H.  E.  M.  ;  Edith  V.  and  Constance 
G.— twins.     He  married,  secondly,  Clara,  daughter  of 
Sir  Fitzroy  Kelly,  and  by  her  had  Inez  M.  M.  S.  E. ; 
Beatrice  R. ;   Rupert  Fitzroy.      Caroline  =  Sir  James 
Campbell,  Bart.— issue;  Elizabeth  =  F.  F.  Eliot,  Esq.; 
Mary  =  John  Henry  Elwes  ;  Arthur,  Edward,  Sophia. 
John,  next  brother  to  Sir  George  (b.  1716),  had 
a  son,  Thomas,  who,  by  Mary  Bigsby,  had  Thomas, 
Mary,  George,  Robert.     Of  the  issue  of  Thomas  there 
is  no  record.     Mary  died  s.p.     George,  of  Edwalton 
(1774-1843)  =  Eliza   Margaret,  daughter   of  William 
Davis,  and   by  her  had   (1)    Charlotte   (1801-38)  = 
Thomas  Boultbee,  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Parkyns,  and 
had  issue  Sir  T.  G.  A  Parkyns,  sixth  Baronet ;  (2) 
Eliza  (1803-59)  =  General  W.  D.  Jones  ;  (3)  George 


76  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

Henry  (1805-62)  =  Louisa,  daughter  of  James  Atkin- 
son, Esq.,  and  by  her  had  Charlotte  Parkyns  = 
Frederick  Alexander,  Esq.;  Eliza  =  Major  Bunny, 
RA. ;  Thomas  ;  Robert  Pauncefote ;  George  Llew- 
ellin ;  Louisa  Julia ;  Constance  E. ;  Percy  H. ;  (4) 
Colonel  John  T.  =  Maria  S.,  daughter  of  Dr  Tyser, 
and  had  issue,  Percy  G.,  Louisa  M.,  Henry  C,  Maria 
L=Molyneux  Coldingham,  Fanny  E,  Walter  F., 
Emily  G.,  Mary  C,  Arthur  P.,  Edith  C,  Annie  M., 
Mansfield  G.,  Florence  A;  (5)  Caroline  =  The  Very 
Rev.  L  Llewellin,  T.C.D.,  Dean  of  St  David's;  (6) 
Frances  E.  =  Rev.  C.  W.  Grove. 

Robert,  the  youngest  son  of  Thomas  Smith  by 
Mary  Bigsby  (1788-1845),  took  the  name  of  Paunce- 
fote. He  was  of  Preston  Court,  Gloucestershire,  and 
by  Emma,  daughter  of  R  Smith,  Esq.  had  (1)  Clara  = 
Admiral  William  Popbam,  and  had  issue  ;  (2)  Robert 
(1819-47),  s.p. ;  (3)  Matilda  T  =  Herr  Lachmann ;  (4) 
Bernard,  E.I.C.S.,  by  Louisa,  daughter  of  A  Phillips, 
Esq.,  had  Bernard,  Eleanor,  Emma,  Clara;  (5)  Sir 
Julian,  of  the  Inner  Temple,  by  Selina,  daughter  of 
Major  Cubitt,  had  Julian  Reginald,  Selina  Maude. 
After  serving  as  Assistant  Under  Secretary  of  State 
at  the  Colonial  Office,  Chief-Justice  of  the  Leeward 
Islands,  Attorney-General  and  Chief-Justice  of  Hong 
Kong,  he  became  Ambassador  to  the  United  States. 
and  for  his  signal  services  as  a  diplomatist  was  raised 
to  the  Peerage,  as  Baron  Pauncefote.  The  name  his 
father  assumed  was  one  of  great  antiquity  in  Glouces- 
tershire. We  find  John  Panfote  (sic)  Sheriff  for  that 
County,  1  Henry  VI.  He  bore  gules  3  lions  rampant 
arg. ;  and  served  a  second  time,  13  Henry  VI.  In 
the  reign  of  Philip  and  Mary  the  name  was  Pannefort, 
Nicholas  being  Sheriff.  The  name  also  occurs  in 
Doomsday  Book,  but  in  connection  with  Hampshire 
and  Wilts.  The  family  were  established  in  Glouces- 
tershire by  special  grant  from  Henry  IH.     Later  we 


CARRINGTONS,   CARINGTONS,   ETC.     77 

find  other  branches ;  but  the  home  of  the  race  was 
at  Hasfield,  Preston  Court,  Lord  Pauncefote's  seat, 
having  been  a  younger  son's  portion.  By  his  wife, 
Selina  Fitzgerald,  he  has  had  four  daughters,  Maud, 
born  1862,  Violet  Sybil,  1872,  Lilian,  1875,  and 
Audley  Olivia,  1876. 

We  now  revert  to  Abel,  the  Nottingham  banker, 
born  in  1717,  M.P.  1774-85,  and  uncle  of  Robert 
Smith,  of  Preston  Court,  who  assumed  the  name  of 
Pauncefote.  Abel,  by  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Bird,  Esq.,  of  Barton,  had  (1)  Thomas,  s.p. ;  (2) 
Abel ;  (3)  Robert.  Abel,  the  younger,  married  Eliza- 
beth Appleby,  and  by  her  had  a  daughter,  Mary,  who 
married  Rev.  John  Sargent,  Squire  of  Lavington. 
Their  son  was  Fellow  of  Merton  College,  Oxon,  and 
died  s.p.  Their  daughters  married  Bishop  Samuel 
Wilberforce ;  Rev.  H.  Wilberforce ;  Cardinal  Manning 
(as  Archdeacon) ;  and  Rev.  George  Dudley  Ryder. 

Robert,  the  next  son  (1752-1838),  being  the  banker 
and  personal  friend  of  William  Pitt,  was  by  him  created 
Baron  Carrington  of  the  Peerage  of  Ireland,  1796, 
and  Baron  Carrington  of  Upton,  in  the  Peerage  of 
the  United  Kingdom,  1797,  D.C.L.,  ERAS.  He 
married,  in  1780,  Anne,  daughter  of  L.  B.  Barnard, 
Esq.,  of  South  Cave,  and  by  her  had,  with  others  who 
died  young,  Robert  J.,  second  baron;  Harriet  = 
Colonel  Crewe,  nephew  of  Lord  Crewe — she  died 
1856  ;  Catherine  L.  =the  fourth  Earl  Stanhope,  and 
died  in  1843  ;  Charlotte  E.  =  the  second  Lord  Gardner, 
and  died  in  1811;  Esther  =  Right  Hon.  Sir  H.  Watkin 
Wynne,  and  died  in  1854 ;  Emily  =  the  Right  Hon. 
Lord  Granville  Somerset,  and  died  in  1869.  Lady 
Carrington  died  in  1827,  and  in  1836  Lord  Carrington 
married,  as  his  second  wife,  Charlotte,  daughter  of 
John  Hudson,  Esq.,  of  Basingby,  and  widow  of  the 
Rev.  W.  Farquhar.     She  died  in  1849. 

Robert  John,  the   second  baron  (1796-1868),  as- 


75  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

sumed  in  1S39  the  old  name  Carington,  with  the  single 
"  r."  He  married,  first.  Eliza  C,  daughter  of  the  first 
Lord  Forester  (1503-32).  and  by  her  had  Cecil  K.  M, 
who  =  Lord  Colville  of  Cnlross.  He  married,  secondly, 
Charlotte  Augusta,  daughter  of  Lord  Willoughby 
D Eresby.  Hereditary  Great  Chamberlain,  and  by  her 
had  Charles  R,  now  Lord  Carrington;  William 
H  P.,  Colonel  Grenadier  Guards,  M. P.  for  Wycombe, 
1565-53.  Equerry  to  Queen  Victoria — born  in  1545,  in 
1571  he  =  Juliet,  daughter  of  F.  Warden,  Esq. ;  Rupert 
C  G..  M.P.  for  Bucks,  1550-55 — born  in  1552.  he 
married,  in  1591.  Edith,  daughter  of  J.  HorsfalL  Esq., 
of  Liverpool;  Augusta  C.  =  1564,  Lord  Blythswood  ; 
Eva  =  1569,  the  eighth  Earl  of  Harrington.  Lord 
Carrington  was  Lord- Lieutenant  of  Bucks. 

The  present  Earl  Carrington,  born  in  1543,  was 
created  Earl  July  16.  1595.  and  Viscount  Wen- 
dover.  He  is  P.C.  and  G.C.MG. ;  was  MP.  for 
Wycombe.  1565-65  ;  Captain  of  the  Corps  of  Gentle- 
men-at-Arms.  1551-55 ;  Governor  of  >Tew  South 
Wales.  1555-90:  Lord  Chamberlain,  1592-95;  jure 
matris.  one  of  the  co-heiresses  of  Lord  Wil- 
loughby  D  Eresby,  he  also  is  joint  Hereditary  Great 
Chamberlain.  He  married.  July  15,  1575.  the  Hon 
Cecilia  M  Harbord.  daughter  of  the  fifth  Lord 
Sufaeld.  and  by  her  has  —  Albert  Edward.  S.C.R... 
Viscount  Wendover.  born  April  24.  1595 — sponsor. 
HM.  the  King;  Marjorie  C.;  born  1550 ;  Alexandra 
A.  bom  1551 — HM  the  Queen  sponsor; 
Ruperta.  born  1553;  Judith  S.  M,  born  1559; 
Victoria  Alexandrina.  born  1592  —  HM  Queen 
Victoria  sponsor  in  person 

Arms  of  the  Earls  of  Carrington  : — Or,  on  a  chevron 
cotised  between  3  demi-griffins,  sa.,  a  mullet  for 
difference. 

Crest : — An  elephant  s  head  erased  or,  eared  gu., 
charred  on  the  neck  with  3  fleurs-de-lis,  two  and  one, 


CABBINGTONS,    CABINGTONS,   ETC.     79 

az.    Supporters. — Two  griff,  r.s,  sa..  wings  elevated  or. 
the  dexter  charged  with  3  fleurs-de-lis  pale  wise  or, 

the  sinister  with  3  trefoils  slipped  palewise  of  the  last. 

Motto  : — Terras  in  fide. 

We  now  come  to  Samuel.  :he  nest  brother  of 
Robert.  Baron  Carrinston  1 1754-1534  .  Ee  was  of 
Woodail  Herts,  and"  B£P.  He  married  Eliza 
Frances,  daughter  of  Edmund  Turner,  a  Lincolnshire 
squire  1 1756-1535'.  and  by  her  had  I  S:ohoa  1764- 
1544)  =  William  Dick  ens  en  ::  7\-'~g  s  "TTestin.  and  by 
him  had  William  ■  1504-1520  :  Francis  Henry  =  Cart- 
fine^  daughter  of  General  Carey:  Sophia  :  Caroline  : 
Edmund  =  Emily,  'daughter  of  Lord  Auckland.  Bishop 
of  Bath  and  Weils:  Alary,  laughter  ::  Francis 
Henry  Dickenson.  Esq.  of  King's  Weston  =  1575.  The 
Hon.  T.  C  Agar-Robartes.  now  Baron  Robartes  and 
Viscount  Clifden.  ;2  Frances  Ann  1765-1562  = 
Claude  G.  Thornton,  and  left  issue.  .3  Mary  = 
Thomas  Daniell.  and  left  issue.  4  Abel.  INI. P.  ::: 
Herts  il755-1559  =  1  Tne  Lady  Mary  Anne  Mel- 
ville, daughter  of  the  ninth  Earl  of  Leven;  (2) 
Frances  A.  Calvert,  and  by  her  had  Bobert  Han  bury. 
M.P.  for  Middlesex:  Abel.  MP.  :::  las:  Herts  = 
The  Lady  Susan  Peiham.  daughter  of  the  Earl  of 
Chichester,  and  had  E.P..  z.~i'.~-  Mary.  Abel  Henry. 
Mary  =  Charles  Daniell.  Robert.  Elizabeth  F 
Philip.  Adelaide  =  John  F.  Sullivan.  Albert.  ~~:j 
=  F.  Pinney  Sophia.  5  Samuel  George  1759- 
1563;  =  Eugenia,  daughter  :■:  Rev.  Dr  Caulneld.  and 
by  her  had  Samuei  G..  MP.  for  Aylesbury  Ire  a. 
Chatheid  =  Harriet  M.  laughter  of  F.  Pym.  Fs  and 
by  her  bad  Herbert  F..  Katherine  Maud.  Cecil  L.. 
Ruthven  F..  Ethel  M  .  Rowland  =  Constance  C  L.. 
daughter  of  Lord  Granville  Somerset  ana  by  her  aaa 
Constance  Eugenie.  Granville  R. :  :  Hcrace  J.  = 
Cecilia,  daughter  of  George  Bosanquet.  Esq.;  Eugenia 
Maria;  Charlotte  Eugenia.     \o\  Caroline  (1790-1516 


80  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

=  General  Carey,  and  by  him  had  Caroline  (b.  1816), 
who  became  wife  of  Francis  Dickenson  of  King's 
Weston  (vide  supra).  (7)  Lucy  (1791-1820).  (8)  Anna 
Maria  (1793-94).  (9)  Henry  (b.  1794)  =  The  Lady 
Lucy,  daughter  of  the  tenth  Earl  of  Leven  and 
Melville,  and  by  her  had  Henry  Abel  (b.  1826)  = 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Francis  Pym,  M.P.  (and  had 
(1)  Lucy  Jane,  (2)  Elizabeth  M.,  (3)  Samuel  Henry. 
(4)  Marianne,  (5)  Alice  M.,  (6)  Constance  H,  (7) 
Francis  Abel.  Robert  Melville,  Lucy  Jane,  Mari- 
anne). (10)  Margaret  Jane  (1796-97).  (11)  Barbara 
(1797-1361)=  James  Edward  Gordon,  RX.,  and  had 
issue.  (12)  Edmund  (1799-1805).  (13)  Charlotte  (b. 
1300)  =  Hon.  Alexander  Leslie  Melville,  brother  of 
the  Earl  of  Leven,  and  had  issue. 

We  now  come  to  George,  next  brother  of  the  first 
Lord  Carrington  (1765-1336).  He  was  of  Selsdon, 
and  MP.  for  MidhursL  By  Frances  Maria,  daughter 
of  Sir  John  Mosley,  Bart.,  he  had  (1)  George  Robert 
(b.  1753  =  Jane,  daughter  of  J.  Maberly,  MP.,  and 
by  her  had  Ernald  5losley  (b.  1839),  Walter  C.  (b. 
1341) ).  (2)  Oswald  (1794-1863)  =  Henrietta  Mil- 
dred, daughter  of  Dr  Hodgson,  Dean  of  Carlisle  (and 
by  her  had  (1)  Isabella  M=Cadogan  H  Cadogan. 
and  had  issue  ;  (2)  Oswald  A  =  Rose  S.,  daughter  of 
A  Vansittart,  Esq.,  and  had  issue,  Basil  G  O.  ;  (3) 
Eric  Carrington  =  Mary,  daughter  of  J.  Maberly, 
MP.,  and  by  her  had  Gertrude  M.,  Lindsay  Eric, 
Virginia  EL,  Margaret  R.,  Algernon  F.  E,  Mildred 
F.  ;  (4)  Laura  Charlotte  =  Evan  Maberly.  RE. ;  (5) 
Beilby ;  (6)  Frances  Dora  =  the  Earl  of  Strathmore  ; 
(7)  Maria  Henrietta  =  Henry  Dorrien  Streatfield 
of  Chiddingstone,  and  had  issue;  (8)  Harry  M.). 
(3)  John  Henry  (b.  1795).  (4)  Thomas  Charles  ; 
(b.  1797).  (5)  Frances  Mary  (b.  1796)  =  Rev.  Robert 
Mosley.  and  had  issue.  (6)  Georgiana  Eliza  (b.  1801) 
=  Rev.  E  S.  P.  Serocold,  and  had  issue.    (7)  Edward 


CARRINGTONS,   CARINGTONS,   ETC.     81 

Peploe  =  (1)  Henrietta  F.,  daughter  of  Charles 
Bailey,  E.I.C.S.,  and  by  her  had  Mary  Ann  Bailey; 
(2)  Harriet  Chester,  and  by  her  had  Emily  F.  =  Archi- 
bald Murray ;  Henrietta  S.  =  Dr  Kirby ;  Arthur 
Chester;  Isabella  H. ;  Louisa  EL;  Isabella  M.  (8) 
Arthur  (b.  1804).  (9)  Emily  (b.  1806)  =  Rev.  C. 
Otway  Mayne,  rector  of  Midsomer  Norton,  and 
student  of  Christ  Church, — issue.  (10)  Catherine 
(b.  1807)  =  Edward,  twelfth  son  of  Sir  E.  Wigram, 
Bart.,  and  had  issue.  (11)  Edmund  of  N  Ferriby 
(b.  1809)  =  Hester,  daughter  of  Judge  Lushington, 
and  had  issue.  (12)  Mosley.  (13)  Sophia  S.  =  Rev. 
W.  P.  Wigram,  and  had  issue,  with  others,  Ernest, 
Demy  of  Magdalen.  (14)  Alfred  (b.  1815)  =  Mary, 
daughter  of  Vice-Chancellor  Wigram.  (15)  Augusta 
Mary  =  Rev.  Lewis  Deedes,  and  had  issue,  with  others, 
Rev.  Cecil  Deedes,  Chaplain  of  Christ  Church,  and  a 
daughter  who  married  Bishop  Saumarez-Smith,  D.D. 
The  last  of  the  brothers  of  the  first  Lord  Carring- 
ton  was  John  (1767-1842),  M.P.  He  married  (1) 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Thomas  Boone,  Esq.,  s.p.  ;  (2)  a 
daughter  of  General  Tucker,  by  whom  he  had  (1) 
John  Abel,  M.P.  (b.  1802)  =  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir 
S.  C.  Jervoise,  Bart.,  and  by  her  had  (1)  Jervoise ; 
(2)  Dudley  R  =  Emma  ML,  daughter  of  E.  Willes, 
Esq.,  of  Astrop,  and  by  her  had  Reginald,  Ada  M.( 
Beatrice  M.  ;  (3)  Hugh  Colin  =  Constance,  daughter 
of  H  Adeane,  Esq.,  of  Babraham.  (2)  Martin  Tucker, 
M.P.  (b.  1803)  =  Louisa,  daughter  of  Sir  M.  W. 
Ridley,  and  had  issue  (1)  Martin  Ridley  =  Emily  C, 
daughter  of  the  Hon.  . . .  Stuart,  and  had  issue  Martin 
Stuart ;  (2)  Elizabeth  L.  =  Thomas  H,  son  of  Sir  R. 
Newman,  Bart.,  of  Mamhead ;  (3)  Louisa  M.  = 
H.  Daly- White,  C.B. ;  (4)  Helen  =  Hon.  Arthur 
Egerton,  fourth  son  of  the  Earl  of  Ellesmere ;  (5) 
Rosa ;  (6)  Francis  N. ;  (7)  Gerard ;  (8)  Henry  ;  (9) 
Charles  R  ;  (10)  Minto  ;  (11)  Mary. 


82  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

Mr  John  Smith,  M.P.,  married,  thirdly,  Emma, 
daughter  of  Egerton  Leigh  of  the  "West  Hall,  High 
Legh,  Cheshire,  and  by  her  had  Emma  (b.  1812), 
Caroline  (b.  1813)  =  General  F.  E.  Gascoigne. 

Elizabeth,  sister  to  Mr  John  Smith,  M.P.  =  William 
Manning ;  and  another  sister,  Lucy,  died  unmarried. 

A  more  populous  pedigree,  and  one  more  per- 
plexing to  unravel  —  the  record  of  Mr  Augustus 
Smith  differing  from  that  of  Burke  —  never  taxed 
the  long-suffering  genealogist.  Apart  from  the 
living  Lord  Carrington,  who,  as  Governor  of  New 
South  Wales,  has  played  a  part  infinitely  more  im- 
portant than  that  of  a  Cabinet  Minister,  and  apart 
also  from  the  living  Lord  Pauncefote,  a  diplomatist 
whose  tact  approximates  genius,  the  above  catalogue 
teems  with  major  and  minor  celebrities. 

Among  their  number  I  recall  that  personable  and 
affable  gentleman,  Mr  John  Abel  Smith,  Liberal 
M.P.  for  Chichester.  I  had  the  pleasure,  in  the  winter 
of  1858,  of  meeting  him  at  the  hospitable  table  of  the 
late  Mr  Hervey  of  Bradwell  Grove,  my  grandfather's 
trustee  and  life-long  friend,  whose  wife,  Lady  Arabella, 
was  great-aunt  of  the  present  Lord  Rosebery.  At 
that  time  reform  was  in  the  air,  and  the  conversation 
turned  on  the  ballot,  to  which  Mr  Hervey  and  the 
whole  Tory  party  entertained  a  strong  objection.  To 
our  amazement,  in  the  midst  of  a  heated  discussion, 
the  Whig,  Mr  John  Abel  Smith,  remarked:  "If  you 
were  to  introduce  the  ballot  (i.e.  secret  voting,  vice 
the  lobby)  into  the  House  of  Commons,  none  but  the 
most  ultra- Tory  measures  would  have  a  chance  of 
passing."  A  few  years  later  Disraeli  capped  this  naif 
confession  by  styling  the  Liberal  party  "  an  organised 
hypocrisy."  Certes,  Mr  John  Abel  Smith  electrified 
my  callow  intelligence  by  his  malapert  honesty. 

The  following  particulars  are  extracted  from  the 
notice  of  this  gentleman  in  the  "  Dictionary  of  National 


CARRINGTONS,   CARINGTONS,  ETC.     83 

Biography"  :  John  Abel  Smith  (1801-71),  banker,  son 
of  John  Smith,  a  member  of  the  firm  of  which  the 
first  Lord  Carrington  was  head.  Educated  at  Christ's, 
Cambridge,  B.A  1824,  MA.  1827.  M.P.  for  Mid- 
hurst  1830.  M.P.  for  Chichester  1831-59,  and  again 
elected  in  1863-68.  A  Liberal.  Supported  Lord 
Grey's  Reform  Bill,  and  the  admission  of  Jews  to 
Parliament.  In  1869  introduced  a  Bill  to  limit  the 
hours  of  closing.  In  1827  married  Anne,  daughter  of 
Sir  J.  Clarke  Jervoise,  Bart.,  widow  of  R.  W.  Grey 
ofBackworth.  J.  P.  for  Middlesex  and  Sussex.  Died 
at  Kippington,  Kent. 

A  contemporary  of  John  Abel  in  the  House  of 
Commons  was  Augustus  John  Smith,  author  of 
"  Stemmata  Ferraria  "  (1804-72),  son  of  John  Smith 
of  Ashlyns,  Herts,  by  Mary  Isabella,  daughter  of 
Augustus  Pechell,  Esq.  He  was  born  in  Harley 
Street,  and  educated  at  Harrow  and  Christ  Church, 
Oxford, — B.A.  1826.  He  contested  Truro  unsuc- 
cessfully in  1852,  but  was  returned  in  1857.  A 
strong  Liberal,  he  engaged  a  band  of  navvies  to  de- 
stroy the  fences  which  Lord  Brownlow  had  erected 
round  Ashridge  Common  {vide  Punch,  March  24, 
1866,  "  A  Lay  of  Modern  England  ").  Lessee  of  The 
Scilly  Isles,  he  proved  a  great  benefactor  to  their 
inhabitants,  and  was  succeeded  at  Tresco  by  his 
nephew,  T.  A  Smith-Dorrien,  Esq.,  "the  semi-dis- 
guised," as  he  termed  him. 

Of  the  Cropwell  Smiths  perhaps  the  first  Lord 
Carrington  occupies  the  highest  place.  Robert 
(1752-1838)  was  eldest  surviving  son  of  Abel 
Smith,  by  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Bird  of 
Barton,  Warwickshire.  He  was  baptised  at  St 
Peter's,  Nottingham.  His  father  had  represented" 
Aldborough  1774,  St  Ives  1780,  and  St  Germans 
1785.  He  was  elected  for  Nottingham  in  1779,  and 
returned  during  the  ensuing  five  Parliaments  for  his 


84  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

native  borough.  He  owed  bis  peerage  to  Mr  Pitt, 
whom  he  is  alleged  to  have  financed ;  and,  if  that  be 
so,  it  may  be  affirmed  that  his  was  not  the  first,  still 
less  the  last,  instance  where  a  commoner  has  been 
rewarded  with  a  coronet  for  having  rendered  pecu- 
niary assistance  to  an  existing  or  prospective  Prime 
Minister.  Unfortunately  for  him,  his  elevation  was 
greeted  with  a  chorus  of  ridicule — the  banker  of  a 
century  back  inheriting  the  traditions  of  the  scrivener 
and  goldsmith  of  an  earlier  period,  and  being  held  in 
less  reverence  than  has  since  been  accorded  the  trade 
of  money-dealing.  George  the  Third  was  with  diffi- 
culty induced  to  accord  the  Royal  consent  to  his 
entering  the  House  of  Lords,  and  Mr  Augustus 
Smith,  who  entertained  no  great  love  for  the  Upper 
House,  quotes  with  gusto  the  following  charade  of  a 
contemporary  wit : 

"  My  first  leads  to  triumph  and  fame  ; 

My  second  brings  joy  or  vexation ; 
My  third — though  it  be  but  a  name — 

Will  govern  the  whole  of  the  nation ; 
My  whole  is  a  title — but  hush  ! 

This  charade  will  perchance  be  too  clear, 
For  it  put  the  whole  Court  to  the  blush, 

When  His  Majesty  made  it  appear  (a  peer)." 

Mr  Augustus  Smith's  predecessors  on  the  Liberal 
benches  were  especially  outraged,  the  more  so,  perhaps, 
because  the  banker-baron,  unlike  other  Smiths  of  this 
line,  was  a  determined  and  enthusiastic  Tory.  He 
was  fobbed  off  in  the  first  instance  with  an  Irish 
peerage,  but  the  leverage  of  gold  within  a  few  months 
obtained  him  an  English  patent.  From  the  title  he 
assumed  it  seems  tolerably  certain  that  he  believed 
in  the  link  which  Betham  subsequently  forged  to 
connect  the  yeoman  of  Cropwell  Boteler  with  the 
Cavalier  and  Crusader  Caringtons  ;  but  it  was  his  son 
who  eliminated  the  distinctive  "r,"  and,  in  perfect 


CARRINGTONS,   CARINGTONS,   ETC.     85 

good  faith,  restored  the  ancient  Carington  monuments 
in  Ashby  Folvile  Church,  having  purchased  the  side 
chapel,  which  had  been  set  apart  as  a  mortuary  for 
the  real  Caringtons.  It  is  perhaps  unnecessary  to 
state  that  the  present  Earl  has  reverted  to  the  tradi- 
tional family  politics,  and  is  a  consistent  supporter  of 
the  Liberal  party. 

Although  the  link  is  missing,  there  seems  a 
strong  probability  of  William  Smith,  the  Quaker  of 
Besthorpe,  Notts,  who  died  in  1673,  being  of  the 
Cropwell  strain.  He  was  imprisoned  by  Cromwell 
in  1658  for  non-payment  of  tithes,  and  in  1661  was 
arrested,  while  preaching  at  "Worcester,  for  having 
refused  the  oath  of  allegiance.  For  this  offence  he 
lay  in  Nottingham  gaol  until  1665.  He  published 
several  controversial  books,  and  his  second  wife, 
Elizabeth  Newton,  was  of  Nottingham.  Another 
Quaker,  William  Smith,  of  the  same  period,  was  of 
Sileby  and  Market  Harborough.  He  too  was  a  con- 
troversialist, and  George  Fox  held  meetings  in  his 
house  at  Sileby.  Both  these  Quakers  appear  to  have 
been  indigenous  to  the  Cropwell  district. 

Carington — now  Smith-  Carington. 

[  Vide  Visitations  of  Essex,  1612, 1634  ;  Visitation  of  Norfolk,  1612  ;  Visitation 
of  Notts,  1569  ;  Visitation  of  Warwick,  1619.] 

From  the  Comtes  de  Carinton  in  Normandy  de- 
scended Hamo  (temp.  William  I.),  who  gave  his 
name  to  Carinton  in  Cheshire.  It  was  probably  his 
grandson,  by  name  Sir  Michael,  who,  after  aliening 
to  the  Duttons  the  manor  of  Sale,  joined  Richard 
I.  in  the  Crusades,  became  his  standard-bearer,  and 
died  in  the  Holy  Land.  M.I.  in  St  John's,  Chester. 
His  son  William  died  25  Henry  III.,  leaving,  with 
others,  William,  Bailiff  of  Dunham  Massey  =  Agnes, 
daughter  of  William  De  Toft,  and,  dying  in  1274, 
left  issue — (1)  Sir  William,  his  heir;  (2)  Sir  Edmond, 
killed  at  Bannockburn ;  (3)  Sir  Philip ;  and  others. 


86  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

Sir  William,  knighted  at  Falkirk  by  Edward  I.  = 
Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  Edmund  Farnell,  and  by  her 
had,  with  three  sons  and  three  daughters,  Sir  John 
De  Carynton  (d.  1359)  =  Sibilla,  daughter  of  Alan 
De  Rixton,  and  by  her  had,  with  others,  Sir  William, 
knighted  by  Edward  III.  at  the  battle  of  Sluys,  1340. 
He  bore  on  a  bend  three  lozenges,  with  for  crest — out 
of  a  ducal  coronet  a  unicorn's  head.  He  married  (1) 
Katherine,  daughter  of  Sir  William  De  Montacute, 
whose  wife  gave  the  meadow  now  known  as  Christ 
Church  to  the  convent  of  St  Frideswide  at  Oxford. 
M.I.  Christ  Church  Cathedral.  By  her  he  had — (1) 
Sir  Thomas,  of  whom  anon ;  (2)  Michael,  died  in 
Spain,  s.p. ;  (3)  Isabel  =  Sir  Nicholas  Farington ;  (4) 
Catherine  =  Sir  Thomas  Wake  ;  (5)  Eleanor  =  Sir  John 
Curzon,  and  by  him  had  William  Curzon,  Abbot  of 
St  Osyth,  Essex,  who,  in  1404,  befriended  John 
Carington  (vide  infra). 

Sir  William  married  (2)  Matilda,  daughter  of  Sir 
Peter  Arderne  of  Alvanly,  and  by  her  had  Edward, 
s.p. ;  Sir  George,  Lord  of  Carington ;  and  others. 
He  died  in  1377,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest 
son,  Sir  Thomas,  knighted  in  Gascony  by  the  Black 
Prince  (d.  1383)  =  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert 
De  Poos,  by  whom  he  had  (1)  Sir  Edmund,  who,  by 
Joanna,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Ferrers,  left  no  male 
issue  ;  (2)  John  (b.  1374). 

This  latter  gentleman,  so  the  legend  runs,  was  born, 
and  also  bred  in  Gascony  by  Sir  N.  Neville.  Arrived  at 
man's  estate,  he  entered  the  service  of  Pichard  II.,  and 
at  the  decease  of  his  elder  brother  came  to  England. 
On  Henry  coming  to  the  throne  he  fled  the  realm, 
and  his  uncle,  Sir  George,  took  possession  of  Caring- 
ton and  the  estates.  In  1404  he  changed  his  name 
to  Smyth,  and  sought  sanctuary  at  St  Osyth's  Abbey, 
where  he  found  a  patron  in  his  kinsman,  the  Abbot 
Curzon.      He  must  have  been  under  attainder,  for 


CARRINGTONS,   CARINGTONS,   ETC.     87 

he  never  dared  attempt  to  recover  his  rights,  and 
continued  to  the  end  to  disguise  himself  as  Smyth, 
adopting  a  fresh  coat  of  arms — viz.  a  cross  between 
four  peacocks  (vide  "Visitation  of  Essex").  He 
married  (2)  Millicent,  daughter  of  Robert  Laynham, 
and  heiress  of  her  grandfather,  Lord  Mayor  Hende. 
By  her  he  had  (a)  Thomas  of  Rivenhall  =  (l)  .  .  . 
Hamond,  and  by  her  had  Sir  Thomas  of  Rivenhall ; 
=  (2)  Isabella,  daughter  of  William  Toft  of  Little 
Baddow,  and  by  her  had  Sir  Clement,  who  =  Dorothy, 
sister  of  Queen  Jane  Seymour ;  John,  Serjeant-at- 
Law;  Leonard  of  Shuldham.  (b)  Robert,  who  left 
issue,     (c)  Hugh  of  Cressing  Temple.     And  others. 

Hugh  Smyth  of  Cressing  Temple  (d.  1485)  =  Eliza- 
beth Smith  of  MorvilL  Salop,  and  by  her  had  Sir 
John  Smyth,  Remembrancer  of  the  Exchequer,  1513, 
and  Baron  1540 — will  1547.  He  married  (1)  Alice, 
daughter  of  Edward  Woode,  citizen  of  London,  by 
whom  he  had  (1)  Edmund  =  Barbara,  daughter  of  Sir 
John  Hampden.  Their  daughter  and  heiress  =  Sir  W. 
Paulet.  (2)  Thomas  of  Cressing  Temple  =  (2)  Mary, 
daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Neville  of  Holt,  whence  the 
Nevilles  of  Holt.  (3)  Edward  =  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Eustace  Fitzherbert,  and  had  John  of  Dunmow. 
Sir  John  =  (2)  Agnes,  daughter  of  John  Harewell 
of  Wootton  Wawen,  and  by  her  had,  with  others, 
Francis,  High  Sheriff  of  Leicester  and  "Warwick,  1566 
(1522-1607),  who  =  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Moreton 
of  Ashby  Folville,  great -nephew  of  the  Cardinal, 
who  claimed  to  be  twenty-second  in  descent  from 
King  Alfred,  and  by  her  had  George  (1541-1607) 
=  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  Thos.  Giffard  of  Chilling- 
ton,  and  by  her  had,  with  others,  Sir  Francis*  of 
Ashby  Folville  and  Wootton  Wawen  (1570-1629)  = 
Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  Thos.  Markham  of  Allerton, 

*  For  the  descent  of  this  line,  as  given  by.the  Benedictines  of  Ghent, 
refer  to  pedigree  of  3mytb.es,  Barts.  of  Acton  Burnett,  page  92. 


88  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

leaving  issue — (1)  Sir  Charles,  created  Lord  Carington 
13th  October,  and  Viscount  4th  November  1643,  mur- 
dered at  Pontoise,  1665.  He  married  Elizabeth,* 
daughter  of  Sir  John  Caryll  of  S.  Harting,  Sussex, 
by  whom,  with  six  daughters,  he  bad  Francis,  second 
Viscount  =  (1)  Juliana,  daughter  of  Sir  T.  Walmesley, 
and  (2)  Anne,  daughter  of  William  Herbert,  Marquis 
of  Powis  —  by  neither  wife  did  he  leave  surviving 
issue ;  Caryll  =  Grace,  daughter  of  H.  Turville,  but 
had  no  male  issue ;  John,  a  Roman  priest ;  Charles, 
third  Viscount  (1635-1706)  =  Frances,  daughter  of  Sir 
J.  Pate,  Bart.,  s.p.  (2)  Thomas  of  Broxton  =  Mary, 
daughter  of  Sir  P.  Blakiston,  and  left  issue,  three 
sons  —  all  s.p.  —  and  two  daughters.  (3)  Francis, 
whose  son,  Francis  of  Acton,  Salop  =  Audrey  Att- 
wood,  and  by  her  had  Francis  =  Catherine  Southcote, 
and  by  her  had  Francis  =  Mary  Englefield,  and  others. 
(4)  Major -General  Sir  John,  knighted  at  Edgehill 
for  rescuing  the  Royal  Standard,  1642.  Killed  at 
Alresford,  March  30,  1644;  buried  at  Christ  Church 
Cathedral.     M.I. 

We  now  revert  to  the  issue  of  George  of  Ashby 
Folville  (1541-1607). 

The  third  son,  younger  brother -of  Sir  Francis,  was 
George  of  Queeniborough.  Leicester  (1577-1642),  who 
by  Mary,  daughter  of  Edward  Holte  of  Aston,  War- 
wick, had  (1)  George  of  Queeniborough  (1614-53)  = 
(1)  Mary,  daughter  of  Anthony  Dormer,  son  of  the 
first  Lord  Dormer,  and  by  her  had  issue.     He  =  (2) 

*  This  lady,  during  the  Protectorate,  resided  with  her  children  at  Led  well 
Park,  Oxon,  her  husband,  Sir  Charles,  Viscount  Carington,  being  abroad. 
The  Calendar  for  compounding,  under  date  August  1650,  narrates  thus : — 
"The  Lady  Elizabeth,  wife,  begs  allowance  of  her  fifths  of  her  husband's 
sequestered  estates  in  the  counties  of  Warwick,  Leicester,  Oxford,  Salop,  and 
Lincoln.  Her  son  Francis  forwards  the  petition.  Carryl,  Charles,  Ann, 
Mary,  Lucy — children  of  Sir  Charles  Smyth — beg  discharge  of  lands  in 
Leicestershire,  settled  on  Sir  John  Ford  of  Harting  (Sir  John  being  a  relative 
of  the  Carryls).  Date  1652.  Granted  to  the  children  under  age,  and  to  the 
others  on  taking  the  oath  of  abjuration."  Charles,  second  son  of  Francis 
Smith,  Esq.  of  Acton,  Salop,  was  buried  at  Kidlington,  ;et.  9  years,  1722,  M.I. 


CARRINGTONS,   CARINGTONS,   ETC.     89 

Anne,  daughter  of  William  Byerly  of  Belgrave,  bnt 
by  her  had  no  issue. 

(2)  Edmund  of  Queeniborough  (1615-94)  =  Mary 
Tipping,  and  had  issue  Francis,  and  others. 

Sir  Thomas  Smith,  the  fourth  son  of  George  of 
Queeniborough  =  (1)  Jane,  daughter  of  S.  Erdes- 
wick ;  (2)  Mary,  daughter  of  M.  Powtrell,  and  dying 
1646,  left  issue  :  (1)  George  of  Ashby  Folville  =  1659, 
Dorothy,  daughter  of  Henry  Turville  of  Aston  Flam- 
vill ;  (2)  Thomas  married  Hannah  Payne  ;  (3)  Robert 
of  Als  worth,  Notts.  =  (1)  Sarah,  daughter  of  William 
Smith  of  Strelley ;  (2)  Naomi,  daughter  of  Thos.  Blood, 
Esq.,  by  whom  he  had  a  son,  William  of  Plumtree  (1699- 
1795)  =  Hannah,  daughter  of  William  Cox  of  Beeston, 
leaving,  with  others,  Richard  of  Beeston  (1748-1810) 
=  Phcebe,  daughter  of  Geo.  Rhodes  of  Hucknell 
Torkard,  and  by  her,  with  others,  had  Richard  of 
Beeston  (1718-1848)  =  Anne,  daughter  of  B.  Hanbury 
of  Bridgnorth,  and  by  her  had  Richard,  who  resumed 
the  name  of  Carington  in  addition  to  Smith,  and 
dying  in  1901  was  buried  at  Ashby  Folville,  being 
Lord  of  the  Manor.  He  married  (1)  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Thos.  Stroud  of  Clewer,  and  by  her  had 
(1)  Hubert  H.  (b.  1851)  =  Elizabeth  P.,  daughter  of 
J.  Stallard,  Esq.,  of  Worcester,  and  has  issue ;  (2) 
Richard  of  Gt.  Malvern  (b.  1852),  Barrister-at-law  of 
the  Inner  Temple  =  Alice  S.,  daughter  of  E.  Conder, 
Esq.,  of  Colwall,  and  has  issue  ;  (3)  Elizabeth  A.  = 
Lieut. -CoL  A  H  Holme;  (4)  Emily  S.  =  G.  E  Giles, 
Esq.,  of  Bonchurch,  who  died  1888,  leaving  issue. 
Mr  Smith  Carington,  who  was  High  Sheriff  of 
Leicestershire,  1900  =  (2)  Patty,  third  daughter  of 
Edward  Leader- Williams,  Esq.,  of  Diglis,  Worcester. 
She  died  s.p.  1894. 

Arms  : — Quarterly  1  and  4  sa.  on  a  bend  arg.  3 
lozenges  of  the  first ;  2  and  3  arg.  a  cross  gu.  between 
4   peacocks   proper.      Crests  : — (1)   Out   of  a   ducal 


90  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

coronet  or,  a  unicorn's  head  arg.,  armed  and  crined  or. 
(2)  A  peacock's  head  erased  proper  ducally  gorged  or. 
Motto  : — Fides  semper  firma. 

It  will  be  noticed  in  the  above  pedigree  that  the 
link  with  the  old  Carington  stock  occurs  thus  : 

George  of  Ashby  FolviUe. 


Sir  Francis  =  Markham.  Sir  Thomas = Jane  Erdeswick. 

|  4th  son. 

Sir  Charles,  Viscount  Carington. 


Robert  of  Alsworth  =  ('2)  Naomi  Blood. 
3rd  son. 


I 
William  of  Plumtree  =  Cox- 
It  is  a  coincidence,  and  one  with  which  genealogists 
are  continually  confronted,  that  in  the  registers  of  the 
same  parish  are  found  names  identical,  yet  not  of  the 
same  blood.  Thus  the  registers  of  Plumtree,  Notts, 
are  full  of  the  Cropwell  Boteler  yeomen  Smiths. 
Nevertheless,  some  years  after  their  departure  from 
the  parish,  a  gentleman  bearing  their  name,  though 
really  Carington,  becomes  a  resident  landowner.  It 
was  probably  this  fact  that  caused  Mr  Augustus  Smith 
to  reject  the  Smith- Carington  pedigree,  assuming  ap- 
parently that  every  Smith  of  Plumtree  must  be  allied 
to  Cropwell.     Quod  non  constat. 

By  the  courtesy  of  Father  Morrall  of  Downside, 
O.S.B.,  I  have  before  me  a  pedigree  of  the  Caringtons 
differing  somewhat  from  the  above,  which,  however,  I 
take  it,  is  the  revised  account.  Briefly,  this  pedigree, 
compiled  by  Mr  Fletcher  in  his  Leicestershire  Pedi- 
grees and  Royal  Descents,  runs  thus  :  (1)  Hamo,  (2) 
William  (living  1118),  (3)  Sir  Jordan,  (4)  Thomas 
(living  in  1220),  (5)  Sir  Mychell  (standard-bearer  to 
Richard  Cceur-de-Lion  in  1191),  (6)  William,  (7)  Sir 
William,  (8)  Sir  John,  (9)  Sir  William  (knighted  at 
Sluys,  1340),  (10)  Sir  Thomas  (knighted  by  the  Black 
Prince),  (11)  John,  who  assumed  the  name  of  Smyth. 


CARRINGTONS,   CARINGTONS,  ETC.     91 

The  royal  descent,  through  the  Moretons,  runs  thus  : 

Alfred  the  Great  =  Els  wit  ha  Muchel  of  Mercia. 


Edward  the  Elder =Elgiva  Sigeline. 
Edmund  =  Elgiva. 


Edgar = Elfritha  Ordager. 

Ethelred,  the  Unready  =  Elgiva  Thorold. 

I 


Uchtred  =  Elgiva,  dan.  of  King  Ethelred. 

Algitha,  dau.  of  Uchtred=Maldred  Fitzerinan. 


Cospatric  Fitzerinan,  Earl  of  Northumberland  =  ... 

Dolphin =Adele  Flambert. 
I 
Maldred  Fitzdolphin= . 


Robert  Fitzmaldred  =  Isabel,  dau.  of  Sir  Geoffrey  NevilL 

I 

Geoffrey,  assumed  the  name  of  Nevill,  1257  =  Mabel,  dau.  of  Thomas  De  Monte 

Begonis. 

John  Nevill  of  Holt  =  Maud  Murdook. 


Jollan,  a  Justice  Itinerant  =  Amphillis  Rolleston. 


Sir  Thoa.  Nevill  of  Holt  =  Cecilie,  dau.  of  Sir  Guy  Blanchminster,  Lord  of  Scilly. 
Sir  William  Nevill = Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Sir  Thos.  Fencotes. 


Isabel  Nevill = Sir  Robert  Woodford  of  Ashby  Folville. 

Thomas  Woodford  =  Alice,  dau.  of  Sir  L.  Berkeley. 

I 


Ralph  Woodford  =  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  William  Villiers  of  Brooksby. 

William  Woodford = Anne,  dau.  of  Simon  Norwich  of  Bringhurst. 
I 
Margaret  Woodford  =  Thomaa  Moreton 
(ob.  1507).  (ob.  1516). 


John  Moreton  (1499-1521)  =  Elena,  dau.  of  Attorney-Gen.  Roper. 


Mary  Moreton  =  Francis  Smyth  of  Ashby  Folville  and  Wootton  Wawen. 


92 


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This  is  one  of  the  ancient  Roman  Catholic  families 
of  England,  and  through  their  alliance  with  the  Hol- 
fords,  they  hold  the  seat  of  the  yet  more  ancient 
house  of  Carington,  also  Roman  Catholic.  They  were 
largely  instrumental  in  erecting  the  beautiful  Roman 
Catholic  seminary  at  Ushaw,  in  the  county  of  Dur- 
ham. The  elder  co-heiress  of  the  ancient  house  of 
Lee  of  Langley  found  a  distinguished  representative 
in  Assheton  Smith  of  Vaynol  and  Tedworth  (vide  that 
line). 

From  a  pedigree  of  Smyth,  Lord  Carington,  in  a 
work  entituled  "The  Benedictines  of  Ghent,"  pub- 
lished at  Oulton,  Staffs.,  the  following  shows  the  link 
connecting  the  two  great  Roman  houses  of  Wootton 
Wawen  and  Acton  Burnell — e.g. 


Sir  Francis  Smyth  =  Anne  Markham. 
of     Queningtoo 
(ob.  1629) 
(Query,  Queeni- 
borough  ?) 


I  I 

Charles,  Lord  =  Eliza  Carry  1.  Others. 

Carington 
(assassinated    | 
1665). 

|  .  .  .  . 

Francis,  Lord  Car-     Charles,  Ld.  C,     Carryl=...     Frances,  Abbess    Others, 
ington,  s. p.  s.  p.  of  Ghent. 


I 
Grace  Carington=Sir  R.  Smyths  of  Acton  B., 

whose  brother,  Sir  John 
S.,  =  Constantia  Blount, 
and  was  father  of  Sir  Ed- 
ward Smythe. 

Constantia  Smith  =  (2)  Peter  Holford  of 
(or  Smythe)       I    Wootton  Wawcn. 

Catherine  Holford  (ob. 
1S31)  =  Sir  Edward 
Smythe. 

Arms  or  Smyth  : — Sa.  3  rates  arg. 

Crest  : — A  bucks  head  erased  gorged  with  a  ehaplel  of  laurel.— all  ppr. 

Motto  : — Regi  semper  jidelis. 


94  THE  SMITH   FAMILY 

The  devolution  of  the  Wootton  Wawen  estate  is 
by  no  means  clear.  Burke  makes  Sir  Richard,  the 
second  Bart.,  marry  Grace,  daughter  of  Carryl  Smith 
(or  more  exactly  Smyth),  and  die  s.p. 

The  name  Constantia  evidently  came  into  the 
family  from  the  Blounts  of  Sodington,  but,  according 
to  the  published  pedigree,  •  Constantia,  daughter  of 
Sir  John  =  Marmaduke  Langdale,  and  not  Peter  Hol- 
ford.  The  parentage  therefore  of  Constantia,  who 
married  Mr  Holford,  remains  a  mystery.  Probably 
the  Holfords  had  purchased  Wootton  Wawen,  but  if 
the  Smythes  and  Smyths  (Carington)  are  to  be  linked 
in  blood,  this  Constantia  must  be  identified.  In 
treating  Carryl  Carington  as  Smyth,  or  Smith,  Burke 
overlooks  the  fact  that  the  first  Lord  C.  dropped  his 
pseudo-patronymic  and  reverted  to  the  ancestral  Car- 
ington. Carryl  therefore  was  Carington,  and  by  no 
means  Smyth,  still  less  Smith.      Vide  footnote,  p.  87. 

The  Smythes  possess  the  following  Royal  descent : — 

Henry  IIL  =  Eleanor  Berenger. 


Edward  I.  =  Eleanor  of  Castile. 

I 

I 
Elizth.  Plantagenet= Humphry,  E.  of  Hereford. 


Lady  Eleanor  de  Bohun  = James,  1st  E.  of  Ormonde. 

I 

James,  2nd  E.  of  Ormonde  =  Elizabeth,  dan.  of  Sir  John  Darcy. 


James,  3rd  E.  of  Ormonde  =  Anne,  dau.  of  John,  5th  Lord  Welles,  by  Margaret, 
dau.  of  John,  Lord  Mowbray,  by  Lady  Elizth. 
Segrave,  and  granddau.  of  Lady  Joan  Planta- 
genet,  granddau.  of  Edmund  Plan tagenet,  brother 
of  Henry  IIL* 


James,  4th  E.  of  Ormonde  =  Joan,  dau.  of  Gerald,  E.  of  Kildare. 


Lady  Elizabeth  Butler = John,  Earl  of  Shrewsbury. 


CARRINGTONS,   CARINGTONS,   ETC.     95 


Lady  Anne  Talbot = Sir  Henry  Vernon  of  Tong. 


Elizabeth  Vernon=Sir  Robert  Corbet. 


Jane  Corbet  =  Thomas  Lee  of  Langley. 


I 
Richard  Lee  of  Langley  =  Eleanor  Wrottesley. 


Humphry  Lee  =  Margaret,  dau.  of  Richard  tCorbett. 

Sir  Richard  Lee  =  Elizabeth,  dan.  of  Sir  Edward  Allen. 

I 

Mary  Lee = Sir  Edward  Smythe. 


*  Inasmuch  aa  Lady  Elizth.  Segrave  was  granddanghter  of  Thomas  Planta- 
genet,  E.  of  Norfolk,  son  of  Edw.  L;  and  Lord  Welles  was  descended, 
through  Bardolph,  Damory,  and  De  Clare  from  Joan  of  Acre,  daughter  of 
Edw.  L,  there  is  a  quadruple  descent  through  the  Corbet s  from  Henry  III. 
for  the  Smythe  family.     Vide  "A  Record  of  the  Redes,"  p.  91. 

t  Another  account  calls  him  Reginald,  Justice  of  the  King's  Bench. 


CHAPTER  VI 

ENGLISH    PEDIGREES 
ASSHETON  SMITH. 

..  Smith  of  S.  Ted  worth,  Hants. 


Right  Hon.  John  (1658-1723), 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Com- 
mons and  Chancellor,  of  the 
Exchequer. 


I 
John. 


A  dau.  =  Assheton  of 
Ashley  Hall. 


Thomas  Assheton. 


Mary  =  Hon.  JR.  S.  Herbert,  son 
of  the  8th  E.  of  Pem- 
broke. 


Thomas  Assheton  =  Elizabeth,  d.  of  Watkin 
Wynn,  of  Voelas. 


Thomas,  M.  P.  =  Matilda, 
s.p.  d.  of  W. 

Webber, 
of  Brin- 
field. 


I  I 

William,  R.N.,   Jane, 
died  at  Trafal- 
gar. 


Elizabeth  =  W.  B.  Astley, 
Esq.,  brother 
of  Sir  John 
Astley. 


Mary  =  R.  G.  Duff,  Esq. 


George  W.  Duff 
Assheton  Smith, 
of  Vavnol 
(b.  1848). 


Charles  G.  =  Hon.  M.  F. ,    Henry, 
(b.  1851).       d.  of  2d  Lord 
Vivian. 


Louisa  A.  =  Hon.  H.  C. 
son  of    .•.> 
Charles, 
2nd  Lord 
Vivian. 


ENGLISH   PEDIGREES  97 

SMITH  OF  LONG  ASHTON,  Bast.— later  SMYTH. 

[Vide  Visitation  of  Somerset,  1623,  and  Visitation  of  Cheshire,  1580.] 
From  John  Smith,  of  Aylberton,  Glos.  temp.  Hen.  VI.  came  : — 


Hugh  =  Beekhaw.       Matthew  =  Jane  Tycher. 


Elizabeth  =  Wm.  Morgan,  of  Llanbaman, 
Abbey,  Mon. 


Sir  Hngh  of  Long  =  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Sir  Thos.  Gorges,  and  sister  of 
Ashton.  Lord  Gorges. 

Thomas  =  Florence,  dau.  of    Helen=Sir  F.  Rogers.     Mary  =  Sir  Thos.  Smith 
|  John,  Lord  of  Halkerton. 

Poulett. 

Sir  Hugh,  created  Bart.  1661  =  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  John  Ashbumham. 


Sir  John = a  dau.  of  Sir  Samuel  Astry  of  Henbury,  Glos. 

I _____ 

Sir  John=...  Pym,  of    Hugh.     Arabella  =  Ewd.  Gore  Florence  =  (1)  Pigott, 

Oxford.                                      (whence  =  (2)  Sir  Jar - 

the  Gore  I  rit  Smyth, 

Langtons).  Bart.,  Si.  P. 

i  "         i 

Sir  John  Hugh  Smyth,  2d  Bart.  =(1757)  Eliz'th,  Thomas=Jane,  dau.  of 
s.  p.                             dau.  of  H.  I  Joseph  Whit- 

Woolnough.  church. 

Sir  Hugh,  =  Margt.,  dau.  of     Sir  John,  4th        Florence  =  (1799)  John  Upton. 
3rd  Bart.     Bishop  Wilson,       Bart.,  sp.  took  the 

of  Bristol.  name  of 

Smyth. 


Thos.  Upton=(1329)  Eliza,  dau.  of  CoL  Way,  of  Denham  Place. 


Thds.  Sir  J.  H.  Greville  Smyth,     Eliza  J.     Florence  =  Clement  Coetrell 

(1330-48).      created  Bart.  1859.  Dormer,  of 

Rousham. 

Asms:— Oh.  on  chevron  ar>j.  between  3  cinque/oils  of  the  2nd,  S  leopards' fact  m. 
C-bw—A   griffin' 3  head  erased  <ju.   gorged   with  a  collar  gemel,  beaked  and 

eared  or. 
Motto  -.—Qui  Capit  Capitur. 


95 


THE    SMITH   FAMILY 


SMTH   OF   ISLET70ETH,   Babts. 

1    Mary  Alien.  =  Alderman  James  Smith  =1 21    Sarah,    dan.    of 
I  of  London,  and  also  of  i  Kobe.  Cotton  of  W. 
!  Hammersmith,     where  |  Bergholt. 
I  are    1-i.ls     to   his    de 
'  scendants. 


.  1',  Anne.  dan.  of  =  Sir  John.  Knight.  =  i2v  Jane,  dan.  of  Robert  Deane. 
Wm.     Wase      of  I  Alderman        and  I 
Datchet.  I  Sheriff     of      the 

I  Cirr. 


James, 
s.n. 


Sir  John,  created  3art.  1 694.  =  Mary  Erie*. 
Gentleman    of    the     Privy  I 
Chamber  to  K-nf*  William 
ind  Queen  Anne. 

Sir  John. 
ob.  1T60. 


Charles  =  Anne,  dan  of  W. 
Williamson.  Ser- 
jeant-at-Arms. 


Anne=Leeh  Masters. 


Rebecca = Orchard. 


Elirth.=rL  Hawley 
2  others. 


ASMS: — Quarterly.  1  and  i.  A—  a  lion  rampant  or  on  a  chief  org.  a  mulltl 
raiei  btrwten  S  lorteatLX.  2  and  3.  Gu.,  5  chtvronels  tcuAm  a 
Oor&'jrt  org. 


SMITH   OF   EDMO>T>THORPE  A>TD  WTTHCOTE.  oe 
W  1THC0CK,  Baets. 

[Vide  Visitation  of  Leicester.  1624  ;  Visitation  of  London,  1568  : 
and  Visitation  of  Xorthants,  1618-] 

The  name  of  this  House  was  Heriz  or  Hams,  and  one  tradition  links  them 
to  the  ardent  C»erdlev  ztoct.  whence  the  Smiths  of  Hough,  of  Oxford,  etc 
W:i',-arn  Hem.  lemp.  Hemy  vu...  assumed  the  name  of  Smith,  and  hmi  a 
grant  of  arms  1*99.  He  aimed  Catharine  Ashby.  His  son  was  John  Smith 
iob.   1546 1  of  Wirhcote,  whose  elder  son   by   Dorothy  Cave,   Roger,  had   a 


ENGLISH   PEDIGREES 


99 


grant  of  crest  in  1568,*  and  married  Frances,  dau.  of  Sir  T.  Griifin  ;  and 
whose  fourth  son,  Erasmus,  =  (2dly)  Margery,  3ister  of  Lord  Burleigh  of 
Husbands  Bosworth,  and  widow  of  Roger  Care. 

(Temp.  Eliz.)     ...  Smith=lstly,  ...  Bydd,  or  Baiard. 


(1)  Jane,  dau.  of  =  Sir  Roger,  =(2)  Anne  Goodman. 
Sir  Edmund         I    knighted 

Heron.  1635. 


Henry  (silver-tongue) 
(1550-91). 


Edward  =  Elizabeth,  dau.  of 
ob.  vit.  |  Sir  Ed.  Heron. 

patr. 

Sir  Edward,  =  (1)  Constantia,  dau.  of  Sir  Win. 
created  Bart.  I  Spencer  of  Yarnton. 

1661.        (ob. 
170.7.) 

Sir  Edward,  =  Olivia,  dau.  of  Thomas  Pepys 
2d  Bart.,  of  Merton  Abbey. 

s.p. 


Alderman  =  Marr,  dau. 


of  Lord 
Coleraine. 


Roger = Anna,  dau. 
|  of  Thos. 
Cotton. 


Anne  =  Sir 
John  Nor- 
wich. 


Mary  =  Sir 
We  Dud- 
ley, Bart. 


Roger  of 
Frolesworth. 

I 

Edward, 

M.P.  for 

Leicestershire. 


Sir  John  (1657-1726), 
a  Judge  of  the  Com- 
mon Pleas. 


Hugh  =  Dorothy,  dau.  of  Dacres  Barrett  Lennard 
(ob.    I  of  Belhouse. 

1745).  I 


Lucy  =  James  Lord  Strange,  eldest  son 
or  the  Earl  of  Derby.     iCb.  1747.) 


Dorothy  =  Hon.  John  Barry 
'whence  Smith  -  Barry  of 
Fota  and  Marbury  Hall). 

Henrv  Smith,  the  Regicide  (1620-68),  has  been  assigned  to  the  Withcote 
stock.  I  can  only  conjecture,  from  the  circumstance  of  his  being  described  n= 
"the  last  owner  of  Withcote,"  that  he  was  a  grandson  of  Roger,  the  elder 
brother  of  Erasmus  (1),  who  mamed  Lord  Burleigh's  3ister.  The  Regicide 
seems  to  have  been  regarded  as  a  dupe  or  fool,  and  to  have  been  ignored  by  his 
kinsmen  of  Edmondthorpe.      Vidt  Chapter  on  "Celebrities  of  the  Name.  ' 


*  The  original  grant  of  crest  is  in  the  possession  of  Mr  John  J.  Smyth  of 
Rathcoursey,  who  claims  descen»  from  Roger's  next  brother,  Francis.  [  Vidt 
Visitation  of  Leicester,  1624.] 


100  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

This  line  has  a  special  interest  in  having  given  not 
only  the  blood  but  the  name  also  of  Smith  to  subse- 
quent Earls  of  Derby.  The  fourteenth  Earl,  Prime 
Minister,  and  Chancellor  of  the  University  of  Oxford, 
had  already  dropped  the  "  Smith "  from  his  patro- 
nymic, but  notwithstanding  this,  his  political  oppon- 
ents in  the  University,  by  way  of  ridiculing  his 
pretensions,  utilised  the  bidding  prayer  as  a  vehicle 
for  satire.  The  author  has  heard  from  the  pulpit  of 
St  Mary's,  the  University  Church,  the  words,  "Ye 
shall  pray  for  Edward  Geoffrey  Smith,  our  honoured 
Lord  and  Chancellor."  Needless  to  add,  the  great 
scholar,  orator,  and  leader  of  the  Tory  party  treated 
this  specimen  of  mendacious  malice  with  the  contempt 
it  deserved.* 

Arms  of  Smith  of  Edmondthorpe  and  Withcote, 
Barts. : — Gu.,  on  a  chevron  or  between  3  bezants  as 
many  crosses  patee  fitchee  sa. 


SMYTH   OF  REDCLIFFE,   Babts. 

Sir  William  Smyth,  =(1)  Margaret,  dau.  of  Sir  Alexander  Denton, 
created    a    Baronet  =  (2)  A  dau.  of  Sir  N.  Hobart,  Master  in  Chancery. 
1661,  -was   M.P.   in  I 
the     Long     Parlia-  ! 
ment     for    Bucks.,  I 
and  a  firm  Rovalist. 


I  I 

William,  Sir  Thomas, 

ob.    3. p.,  2nd  Bart., 

vit.  patr.  ob.  s.p.  1732. 


*  Mr  Hugh  Smith,  who  died  in  1745,  by  the  terms  of  his  will,  compelled 
both  his  sons-in-law — viz.  The  Hon.  John  Barry,  son  of  Lord  Barrymore,  and 
Lord  Strange,  heir  to  the  Earldom  of  Derby — to  assume  the  name  of  Smith. 
The  Stanleys,  as  already  appears,  shed  that  suffix  after  two  generations,  but 
the  Smith-Barrys  have  retained  it  to  the  present  day,  as  believers  in  the  star 
of  ^mith  would  allege,  with  admirable  discretion,  the  name  of  Smith  giving  a 
guarantee  of  good  fortune.       — 


ENGLISH   PEDIGREES  101 


THE  NON-JTJEOR  SMITHS 


Matthew  (1589-1640),  annotator  of  Littleton's  = 
Tenures,  Barrister  of  the  M.  Temple,  author 
of  "  The  Country  Squire,"  a  ballad  opera,  and 
of  "Masquerade  du  ciel,''   a  strong  Royalist 
and  champion  of  the  Royal  Prerogative. 


John  of  Knaresborough,  fought  under  William  R.  of  =  (1657)  Elizth., 

Prince   Rupert  at  Marston  Moor,  ex  Lowther.       I  dau.   of    Giles 

parte  Regit.  I  Wetherall     ot 

.  I  Stockton. 


John  (1659-1715),  =  Marv,  dau.  of  Wm.  Cooper  Joseph,  Fellow  and  Provost 

Preb.  of  Durham  I  of  Scarborough,  whose  sister  of  Queen!3  College,   Oxford 

and  R.  of  Gates-      married  Hilkiah  Bedford,  (1670-1750).     [See  his  pedi- 

head,  D.D.,  St         the  Non-juror  Bishop.  gree,  infra.] 
John's  College, 
Cambridge. 


George  (1693-1753),  =Christian,  dau.  of  Bishop  Hilkiah  Bedford, 
Non-juror    Bishop   I  Non-juror  (1702-81). 

of  Durham. 


John,M.D.,of  Burn  Hall,  =(1750)  dau.  of  Nich.  Shuttleworth 
Durham  (ob.  1752).  of  Elvet,  in  Durham. 


George  of  Piercefield,  Mon.  =  Juliet,  dau.  of  Richd.  Mott  of  Carleton,  Suff. 


Sir  Charles  Felix.  Elizth.  (1776-1S06). 

\~  i  i  I 

Postumus  =  Dau.  of  Sir  George  William,  M.D.,     George,  Chaplain-     6  other 

of  Old  Wheler  of  Charing,  of  Leeds  (ob.         General  (ob.  1725).      sons. 

Burn  Hall  1729). 
(ob.  1725). 

For  this  pedigree  vide  Lathbury's  "History  of  Non-jurors"  and  the 
archives  of  Queen's  College,  Oxford.  The  Rev.  Thomas  Smith,  one  of  the 
ejected  Fellows  of  Magdalen,  1688,  and  R.  of  Standlake  (1638-1710),  may 
have  been  of  this  family.  Although  reinstated  to  his  fellowship  of  Magdalen, 
he  became  a  Non-juror,  and  in  1692,  for  refusing  to  take  the  oath,  was  de- 
prived.  He  became  a  tutor  in  the  family  of  John  Cotton,  and  died  in  the 
house  of  Bishop  Hilkiah  Bedford.  It  should  be  added  that  he  was  Vice- 
President  of  Magdalen  in  1683,  and  Bursar  in  1686.  He  had  previously,  i.e. 
in  1658,  served  as  chaplain  to  Sir  D.  Harvey,  Ambassador  to  the  Porte.  He 
graduated  in  1661  from  Queen's  College. 


102 


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104  THE   SMITH  FAMILY 

The  crest,  so  Betham  affirms,  was  assumed  by  Sir 
Thomas  Smijth,  Secretary  of  State  to  King  Edward 
VI.  and  to  Queen  Elizabeth,  to  commemorate  his 
good  fortune  in  escaping  vivi-cremation  under  the 
regime  of  Queen  Mary  and  Bishop  Bonner.  Prior 
to  that  date  the  family  crest  was  an  eagle  with  an 
ostrich  feather  in  its  claws,  suggestive  of  the  De 
Clarendon  descent.  It  would  appear,  according  to 
Grazebrook,  that  the  Secretary  of  State  spelt  his 
name  "  Smith,"  or  more  probably,  according  to  the 
fashion  of  the  period,  Smyth.  An  Elizabethan  con- 
ceit caused  the  two  upper  strokes  of  the  "  y  "  to  be 
dotted,  thereby  metamorphosing  Smyth  into  Smijth. 
The  spelling  may  be  an  affectation,  but  it  is  one 
consecrated  by  the  usage  of  over  three  centuries.  If 
the  family  would  escape  the  small  witticisms  of  the 
Philistine,  it  might  with  propriety  revert  to  the  more 
ancient  and  less  eccentric  patronymic,  De  Clarendon. 


SMITH   OF  GREAT  FENTON 

[Vide  Visitation  of  Cheshire,  1580  ;  Visitation  of  Oxford,  1624.] 

Ab^s  : — Gu.,  two  bars  wavy  erm.  on  a  chief  or  a  demilion  rampant  issuant  sa. 

armed  and  languid  gu. 
<rest  : — An  ostrich,  in  the  beak  a  horseshoe  proper. 

The  Right  Rev.  William  Smith,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  Lichfield  and  Coventry, 
consecrated  1493,  is  stated  by  Burke  ("  Landed  Gentry")  to  have  had  two  sons. 
Unless,  as  is  practically  impossible,  these  sons  were  illegitimate,  the  statement 
carries  error  on  the  face  of  it.  These  alleged  sons,  Edmund  and  John,  were 
apparently  heirs  to  the  Bishop's  estate,  and  either  nephews  or  cousins.  From 
Edmund,  by  his  wife  Catherine,  dau.  of  Sir  W.  Brereton,  came  Sir  Thomas  Smith 
of  Chester,  father  of  Sir  Lawrence  Smith  of  Hough.  The  younger  brother 
John  had  a  son  William,  whose  grandson  John  in  1614  obtained  a  confirma- 
tion of  arms  from  St  George  Norroy,  King-at-Arms.  By  Alice,  dau.  of  H. 
Weston  of  Eyle  in  Madeley,  he  had 


ENGLISH   PEDIGREES  105 

Thomas  =  Dorothy,  dau.  of  William  Yonge,  Esq., 
(b.  1584).  I  of  Keynton. 

Thomas  (ob.  1 694)  =  Elizabeth  Gregson,  s.  p.  Samuel  = . . . 

I 

i  I  I 1 

Samuel  of  =  (1696)  Mary  James    Jeremiah.    Sarah.   Elizabeth  =  Joseph  Wood. 
Hanley.    I        of  Chester. 

Thomas  (ob.  1729)  =  heiress  of  Charles  Nicholls,  Esq.,  of  Gt.  Fenton. 

I 

(l)Marg 

sister  of 

1st  Earl  St         (ob.  1792).  I  Jervis,  Esq.,  of 

Vincent,  3.  p.  Darlaston. 


rgaret,  =  Jeremiah,  High  =  (2)  Elizabeth,     Thomas.     Sarah.    Margaret, 
of  the       Sheriff  of  Stalls.  I  dau.  of  J. 


John,  High  Sheriff  of  =  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Grace  =  Rev.  W.  Greenwood 

Staffs.,  1816  (ob.  1840).  I  John  Turner,  Esq.  of  Bath. 

Charles  John  =  (1829)  Frances  H,  dau.  of  William  H       Rev.  F.  J.,  Pre- 

(1804-74).     I  J.  Atkinson,  Esq.,  of  (1806-23).         bendarv  of  Wells 

Maple  Hayes.  (1808-84). 


Charles  William  =  (1877)  Alice  E.,         Constance     Ellen  =  (1872)  Rev.  G.  A. 


Jervis. 


dau.  of  Rev.  E.        Elizabeth.  Festing.V.  of 

Baskerville  Mynors.  Clifton,  Derby. 


Reginald  Baskerville  (b.  1880).  Beatrice  F.  G. 

SMITH   OF  NOTTINGHAM  AND   OF  MANSFIELD, 
CO.  NOTTS,  ETC. 

Asms  of  Hortou-Smith  and  Lumley-Smith  :—  Arg.,  2  chevronels  invccted 
between  2  demi-gryphons  couped  respecting  each  other  in  chief,  and  as 
many  battle-axes  in  saltire  in  base,  ail  sa.  Mantling  : — Sa.  and  arg. 

Crest  : — On  a  wreath  of  the  colours,  in  front  of  a  mount  vert,  thereon  a  grey- 
hound couchant  ppr.,  two  battle-axes  in  saltire  or. 

Motto  : — Pre't  a  tressaillir. 

From  John  Smith  the  youuger  of  Cropwell  Boteler,  in  the  parish  of  Titheby, 
co.  Notts  (b.  1641,  and  baptised  2Sth  March  1641  at  Titheby  aforesaid),  vide 
supra,  p.  70,  descended  apparently  Richard  Smith  (1729-1825),*  lace-manufac- 
turer of  Nottingham,  who  acquired  considerable  estate  in  Mansfield,  where, 
after  a  long  and  prosperous  career,  he  was  buried  on  the  7th  Jan.  1825,  at 
the  age  of  95.  Will  and  codicU  proved,  April  5,  1825,  in  the  Peculiar  Court 
of  the  manor  of  Mansfield.  This  gentleman  is  stated  to  have  been  married 
twice.     He  left  issue : — 

The  Registers  of  St  Mary's,  Nottingham,  contain  the  following  entries  :  — 
July  20,  1724  :— John  Smith  and  Sarah  Stoaks  married,  both  of  this  parish, 
by  banns. 
January  3,  1727  :— Richard,  son  of  John  Smith  and  Sarah  his  wife,  baptised. 


106 


THE   SMITH   FAMILY 


Richard  (1771-1839),  of  Nottingham  and  Mansfield,  co.  John  of  Mails- 
Notts,  of  the  City  of  London,  and  of  Stoke  Newington.co.  field  (ob.  1838, 
Middlesex,  Merchant  =  ( 1794)  Sarah,  only  child  of  Joseph  aet.  74)  =  Ann  nee 
Horton  of  Leicester  and  Nottingham,  Merchant  (descend-  ...  (ob.  1838, 
ant  of  the  Hortons  of  Mowslev,  co.  Leicester),  by  his  first  st.  84). 
wife,  TTa""-^  nee  Heritage  (ob.  1832,  st.  63). 


Richard  (1798-1358),: 
of  the  City  of  Lon- 
don, of  Guildford 
Street,  W.C., and  of 
Littlehampton,  co. 
Sussex,  Merchant. 


(1828)  Elizabeth,  sister 
of  William  Golden  Lum- 
lev,  Q.C.,  LL.M.,  and 
Fellow  of  Trin.  HaU, 
Camb.,  dan.  of  William 
Lumley  of  the  City  of 
London,  Architect  and 
Surveyor,  and  grand-Jau. 
of  Edward  Lumley  of 
Gt.  Dalby,  co.  Leicester, 
scion  of  the  Family  of 
Lumley  whence  the 
Lumleys,  Earls  of  Scar- 
borough (1797-1884). 


Frederick        Henry  =. 

(1805-18)       (1813-42) 

s.p.  a.  p. 


Richard 
Hortok-Smtth 
(b.  1S31),  K.C., 
M.A.,  Fellow 
of  St  Johns, 
Camb.,  Bencher, 
Senior  Trustee, 
and  (1902)  Mas- 
ter of  Library, 
of  Lincoln's 
Inn,  etc.,  etc. 


(1S64)  Maxilla  {nee 
Baily),  direct  de- 
scendant of  the 
illustrious  James 
Graham,  5th  Earl 
and  1st  Marquis 
of  Montrose  (in  the 
Peerage  of  Scotland), 
and  dau.  of  John 
Baily,  Q.C.,  M.A., 
Fellow  of  St  John's, 
Camb. ,  Bencher  of 
Lincoln's  Inn,  and 
Counsel  to  Univ.  of 
Cambridge  (b.  1838). 


Lumley  -  Smith 
(b.    1834),  K.C., 
M.A.,  Fellow  of 
Trin.  Hall, 
Camb.,  Bencher 
of  the  Inner 
Temple,  Judge  of 
City  of  London 
Court,  and  some- 
time Judge  of 
Westminster 
County  Court, 
etc.,  etc. 


(1874)  Jessie 
Croll,  dau.  and 
co-h.  of  Sir 
Thomas  Gab- 
riel, Bart. 
(1851-79)  [vide 
G.  W.  Mar- 
shall's Family 
of  Comber- 
bach,  1866]. 


Percival  (b.  1867),  F.R.C.P.,  Lionel  (b.  1S71),  Raymond  John(1873- 
M.A.,  M.D.,  and  Fellow  of  St  M.A..  Fellow  and  99),  M.A.,  M.B., 
John's,  Camb.,  etc.  =(1895)  Lucy  late M'MahonLaw  and  Scholar  of  I 
Josephine  Hartley,  dau.  of  Lieut.-  Student  of  St 
CoL  Joseph  Hartley,  LL.D.,  and    John's,  Camb., 

Barrister  of  Lin 

coin's  Inn.  Hon. 

V.-P.  Navy 

League,  etc. 


Fellow  -  Commoner  of  St  John's, 
Camb..  J. P.  co.  Kent.  J. P.  aDd 
D.L.  West  Riding,  co.  York. 


John's,  Camb..  Univ. 
Scholarof  St  Thomas' 
Hospital,  London, 
etc. ;  sj).  The  Ray- 
mond Horton-Smith 
Prize  in  the  Univ.  of 
Camb. ,  founded  in  his 
memory,  1900. 


Percival  Hubert  Graham         Audrev  Gwendolen 
(b.  1896).  (b.  1900). 

This  family,  after  having  been  founded  in  manufacture  and  carried  forward 
by  commerce,  has  further  achieved  success,  as  well  in  the  University  of  Cam- 
bridge, as  also  in  the  professions  of  Law  and  of  Medicine.  That  the  3ame 
family  should  have  won  four  fellowships,  a  scholarship,  and  four  university- 
prizes  within  little  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  will  surely  find  but  few 
parallels  in  either  university.  It  recalls  the  triumphs  of  the  Palmers,  Fabers, 
and  Wilberforces  at  Oxford — in  which  university,  if  at  the  same  epoch,  the 


ENGLISH   PEDIGREES 


107 


Charles  =. 


Sarah     (ob.  =(1787)  John  Barlow  of  Mans- 
1338,ast.74).  I       field  (ob.  1836,  at.  70). 


Mary  = 
...  Beck. 


Richard.        John. 


Charles 
Smith. 


i 
William. 


I  | 

Sarah  =(1816)  Matthew     Ann= 
(1794-    Surteesof  Lon-  (1796-  I 
1819).     don,     and     for-  1879). 
merly  of    New- 
castle- on -Tyne, 
nephewof  Eliza- 
beth,   Countess 
of  Eldon  (1790- 
1825). 
Mary  Augusta 
-(1817-98). 
s.p. 


(1826)  Nicho-  Frances  =  (1837)  George  Eliza 
las  Mason  (1800-  I  Davenport,  (1809- 
(ob.  1859,         45).  (ob.    1869,  10). 

at.  67).  |  oet.  61). 

Edward  Gershom   (1838-74),  M.A., 
Trin.  Coll.,  Camb.,  and  M.P.  for  St 
Ires,  co.  Cornwall  =  (1863)    Louisa 
ne'e  Oxenford  (1837-75). 
I 

I  I  I 

Vivian  Edward  Frances  Emily   Ellen  Marie 
(b.  1370).  (1864-79).         (ob.  1875). 


John  Nicholas,  Solicitor  ( 1828-84) 
left  issue  : — Barry  Willicombe  (b. 
1868),  Solicitor ;  and  others. 


;   Francis, F.R.C.S., Hon. Fellow    Mary  Ann 

,     of  King's  ColL,  London,  etc.  ;      (b.  1827)  ; 

married,  but  ob.  s.p.  (1837-86).     andothers. 


Hubert 
Barlow 
(1837-39). 


Alice  Mary  (1839-84),  =  (1867)  Fredk.  Meadows- 


Assoc.  Philh.  Soc. 
distinguished  musician 
and  composer  [aide 
Diet.  Nat.  Biog.,  vol. 
Ivi,  1900,  pp.  31  f.]. 


Theresa 
Winifred 
(1841-93) 
s.p. 


I 

Alice  Hilda 

(b.  1869). 


Thomas  Gabriel  (b. 
1879),  Etonand  Trin. 
ColL,  Camb.,  Lieut. 
21st  Lancers. 


White,  Q.C.,  M.A, 
Fellow  of  Magd.  ColL, 
Oxford,  Bencher  of  the 
Inner  Temple,  Judge  of 
the  Clerkenwell  County 
Court,  etc., etc.  (1829-98). 

I 
Alice  Ida  =  (1897)  Alfred  Brav  Kempe, 
(b.  1868).     M.A.,  Scholar  of  Trin.  Coll., 
____^__  Camb.,    Barrister  of  Inner 

I  I  Temple,   Chancellor   of    St 

Sibyl         Alice  Albans,      Southwell,      and 

Gabriel     Gabriel  Newcastle,    Fellow,    Trea- 

(b.  1875).  (b.  1876).  surer,  and  V.-P.,  R.S.     (b. 

1849.) 
Alfred  Humphrey  Meadows  (b.  1900). 


I  I 

Hubert  Ethel   Marilla,  =  (1900)  Herbert  Birkett, 

(1875-81).         Associate  Roy.     M.I.Mech.E.,  fifth  son 
Acad.  Mus.,  of  John  Birkett,  Fellow 

London  (b.  (and    sometime    Pres. ) 

1866).  R.CT.S.  {vide  J.  Foster'3 

Royal  Descents], 


Edith  Gwendolen 
(b.  1869). 


Kathleen  Marilla  (b.  1901). 

three  Smiths,  Goldwin,  Harris,  and  Henry  John  Stephen  Smith,  achieved  the 
highest  academical  reputation,  none  of  them  were  of  the  same  blood,  or  indeed 
of  the  same  county.  The  Raymond  Horton-Smith  Prize  at  Cambridge  will 
perpetuate  the  memory  of  a  young  student,  who,  though  passing  away  in  his 
early  prime,  had  already  given  promise  of  distinction  ;  while  the  memory  of 
the  late  Judge  Meadows- White's  accomplished  wife  must  remain  evergreen 
with  all  who  reverence  the  art  and  poetry  of  music. 


108 


THE   SMITH   FAMILY 


SMITH   OF  CRANTOCK,  Bart. 

John  Smith,  merchant  of  London,  and  of  Crantock,  in  Cornwall,  by  tradi- 
tion a  cadet  of  the  house  of  Tredonnick,  was  created  a  barone  in  1642,  and 
died  s.p. 


SMITH  OF  HOUGH  AND  HATHERTON,  Barts. 

[Vide  Visitation  of  Cheshire,  1580,  and  of  Oxford,  1624.] 

Sir  Thomas  Smith  of  Hough,  =  Catherine,  dau.  of  Sir  .Andrew 
a  scion  of  the  house  of  Cuerd-  |  Brereto a. 

ley,  ob.  1538.     [Vide  supra, 
Smith  of  Cuerdley.  ] 


Sir  Lawrence,  =(1)  Anne,  dau.  of  Thomas 
Sheriff  of  Fulleshurst  of  Crewe  ; 

Cheshire,         (2)  Jane,  dau.  of  Sir  Piers 
1553.  Warburton,  and  widow 

of  Sir  Win.  Brereton. 


I  I 

Ursula  =  Sir  Row-     Bridget=R. 
land  Stanley.         Fulleshurst. 


Lawrence, 
s.p. 


I  I  I 

Sir  Thomas  =  Anne,  dau.  of      Edward.     Eleanor  =      Mary  =  J  as. 


of  Hather- 
ton.  Sheriff 
of  Cheshire, 
1600. 


Sir  Wm. 
Brereton. 


Thos. 
Cowper. 


Hurleston. 


Lawrence  =  Anne,  dau.  of  Sir  Randal 
Main  waring. 


I 
Jane  =  Sir  Randal  Mam  waring. 


I 

Sir  Thomas,  =  Mary,  dau.  of  Sir 

Sheriff  of       Hugh    Smith    of 

Cheshire,        Long  Ashton. 

1623. 


I 
Stephen,  =  ... 
Usher  to 
the  Mar- 
quis     of 
Ormonde. 

Issue. 


Sir  Thomas  =  Abigail,  dau. 


created 

Bart,  in 

1660 


of  Sir  John 
Pate  of  Sis- 
sonby. 


Laurence  = 
of  Bow 


Mary  =  ( 1 )  George     10  others. 
Cotton  of  Comber- 
mere  :    =  (2)    Sir 
Robt.  Holte. 


Sir  Thomas,  2nd  Bart., 
ob.  1706.     s.p. 


I 
Frances  =  Richard  Lister. 


John  Pate.  Abigail. 

Ar.sis  : — Az.  S  ban  teavy  ermine  on  a  chief  or  a  dtmilion  rampant  ta. 


ENGLISH   PEDIGREES 


109 


SMYTH  OF  ISFIELD,  Barts. 

[Vide  Visitation  of  Essex,  1664  ;  Berry's  Essex  Pedigrees,  p.  16  ;  Visitations 
of  London,  1633,  and  of  Worcester,  1620.] 

Sir  Robert  Smyth,  Bart,  of  Upton =. Judith  Walmesley. 


Sir  Robert,  whence 
the  Barts.  of  Upton. 


Sir  James,  knighted  by  =  (l)  Mary  Peake. 

CharlesII.,LordMayor.  =  (2)  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Arthur 
Shirley  of  Istield. 
=  (3)  Philadelphia,  dau.  of  Sir 
Wm.     Wilson    of     East- 
bourne, Bart. 


Sir  James  of  Isfield,  created  Bart.  1714,  =  Mirabella,  dau.  of  Sir  Robt.  Legard, 
ob.  1717.  Master  in  Chancery. 


Sir  Robert  =  Lady  Louisa  C.  L  Hervey,  dau.  of  John,  Earl  of  Bristol. 


Sir  Hervey  (1734-1811).     Fought  with  Anne  Mirabella  H.  =  W.  B.  Brand 

General  Wolfe  at  Quebec.     Col.  Foot  of  Polsted. 

Guards,  s.p. 

Arms  : — Az.  2  bars  wavy  erm.  on  a  chief  or,  a  demilion  issuant  sa. 
Crest  : — An  ostrich  head  ccrnped  in  the  beak  a  horseshoe  ail  ppr. 


SMITH  OF  EAEDISTON,  Barts. 

Thomas  Smith  of  Burwaston,  Salop  =  L;etitia  Morris  of  Burford. 


Sir  William  of  Eardiston,  created  Bart.  =(1730)  Mary  Wheeler  ofLambswick. 
1309  (ob.  1321). 


Sir  Christopher  Sidney  =  (1)  Mary,  dau.  of    Cecilia  M.  =(1816)  V.  W.  Wheeler 


(1798-1839) 


Rev.  R.  Foley 
(ob.  1833). 
=  (2)  Mrs  Murphy 
(ob.  1840). 


of  Nash  Court. 


Sir  William  =  (1343)  Susan,  Edward      Marv  S.  =  Elizth.  =(1853)      Helen, 

(b.  1823)       dau.    of    Sir  (b.  1326).     (1346)  S.  Charles  J. 

W.G.Parkes,  J.   Heath-  Shaw. 

Bart.  cote. 


W.  S.  Win- 
wood 

(1844-45). 


Christopher 

s.  w\ 

(b.  1846). 


I  I 

William  Charles 

G.  W.  E.  W. 

(b.  1847).  lb.  1853). 


I  I 

Mary  A.  W.       Elizth.  E. 


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Crist  :—A  greyhound  couchant  sa.  collared  and  line  rejiexed  over  the  back  or, 

the  body  charged  with  a  cross  crosslet  of  the  last,  the  dexter  paw 

resting  on  a  cross  jiory. 


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SMYTH  OF  CUDDESDON 

Edward  Smith,  of  Abingdon,  Barrister  of  the  Middle  Temple,  by  some 
said  to  have  began  life  as  a  tailor =... 

I  I 

The  Rev.  Sebastian  Smvthe,  D.  D .,  =  Dorothy,  dau.  of    Arabella  =  Charles,  E.  of 
Canon  of  Ch.  Ch.  (ob.  1674).       I  Dr  John  Weston.  Nottingham. 


I 
Sir  Sebastian  Smvthe  of  Cuddesdon,  =  Grace,  heiress  of  Edward  Astyne,  grand- 
High  Sheriff  of  Oxon,  1734.  i       son  of  William  A  of  Oxley ,  Staffs. 


Grace  =  Bernard  Gardiner,  D.D.,  son  of  Sir  Edward,  M.A.,  Senior  Student 
W.  Gardiner,  Bart.,  Warden  of  of  Ch.  Ch.,  (ob.  1714). 

All  Souls,  whence  the  Whalley 
Smythe  Gardiners,  Bart  a.,  (2nd 
creation),  of  Roche  Court.  Mar- 
ried at  Horspath  1712. 

Asms  of  Smith  of  Cttddesdon  : — Per  chevron  org.  and  so.  S  anvils  counter- 
changed. 

Crest  : — On  a  mural  coronet  or  an  ostrich  head  erasgd  ppr.,  beaked  of  the  first, 
in  the  beak  a  horseshoe  arg. 

This  coat  was  entered  in  the  Visitation  of  1634- 
1688  as  borne  by  Richard  Smith  of  Abingdon,  author 
of  "The  Obituary,"  an  antiquary  and  genealogist. 
Sir  Sebastian  quartered  with  his  own  coat  that  of  his 
mother,  Weston — viz.  Erm.,  a  bird,  on  a  chief  az.  3 
bezants.  Anthony  A.  Wood  mentions  that  Sir  Sebas- 
tian had  a  residence  in  Oxford.  It  would  appear  to 
have  been  an  interesting  timber  house  in  the  Corn- 
market,  which,  being  then  in  the  tenancy  of  Messrs 
Grimbly,  grocers,'  was  burnt  down  in  the  sixties. 

SMITH   OF   OLD   WINDSOR 

Walter  Smith  of  Old  Windsor. 


Christopher  of  Old  Windsors... 

I 


Edward  of  Old  Windsor       Christopher  of       James  of  New       Simon  of 
(living  in  1671).  Buckhurst.  Windsor.  Westminster. 

Asms,  granted  April  21,  1671 : — Or,  3  martlets  purpured. 

Crbst:—  A  martlet  purpured.     (Harl.  MSS.  1172). 

H 


114 


THE   SMITH  FAMILY 


SMITH   OF  HALESOWEN" 
Senior  Co-heir  of  the  Barony  of  Dudley. 

William  Smith  of  Hunnington  [said  to  be  of  the  line  of  Stoke  Prior,  whence 
the  Baronets  of  Upton  and  Isfield],  (oh.  1684). 

William  of  the  Breach  =  ... 


i  I 

William,  Joseph, 

ancestor  ancestor  of 

of  the  the  Smiths  of 

Smiths  of  Hunnington. 
Bourne 
Heath. 


Jacobof  =  (1709)  Eliza-     Elianor  =  W.   Car-    Sarah 


Stoke 
Prior 


beth,  dan.  of 
John  Lowe  of 
Halesowen 
by  Joice, 
dau.  of  J. 
Lea  of  Hale- 
sowen (ob. 
1762). 


dale. 


William  =  (1737)  Hon.  Anne  Lea,  senior    Mary  =  (1746)  R.  Chambers,  Esq., 


(1713-84). 


co-heiress  of  the  15th  Lord 
Dudley  (ob.  1762). 


of  Whitbourne  Court, 
High  Sheriff  of  Here- 
fordshire, 1793. 


Harrv    Ferdi-  =  (  1774)  Eliza-    Frances  =  WalterWood- 


Grey  nando 

(ob.  (ob. 

1760),  1794). 
s.p. 


beth, dau.  of    (ob.,s.p., 
Humphrey       1821). 
Lyttelton, 
Esq. 


cock,  Esq. 


Anne  =  Edw.  Baker, 
Esq.,  Hill 
Court,  Wor- 
cester. 


(1)  (1802)  Elvira,  =  Lieut. -Col.  =  (2)  (1830)  Elizabeth 
co-heiressof  Major-  Ferdinando  |  (ob.  1875),  dau.  of 
General  Knudson  (1779-1841).  I  M.  Grazebrook, 
(ob.  s.p.  1805).  Esq.,  of  Audnam. 


Captain    William 
(1785-1824),  s.p. 


I  I  I 

Henry  Lyttelton      Frances  C.  =  (1803)  Captain  Marcus  J.  Annesley,      6  daus. 
(b.  ITS")  s.p.  nephew  of  the  1st  Earl  Annesley. 


Ferdinando  Dudlev  Lea=(1865)  Amy  S.,  dau.  of  J.  H.  Leigh, 
(b.  1834).    "  Esq.,  of  Belmont  Hall. 


William  Lea. 


Ferdinando  D.  W.  F.  (b.  1872).       Charles  E.  L.  (b.  1874).       Lilian  Amy  Lea. 

It  will  be  noted  that  the  derivation  of  the  Barony 
of  Dudley  came  through  the  Lea  family,  thus  : — 
"William  Lea  (1677-1741)  =  Frances,  only  daughter 
of  Hon.  W.  Ward,  and  qua  her  issue  sole  heiress  of 
William,  Baron  Dudley  and  Ward.  Their  son,  Ferdi- 
nando Lea,  took  his  seat  as  Baron  Dudley  in  the 


ENGLISH  PEDIGREES 


115 


House  of  Lords,  but  dying  sp.,  the  Barony  fell  into 
abeyance  among  his  sisters,  Mrs  Smith,  Mrs 
Woodcock,  Mrs  Hervey,  Mrs  Jordan,  and  Mrs 
Briscoe,  Mrs  Smith  being  the  senior. 

Asms,  lbss  Quabtzbctgs  : — Two  bars  icavy  em.  on  a.  chief  or  a  demilion 
rampant  issuant  sa. 

Crsst  : — An  ostrich  head  quarterly  sa.  and  arg.  between  2  wings  expanded  gu., 
in  the  beak  a  horseshoe  or. 

SMITH  OF  CUEEDLEY 

[Vide  Visitation  of  Cheshire,  1580,  and  of  Oxford,  1624.] 

Thomas  Smith  of  C.  =  Katherine,  dan.  of  Sir 
(ob.  1538. )  I      Andrew  Brereton. 


(1)  Anne,  dau.  of = Sir  Lawrence  =  (2)  Jane,  dau.  of 


Thos. 

hurst. 


Fuls- 


Lawrence, 

ob.  1567. 

v.p. 

s.p. 


Sir  Piers  War- 
barton,  and 
widow  of  Sir 
W.  Brereton. 


Ursula  =  Bridget  = 

Sir  Row-  R.     Fills, 

land  hurst. 
Stanley. 


ir  Thos. ,  =  Anne,  dau. 
of  Sir  W. 


Sir 
Mayor  of 
Chester, 
1598; 
Sheriff,- 
1600. 


Edward. 


Brereton. 


Lawrence,  =  Anne,  dau  of  Sir  Randle 
ob.  7.  p.    I    Mainwaring  the  elder. 


Eleanor = 

Thos. 

Cowper. 


Mary  = 
John 
Hurle- 
ston. 


Jane  =  Sir  R.  Mainwaring 
the  younger. 


Sir  Thomas,  =  Mary,   dau.   of  Sir 


Mayor  of 
Chester, 
1622;  Sher- 
iff,  1666. 


22children, 
inter  quos. 


Hugh  Smith  of 
Somerset  —  ».  e. 
Long  Ash  ton. 


Stephen,  ob.  1665,  =  Walsgrave,  sister 
Usher  to  Lord  Or-  to  the  wife  ot 
monde.  the   Lord  Trea- 

surer Weston. 


Sir  Thomas,  =  Abigail,  dau.  of  Sir  John  Fate, 
created 
Bart.  1660.    | 
Ob.  1675. 


Francis  Fate, 
ob.  v.p. 


A  dau.  a  R.-  Lister. 


Mary, 

3.  p. 


Lawrence, 
ob.  ante 
1675. 


Sir  Thomas,  2nd  Bart, 
(ob.  sine  haerede  l. 


It  is  evident  that  Thomas,  ob.  1538,  was  by  no  means  the  first  Smith  of 
Cuerdley.      But  the  above  pedigree  is  that  supplied  by  Ormerod. 


116 


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SMITH   OF   SHOKTGEOYE   AXD   GREAT  HAUTBOIS 

Henry  of  Great  Hauibois  =  Elizabeth  Johnson 


(1676-1743). 

Said    to    have    been    a 

grandson      of      Henry 

Smith     als      Heriz     of 

Withcote,  the  Regicide. 


( buried  at  Co ttis - 
hall,  1735). 


Joseph,  5th  son  =  Margaret,  dan.  of  Anthony  Atthill 
(1715-61)  of  Beardston. 


Joseph  of  Shortgrove  =  (l)  Anna,  dan  of 
(1757-1822),  Private  J.  Martin, 
Secy,  to  William  Esq.,  of  Ham 
Pitt;  M.A.,  Caius  Court.  (Ob. 
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Cocks,  brother 
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Lord  Somers. 


Marv  =  Right  Rev. 
Dr  Porter,  Bishop 
of  Clogher. 


William  Charles 
of  Short  jrove 
(ob.  1883Cs.p., 
H.  Sheriff  for 
Essex  1868  = 
(1860)  Fanny 
R. ,  dau.  of  Sir 
R.  Kong,  Bart., 
G.C.B. 


I 
Henry 
Joseph, 
Barris- 
ter (ob. 
1878). 


I  I  I 

=  Letitia,   George    Rev.  John    Rev.  Rich 
dau.   of    J.  R 


C.  Shil- 
leto. 


(ob. 

1886), 

Master 

of  the 

Court  of    Camb., 

Queen's    M.A. 

Bench. 


Eliza- 
James  (ob.    ard  Snow-    beth 
1880),  Fel-    don,  Pre-    (ob. 
low  and        bendary    1S74) 
Tutor     of    of      Chi-    = 
Caius  CoL   Chester.         Rich- 
ard 
Glyn, 
Esq. 


Joseph 
Charles 
Thomas, 
now  of 
Short- 
grove. 


I 
Rev. 
Henrv 
G  al's 
Heriz, 
M.A., 
Magd. 
Hall, 
Ox- 
ford, 
R.  of 
Thorn- 
bury, 
Devon, 
=  As- 
trea 
Cooke. 


Com-  Rev. 

mander     Somers 


Regi- 
nald 
Yorke, 
R.N., 
als 

Heriz  = 
Ada, 
dau.  of 
CoL 
Hunt, 
and  wi- 
dow of 


P.  als 
Heriz 
(b. 

1861), 
R.  of 
Brad- 
dens 
(1896) 
Mary 
M. . dau. 
of  Alex. 
Hill, 


Middle-     Esq. 


ton 

Evans, 

Esq. 


of  Man- 
chester. 


I 
Mar- 

garet 

Rev. 
W.G. 
Ed- 
wards, 
Minor 
Canon 
of 

Wind- 
sor. 


Issue. 


I  I  I 

Jane       Susan  F.     Edith   L. 
F.  M.       =J.  D.  — 

Holm-     Leila  M.  S. 
wood,  Esq. 


Issue. 


ENGLISH  PEDIGREES  119 

Smith,  now  Dodsworth,  Bart. 

John  Smith  of  Ecclesfield  =  Priscilla  Sylvester,  and 
by  her  had  John  of  Newland  Hall  (d.  1746),  who  = 
(2)  Ann,  daughter  of  Christopher  Hodgson,  Esq.  of 
Westerton.  Their  son,  John  Sylvester  Smith  (d. 
1789),  was  created  a  baronet  in  1784.  He  =  1761, 
Henrietta  Maria,  daughter  of  J.  Dodsworth,  Esq.  of 
Thornton  Watlass,  through  which  lady  the  family 
claims  descent  from  King  Edward  III.  By  her  he 
had,  with  others  —  including  Sir  Charles,  third 
baronet,— Sir  Edward  (1768-1845),  who  assumed  the 
name  of  Dodsworth  in  lieu  of  Smith.  He  =  1804, 
Susannah,  daughter  of  H.  Dawkins,  Esq.  of  Stand- 
lynch,  and,  dying  s.p.,  was  succeeded  by  his  brother, 
Sir  Charles  (1775-1857),  who  =  1805,  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  J.  Armstrong,  Esq.,  and  granddaughter  of 
Cadwallader,  ninth  Lord  Blayney,  by  whom  he  had 
five  sons,  who  died  s.p.,  Sir  Mathew,  his  successor, 
of  whom  presently,  and  Frederick  (b.  1822)  =  1848, 
Jane  R,  daughter  of  J.  Young,  Esq.  of  Westridge, 
and  had  issue,  a  daughter,  Rosie  A.  E.  A.;  Henrietta 
M.  =  Rev.  R.Whytehead  of  All  Saints,  York;  Elizabeth 
=  1849,  J.  Tetley,  Esq.  of  Kilgran ;  Frances  E.  =  Rev.  Dr 
Le  Maistre  ;  Anna  M.  =  G.  Prickett,  Esq. ;  Catherine 
=  J.  Dalton,  Esq.  of  Fillingham  Castle  ;  Charlotte  S. 

Sir  Charles,  who  was  Colonel  of  the  22nd  Light 
Dragoons,  was  succeeded  by  his  fourth  son,  Sir 
Mathew  (1819-1858)  =  Anne  Julia,  daughter  of 
Colonel  Crowder,  C.B.,  and  by  her  had  Sir  Charles 
E.,  fifth  baronet ;  Mathew  Blayney  (b.  1856) ; 
Frederick  C.  (b.  1858) ;  Henriette. 

Asms  :— Quarterly.  1  and  4.  Arg.  a  bend  engrailed  between  3  annulets 
gu.— Dodsworth.  2  and  3.  Per  saltire  arg.  and  sa.  2  trefoils  slipped  in  pale 
gu. — Smith. 

Crests:— <1)  Dodsworth— A  dexter  cubit  arm  in  chain  mail  or,  the  hand 
proper  grasping  a  broken  tilting  spear,  the  broken  part  imbued  gu.  (2)  Smith 
—Out  of  a  ducal  coronet  or  a  boar's  head  couped  at  the  neck  az.,  cnned  or. 

Motto  : — Pro  lege  senatuque  rege. 


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122  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

It  will  be  noted  that  Hulcote  and  Aspley  came  to 
this  family  through  Charlotte,  co-heiress  of  the  Rev. 
E.  Hervey.  In  1784  he  had  purchased  Aspley  House, 
built  in  1680  by  Sir  Christopher  Wren,  Hulcote 
Manor  having  fallen  into  decay.  On  the  decease  of 
Mrs  Downes,  the  senior  co-heiress,  Aspley  passed 
to  her  eldest  son,  Major  C.  Villiers  Downes.  It  is 
panelled  throughout,  and  contains  some  portraits  of 
interest,  notably  one  of  Katherine  Eliot,  granddaugh- 
ter of  Sir  John  Eliot,  who  died  in  the  Tower  1629, 
and  wife  of  the  celebrated  antiquary,  Browne  Willis, 
whose  third  daughter  became  wife  to  Rev.  E.  Hervey ; 
also  of  the  sisters  Lamb,  Lady  Wentworth,  and  Mrs 
Smith  ;  and  of  the  Chernocke  (baronets),  Orlebar,  and 
Hervey  families. 

Arms  of  Smith  of  Aspley,  as  entered  at  the  College 
of  Arms  : — Per  fesse  nebuly  sa.  and  arg.  a  pale  with 
3  cross  crosslets  crosserl  two  and  one  and  as  many 
demi-men  affronte  couped,  each  holding  in  both  hands 
a  club  in  bend  one  and  two,  all  counterchanged. 


CHAPTER  VII 

English  pedigrees— continued 

The  three  following  pedigrees  have  been  extracted 
from  the  able  compilation  of  the  late  Mr  H.  Ecroyd 
Smith,  a  zealous  antiquarian,  whose  work  unfortun- 
ately is  disfigured  by  polemical,  political,  and  personal 
antipathy.  A  volume  of  vulgar  detraction  levelled 
at  the  clergy  of  the  Church  of  England,  an  embittered 
partisanship,  and  an  amusing  insensibility  to  the  ex- 
istence of  any  possible  merit  outside  his  own  narrow 
circle,  might  be  passed  over  with  a  smile,  but  when 
the  gentleman  descends  to  decry  his  distinguished 
relation,  Mr  W.  Farrer  Ecroyd,  late  M.P.  for  Preston, 
and  that  not  merely  on  the  score  of  political  differ- 
ences, but  chiefly  because  he  has  built  a  church  for 
the  benefit  of  his  factory  hands  at  Burnley,  one  can- 
not but  stand  aghast  at  so  purblind  a  sample  of  sec- 
tarianism. This  is  the  more  regrettable,  because  the 
writer  has  proved  himself  researchful  and  accurate, 
while  the  sidelights  he  throws  on  the  personnel  of  an 
eminent  Quaker  family  raises  his  genealogy  to  the 
highest  level  of  narrative.  Because  the  fathers 
elected  to  eat  sour  grapes,  why  should  the  children's 
teeth  be  set  on  edge  ?  True,  these  industrious  and 
pious  religionists  prospered,  but  times  have  changed, 
the  world  has  advanced  beyond  the  stage  of  a  selfish 
individualism,  and  the  Quaker,  with  all  his  virtues, 
represents  but  a  phase  of  a  remote  past.  It  is 
perhaps  superfluous  to  slay  the  slain,  to  whom  we 
would  raise  a  monument  of  reverent  if  qualified 
respect ;  enough  that  "  God  fulfils  Himself  in  many 
123 


124 


THE   SMITH  FAMILY 


ways,"  and  hence  at  this  time  of  day  no  system,  no 
section,  can  lay  claim  to  a  monopoly  of  good.  The 
man  who  in  the  darkest  days  of  the  Gladstonian 
illusion  dared  to  exploit  Fair  Trade,  precursor  of 
imperial  solidarity  based  on  an  imperial  tariff;  the 
man  who,  breaking  away  from  the  traditions  of  his 
family,  brought  the  beneficent  influence  of  the  Church 
to  mitigate  the  conditions  of  a  teeming  proletariat, 
might  well  have  been  spared  the  censure  of  a 
narrow  empiricism,  which  has  mistaken  evolution 
for  devolution,  and  asserts  the  hereditary  claims  of 
a  venerable  yet  decaying  brotherhood  over  those 
of  conscience  and  common-sense. 


SMITH   OF  BAXTERGATE 
(Descended  from  Smith  of  Brockhole  in  Canlley) 
William  Smith  of  Baxtergate,  =  (1788)  Martha Ecroyd of  Edgend,  Burnley, 


Doncaiter,  Wine  Merchant, 
associated  with  Thomas 
Clarkson,  M.P.,  the  anti- 
alavery  leader  (ob.  1832, 
«et.  75).  


an  active  evangelist  who  preached 
in  every  part  of  the  United  King- 
dom (ob.  1832,  aet.  69). 


Francis 
(1790-95). 


Henrv      =(181 9) Maria,  dan.  of  S.  Robeon 
(1794-1866).  1      of  Staindrop  (1800-62). 


William  (b.  1822)  =  (1849)  Catherine,  dau.  of 
B.  0.  Hagen. 


Henry 
Ecroyd 
(1823-89). 


Edward  =  Helen 
(b.  1826).    Marsh. 


Marian  L. 
(b.  1850). 


Isabella 
(b.  1855). 


Francis(b.  1S28)  =  (1S55)  Frances,  dau.     Stephen(b.  1830)  =  Elizabeth  E.,  dau. 
of  J.  Edmondson  j      of  C.  F.  Smith, 

of  Manchester.  i      U.S.A. 


Joseph        Henry 
Robson     (b.  1S65). 
(b.  1858). 


Sarah  J. 
(b.  1856). 


Maria 
(b.  1869). 


Maria  E. 
(1S67-71). 


Samuel  Ecroyd=(1864)  Sallie  A., 
(b.  1831).        I    dau.  of  D.  Bal'. 
I    of    Ferrisberg, 
I    U.S.A. 

Eliza  M.  (b.  1869). 


Ann  R.         Martha  Ecroyd    Susanna 
(b.  1837)  (b.     1833)   of    Waterhouse 

=  R.  Da  vies.    Egremont.         (b.  at  Craw- 
ley 1842). 


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130  THE   SMITH  FAMILY 

SMYTH  OE  MYRESHAW  AND  HEATH  HALT, 

Richard  Smyth  of  Myreshaw,  in  Bradford  (b.  1594)  =  ... 


An  elder  son.  John  =  Isabel,  dan.  of  Randall  Wood,  and  niece  of 

|      Dr  Margetson,  Archbishop  of  Armagh. 

I 
John  of  Heath  Hall  (1654- 1729)  =  (1)  Hannah,  dan.  of  Richard  Harrison,  Esq., 
J of  Wakefield. 

I  I 

John  of  Heath  Hall  =  Co-heiresa  of  Robert  Frank,  Esq. ,     Richard  =  Anne 
(1675-1731),  s.p.  of  Pontefract  I  Wheatley. 

John  of  Heath  Hall  =  Bridget,  dan.  of  Benjamin  Foxier,  Esq. 
(1716-71).  I  (ob.  1800). 


The  Right  Hon.  John,  M.P.,  Lord  of  =  (1778)  Lady  Georgiana  Fitzroy,  dan. 
the  Admiraltv,  Lord  of  the  Treasury,  I         of  the  3rd  Duke  of  Grafton. 
Master  of  the"  Mint  (1748-1811). 


I 
(1)    Sarah    C,  =  John  Henry  of  =  (2)  Lady  Elizabeth    CoL  George = Sarah, 
dau.      of      H     Heath     Hall,     A  Frtzroy,  dan.  of      (b.  1782).      dan.  of 
Ibbotson,  Esq. ,     M.  P.  for  Cam- 
fob.,      s.p.,  bridge    Univ. 
1811).  (1780-1822). 


4th  D.  of  Grafton.  Daniel 

Wilson. 


-    I                                       I  I  I 

Capt.  Thomas,  R.N.     Major  Charles  (b.  1786),  Georgiana  A.  Maria  B.  F. 

(b.  1784),  s.p.              died  of  wounds  after  (ob.  1864).  (ob.  1813). 
Quaere  Bras. 


I  I 

Col.  John  George  of  Heath  =  Hon.  Diana  B.,  dan.  Gen.  Henry  =  Rebecca, 

Hall,     M.P.    for    York  I      of  3rd  Lord  Mac-  (b.  1816).       dau.ofThos. 

(1815-69).                            [      donald  (ob.  1880).  Pierce,  Esq. 


II  II 

Elizth.  =  Abraham       Louisa  G.  =Gervase       Maria  Isa- =  Vice- AdmL     Fran- 

S.         G.  Robarts.    (ob.  1842).     P.  Bushe.       bella  (ob.     R.  Fitzroy.       ces. 

1865). 


George  John  of  Heath  Hall        William  J.       Diana  E.  M.  =  Henrv,  4th  Earl 
(b.  1841).  (b.  1841).  ofHarewood. 


I  I 

Louisa  H.  =  J.  H.  Thursby,  Esq.  Mary  Caroline.  Eva  Laura. 

Arms  : — Erm.  on  a  bend,  beneath  2  unicorns'  heads  erased  az.,  S  lozenges  or. 
Cbest  : — A  demi-butt  rampant  arg.  issuing  from  a  ducal  coronet  or,  armed  and 

horned  of  the  same,  and  gorged  with  a  collar  az,,  charged  with  S 

lozenges  and  rimmed  or. 
Motto  : — Nee  timeo,  nee  sperno. 


ENGLISH   PEDIGREES  131 


Smith  of  Southfield,  Herts. 

James  Smith  (1725-1803)  =  a  granddaughter  of 
Rev.  John  James,  one  of  the  ministers  ejected  at  the 
Restoration.  By  her  he  had  with  a  daughter  =  Joseph 
Gutteridge,  Esq.,  a  son,  named  after  his  ancestor 
the  minister,  John  James  (1761-1821).  He  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  "William  Lepard,  Esq.,  and  by 
her  had  two  -sons — viz.  (1)  James  (1789-1879)  = 
Sophia  King,  and  by  her  had,  firstly,  John  James 
(b.  1804) -(i.)  Caroline,  daughter  of  W.  Brodie 
Gurney,  Esq.,  and  by  her  had  (a)  Alfred  G.  =  Emily 
J.  "Walker,  and  had  Emily  C.  ;  Beatrice  ;  Winifred ;. 
Alfred  E. ;  John  H— all  unmarried  ;  (b)  W.  Lepard  = 
Adelaide  Farwig,  s.p. ;  (c)  Herbert ;  (d)  Caroline  G.  ; 
(e)  Charles  R.  =  Isabella  Lendon,  and  has  Bessie, 
JohnLendon,  James. 

Mr.  John  James  Smith  =  (ii.)  his  cousin  (vide  infra), 
Mary  Esther  Smith,  and  by  her  had  Ella  Mariamne, 
unmarried. 

The  second  child  of  James  Smith  by  Sophia  King 
was  Emma  Sophia  =  John  Hepburn,  Esq.,  and  had 
five  sons  and  one  daughter.  The  third,  Eliza  Jane  = 
G.  Harvey  Betts,  and  had  issue  one  son,  four 
daughters.  The  fourth,  viz.  Joseph  Gutteridge 
Smith  =  (1)  Martha  Rotton,  but  by  her  had  no  issue. 
He  =  (2)  Mary  E.  Hepburn,  and  by  her  had  Eliza- 
beth S.,  Catherine  M.,  Eleanor  A,  Edith  =  Howard 
James,  Esq.  ;  Frederick,  Margaret.  He  married  (3) 
Isabel  Roots,  and  by  her  had  Geoffrey,  Richard, 
Irene,  Augustine. 

The  fifth  child  of  James  Smith  and  Sophia  King 
was  Charles  King  Smith,  Esq.,  who,  by  Mary,  daughter 
of  John  Cox,  Esq.,  had  (1)  Helen  Mary  King  =  Frank 
Perry,  Esq.,  and  has  issue  two  daughters  ;  (2)  Arthur 
King  Smith  =  Janet   Keep,  and   has   issue,  Stanley, 


132  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

May,  Colin,  Janet ;  (3)  Charles  King  Smith  =  Alice 
Keep,  and  by  her  has  Muriel,  Ronald,  Philip,  Alan  ; 
(4)  A.  Sophia  King  Smith;  (5)  Harold  King;  (6) 
Oswald  King;  (7)  Norman  King;  (8)  Rowland 
King. 

The  second  son  of  John  J.  Smith  by  Elizabeth 
Lepard  was  William  Lepard  Smith  (1795-1869) 
=  Mary  A  Cooper,  and  by  her  had  an  only 
daughter,  Mary  Esther,  who  =  her  cousin,  as  his 
second  wife — viz.  Mr  John  James  Smith  (vide 
supra). 

The  portrait  of  the  founder  of  the  family  is  at 
Southfield.  He  died  at  Colebroke  Row,  Islington, 
"  well  known  in  the  religious  world,  and  respected 
wherever  known." — Vide  Evangelical  Magazine, 
January  1804.  He  was  a  deacon  of  the  Chapel  in 
Little  "Wild  Street,  and,  as  such,  closely  associated 
with  that  noble  Nonconformist,  Howard,  the  philan- 
thropist. His  son  was  proprietor  of  the  Hamper 
Paper  Mill,  Watford.  It  may  be  added  that  the 
pastor  of  the  Islington  Chapel  was  son  of  one  of 
Cromwell's  chaplains,  and  also  practised  medicine, 
besides  being  a  Hebraist.  John  Ward,  one  of  the 
earlier  Trustees  of  the  British  Museum,  was  a 
member  of  his  chapel. 


Smith  of  Aldenham 

Joseph  Smith  =  Elizabeth,  daughter  of . . .  Bennet,  a 
Wiltshire  gentleman  (b.  circa  1760),  and  by  her  had 
twenty-two  children.  In  Morant's  "Essex,"  1768, 
we  have  the  descent  of  the  Wiltshire  Bennets,  said  to 
be  of  the  same  blood  as  the  Earls  of  Tankerville, 
thus — 

Sir  Denver  Strutt,  Bart,  of  Little  Warley,  created 
1641,  was  a  zealous  Cavalier,  and  fell  at  the  Siege  of 


ENGLISH   PEDIGREES  133 

Colchester  in  the  Civil  War,  ex  parte  Regis.  By  his 
second  wife,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas 
Woodhouse  of  Kimberley,  he  had  two  daughters, 
whereof  Blanche,  the  elder,  married  Mr  Bennet  of 
Wilts,  and  by  him  had  a  son,  Denver,  who 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Walker,  Esq., 
of  Brentwood.  He  died  in  1741,  leaving  a  son, 
Denver,  whose  daughter,  Elizabeth,  became  the  wife 
of  Joseph  Smith,  Esq.,  of  Aldenham  ;  of  their  numer- 
ous issue,  twelve  died  as  infants.  Of  the  surviving 
ten,*  Joseph,  the  eighth  child,  married  Charlotte, 
daughter  of  General  Conran,  and  by  her  had  Conran  ; 
John  =  Emily  . . . ,  and  had  Noel,  Frank,  Conran,  Emily ; 
Henry  =  Harriet,  and  had  Balfour,  Ewart,  Henry, 
Reginald,  Eric,  Harriet ;  Denver ;  Charles  ;  Louisa, 
s.p. ;  Emma  =  her  first  cousin,  Frederick  Wickings 
Smith,  son  of  George  Smith,  F.S.A.  {vide  infra); 
Charlotte  =  Rev.  Frank  Buck  ;  Mary,  s.p.  ;  Catherine. 
The  thirteenth  and  eldest  surviving  child,  George, 
F.S.A.  (b.  Sept.  28,  1782),  married  Sarah,  daughter 
of  John  Howell,  Esq.,  by  Ann,  daughter  of...  Hith- 
cock,  Esq.,  of  Leicester  (b.  Dec.  1,  1755).  By  her  he 
had  eleven  children,  and  of  these — (1)  George 
Howell,  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  died  on  a  tour  in 
Italy;  (2)  Sydney  (1807-80),  M.A.  Trinity  College, 
Cambridge,  B.A  1835,  deacon  1836,  was  Vicar 
of  Worth,  (1854-80)  =  Frances  Mary,  daughter  of 
...  Richardson,  Esq.,  and  by  her  had  Sydney  F.  (b. 
1843),  a  priest  of  the  Roman  Church ;  Algernon 
Howell  (b.  1845),  B.A  1869,  Caius  College,  Cam- 
bridge (fifteenth  Wrangler),  M.A  1872,  Tyrwhitt  and 
University  Hebrew  scholar,  sometime  Vicar  of  St 
Peters,  Tunbridge  Wells,  now  Rector  of  St  James, 
Dover,  married  (1879)  his  cousin,  Ada,  third  daughter 
of  Frederick  Wickings  Smith  (vide  infra),  and  by  her 

•  One  son  is  said  to  have  been  a  physician  practising  in  London. 


134  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

has  Arthur  Denver  Howell  (b.  1880),  Christ's  College, 
Cambridge ;  Frederick  Percival  Howell  (1881-87)  ; 
Sydney  Gerard  (b.  1883) ;  Eva  Marjorie  Howell  (b. 
1886);  (3)  Arthur,  died  young;  (4)  Emily;  (5) 
Frederick  "Wickings,  Solicitor,  13  Lincoln's  Tnn 
Fields,  of  Bellefield,  Blackheath,  S.E.  =  a  cousin  in 
Emma,  second  daughter  of  Joseph  Smith,  Esq.,  of 
Barnet,  and  by  her  has  had  Walter  F. — died  young ; 
Emma  L.  Arundell  =  Rev.  H  R.  Gray;  Harry  G., 
died  in  New  Zealand,  s.p. ;  Agnes ;  Arthur  F,  died 
in  Canada,  s.p. ;  Ada  Charlotte  =  Rev.  Algernon 
Howell  Smith  (vide  supra) ;  Clara  Fredericka  = 
Augustus  Beamish,  Esq. ;  Emily  Maude ;  Basil 
Wickings  =  Agnes  Keen  (and  by  her  has :  Agnes 
Hilda  Maude  Wickings  (b.  1884) ;  Basil  Guildford 
Wickings  (b.  1885);  Claude  Trebec  Wickings  (b. 
1886) ;  Cyril  Wickings  (b.  1888) ;  Frederick) ;  Percy 
Trebec,  died  young ;  Herbert  Conran  =  Emily  S.  Ray 
(and  by  her  has  Leslie  Noel  Conran  (b.  1889) ; 
Frederick  Neville  Conran  (b.  1888) ;  Doris  Conran 
(b.  1885) ;  Herbert  Churchill  Theodore  Conran 
(b.  1893) ;  Monica  Conran  (b.  1890) )  ;  Herbert 
C.  T.  Conran ;  George  Norman,  died  young ;  Helen 
Mary  Gertrude ;  (6)  Harry  Bennett  (b.  1811),  died 
Rector  of  St  Nicholas  at  Wade,  Kent ;  (7)  Walter 
William ;  (8)  Percy  (b.  March  8,  1818— died  Feb.  5, 
1887)  of  Bretts,  Aveley,  Essex ;  (9)  Helen  Matilda, 
s.p.,  died  at  Worth,  Kent;  (10)  Rosa;  (11)  Emily 
Rosa,  died  at  Balham  House,  aet.  25,  s.p. 

Mr  George  Smith,  F.S.A,  was  a  distinguished 
Architect  and  Surveyor  of  the  Old  Jewry.  He 
acted  professionally  for  the  Mercers'  Company, 
and  resided  at  "  Little  Blenheim,"  which  mansion 
he  erected  aet.  24,  and  eventually  sold  to  the 
Duke  of  Marlborough ;  at  Brookland,  Blackheath ; 
the  Manor  House,  Bushey,  etc.,  etc.  He  died  at 
Newlands,  in  Worth,  and  lies   buried  by  the   side 


ENGLISH  PEDIGREES  135 

of  his  wife  and  daughter  in  the  family  vault  at 
Aldenham,  Herts. 

He  used  the  Crest  of  the  Bennets  (Earls  of  Tanker- 
ville) — viz.  Out  of  a  mural  coronet  or,  a  lion's  head 
gu.,  charged  on  the  neck  with  a  bezant. 

According  to  Morant  ("  History  of  Essex  "),  John 
Bennet  of  Westminster  held  the  manors  of  Witham 
Magna  and  Newland,  being  of  the  Wilts  family, 
whence  the  Earls  of  Arlington  and  Tankerville.  He 
died  in  1670,  leaving  these  manors  to  his  son,  Sir 
John,  Serjeant-at-Law,  knighted  in  1706.  By  Anne, 
sister  to  Sir  Joseph  Brand,  this  gentleman  had  two 
sons,  who  became  Masters  in  Chancery,  and  a  daugh- 
ter, who  married  the  Hon.  John  Yaughan,  son  and  heir 
of  Viscount  Lisburne.  The  elder  son,  who  sold  the 
manors  in  1735  to  the  Rev.  George  Sayer,  D.D., 
Vicar  of  "Witham  Major,  married  at  Wargrave  (Nov- 
ember 27,  1844),  Mary,  daughter  of  Joseph  Maynard, 
Esq.,  of  Kentons,  in  Wargrave,  and  by  her  had 
Edith  (b.  and  d.  1846) ;  Walter  (b.  1848)  =  1893, 
Mary,  daughter  of...  Gething,  Esq.  ;  Howell  (b.  1853), 
died  in  Queensland,  s.p. ;  Newton  (b.  1855)  =  1876, 
Caroline  Augusta,  daughter  of  William  Part- 
ridge, of  Barrie,  Ontario  (and  by  her  had  Percy 
Maynard  (b.  1878) ;  Howell  (b.  1880),  now  a  Trooper 
in  Baden  Powell's  Police,  late  Volunteer  in  the 
Canadian  Mounted  Rifles  ;  George  Wickens  (b.  1884); 
Evelyn  Gordon  (b.  1885);  Newton  Maynard  (b.  1879) ; 
Edith  ;  Rosa  Mabel) ;  Percy,  twin  with  Newton  = 
1880,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of... Miller,  Esq.  (and 
by  her  has  Harold  Percy  (b.  1881),  a  Trooper  in 
Baden  Powell's  Police  ;  Norman  Percy  (b.  1884) ; 
Doris  Percy  (b.  1887) ;  Ida  Percy  (1888-94)) ;  Harry 
(b.  1858) ;  George  (b.  1860)  ;  Russell  (b.  1862) ; 
Emmeline,  now  of  The  Holt,  Ledbury  ;  Rosa. 


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SMITH  OF  SHOPWTKE 

Rev.  ...  Smith,  Baptist  Minister,  imprisoned  under  the  Act  of  Uniformity, 
temp.  Car.  EL,  with  forfeiture  of  goods. 


Rev.  William,  Baptist  Ministers  Sarah  ...(1679-1756).     ML,  St  Panoras, 
and  Brewer  of  Chichester.  Chichester. 


William      =. ..George  (1713-76),  =  Ruth  Biffin  (?)    John  (painter),     Elizabeth 


(1707-64), 
portrait- 
painter, 
of  Shop- 
wyke. 


landscape 
painter,  M.L, 
st  Pancras, 
Chichester. 


(1732-95). 


(1714-61), 

ML, 

St  Pancras, 

Chichester. 


(1710- 
57), 

ML,  St 
Pancras, 
Chi- 
chester. 


2  daus. 


I  I  I 

(1)... Bethel  =  William    =(2)...        John.        a  dau. ,  of  Portsea. 


of  HulL 


of  the 
Customs. 


a  dau.  =  George  Penny. 

|_ 


I  I 

George,  a.  p.     Elizabeth  =  Rev.  William  Prince. 


m    I  I  I 

William.         Charles.        Augustus. 


I  I  I 

Charlotte  =  ...Beeston.     Elizabeth  =  Richard  Pink     Richard  =  Eliza  Pink. 


(1787- 
1863). 


of  Hambledon. 


Ernest  Smith  Pink        CoL  Pink, 
of  Leicester. 


There  are  several  monuments  to  Smiths  and  Smyths 
in  Chichester  Cathedral,  among  others,  in  the  West 
Cloisters,  to  Richard  Smith  (1704-67),  and  a  tablet 
in  the  south  aisle  to  Jane  Smith  (1733-80),  whose 
husband's  name  was  William.  This  may  be  William, 
son  of  the  portrait-painter  (vide  supra). 

For  a  notice  of  the  three  brothers,  painters,  William, 
George,  and  John,  see  chapter  on  "  Celebrities  of  the 
Name." 


ENGLISH  PEDIGREES  139 

There  is  also  at  present  in  Chichester  a  family  of 
repute,  leather  merchants  of  very  old  standing,  who 
originally  came  from  HulL  They  are  represented  by 
Mr  W.  Smith,  J.P.  of  Ivy  Bank,  Alderman  of  West 
Sussex,  and  on  six  occasions  Mayor  of  Chichester. 


SMITH  OF  PICKEEDTG-,  CANADA,   Bart. 

Colonel  William  Smith,  =  Anne,  dan.  of  W.  Waylen 


Governor      of     Fort 
Niagara.     Ob.  1795. 


of  Devizes. 


(1)  Anne  O'Reilly  =  Sir  David  William,  =  (2)  Mary,  dau.  of  John 


Speaker  of  the 
Canadian  Parlia- 
ment. Creation, 
1821.     Ob.  1837. 


Tylee  of  Devizes. 


David  William,        Mary  Elizabeth  =  Charles  Hannah. 

R.N.,  killed  in  I  Tylee,  Esq. 

action,  1811. 

Issue — 2  sons,  3  daus. 

Arms  : — Per  pale  gu.  and  az.  on  a  chevron  or,  between  3  cinque/oils  ary.,  as 
many  leopards'  faces  sa.,  on  a  chief  of  the  third  a  beaver  passant  ppr. 


The  Lyveden  Line 

The  fact  of  the  descendants  of  a  gentleman  of 
considerable  parts,  but  unknown  origin,  having 
thrown  themselves  enthusiastically  into  the  arms 
of  the  Whig  faction,  argues  that  the  said  unknown 
origin  most  likely  was  obscure.  Sydney  Smith, 
when  someone  inquired  as  to  his  coat-of-arms,  re- 
sponded that  his  ancestors  sealed  their  letters  with 
their  thumbs.  Like  Thackeray,  he  despised  ancestry, 
for  the  simple  reason  that  he  had  none  to  boast  of, 
and  took  his  stand  on  brains,  and  remarkably  good 
ones.  The  genealogist,  none  the  less,  cannot  but 
regret  that  the  antecedents  of  the  Witney  merchant 
of  Eastcheap,  who,  migrating  from  Devon,  became 
the  father  of  Robert  Smith,  founder  of  a  singularly 


140  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

able  family,  remain  a  mystery.  Whoever  he  may 
have  been,  one  thing  is  certain,  that  his  grandson 
owed  much  to  both  parents.  To  Robert,*  who, 
leaving  his  bride  at  the  altar,  and  his  business  to 
his  brother  John,  went  off  in  search  of  a  Pactolus, 
and  returning,  appears  to  have  discovered  the  sources 
of  that  golden  stream.  To  Maria  Olier  also,  by 
repute  the  alter  ego  of  Mrs  Siddons.  We  com- 
mence, therefore,  with  Robert  Smith  (1739-1827) 
=  Mary  Olier — issue:  (1)  Robert  Percy,  (2)  Cecil, 
(3)  Sydney,  (4)  Courtenay,  (5)  Maria.  (1)  Robert 
Percy  Smith  (nicknamed  "  Bobus ")  (1770-1845), 
M.P.  for  Lincoln,  Judge  Advocate-General  =  (1798) 
Caroline  M,  co-heiress  of  R.  Vernon,  Esq.,  by 
Lady  Evelyn,  widow  of  John  F.,  Earl  of  Upper 
Ossory,  and  daughter  of  J.,  Earl  Gower.  By  her  he 
had  Robert  Vernon  Smith,  who  assumed  the  name  of 
Vernon  in  1846  by  Royal  Licence  (1800-73) — a  Lord 
of  the  Treasury,  1830-34 ;  Secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Control,  1835-39 ;  Under-Secretary  of  the  Colonies, 
1839-41 ;  Secretary  at  War,  1852 ;  President  of  the 
Board  of  Control,  1855-58.  Raised  to  the  Peerage 
as  Baron  Lyveden  of  Lyveden,  in  the  County  of 
Northants  =  Emma  M.  F,  sister  of  Lord  Castletown 
of  Upper  Ossory,  and  had  issue — (i.)  Fitzpatrick  H., 
his  successor;  (ii.)  Gowran  C,  Recorder  of  Lincoln 
(1825-72)  =  (1857)  Caroline,  daughter  of  J.  N.  Fitz- 
akerley,  Esq.,  M.P.,  and  by  her  had  Eleanor  E. 
=  Col.  Farmer,  King's  Rifles ;  Dorothy  H. ;  Gertrude 
=  (1889)  Sir  A  Noel  Agnew,  ninth  Bart,  (hi.)  Rev. 
Courtenay  J.  (1828-92),  Rector  of  Grafton  Under- 
wood =(1856)  Alice  G.,  daughter  of  Rev.  M.  Town- 
shend  of  Castle  Townshend — issue,  Courtenay  R.  P. 
=  F,  daughter  of  Major  Hill  of  Wollaston;  Sydney 
(b.  1862) ;  Evelyn  M.  G.  =  Rev.  H.  A  Gillett. 
(iv.)  Greville  R  (b.  1835),  M.P.  for  Ayrshire  (1886-92) 

•  Refer  to  Reid's  "Life  of  Sydney  Smith." 


ENGLISH   PEDIGREES  141 

=  (1858)  S.  C,  daughter  of  Captain  Cockerell,  RN. 
—issue,  Cecil  S.  A.  (b.  1862),  Ronald  J.  (b.  1866), 
Eustace  (b.  1871),  Rupert  R  (b.  1872),  Guy  F.  R 
(b.  1878),  Florence  A.  (b.  1867)  =  (1894)  R  M.  Lawrie, 
Esq.  of  Hardres,  Hermione  E.  (b.  1875).  (v.)  Evelyn 
E.  (1829-71)  =  (1850)  George  Woodhouse  Currie,  Esq. 

Fitzpatrick  H.  Vernon,  second  Baron  Lyveden 
(b.  1829)  =  (1853)  Alfreda  E,  daughter  of  Charles  W., 
fifth  Earl  Fitzwilliam. 

Arms  of  the  Lords  Lyveden  :— Quarterly  1  and  4, 
Vernon,  arg.r  a  fret  sa. ;  2  and  3,  Smith,  gu.  3  bars 
gemelles  arg.,  a  chevron  erm.,  on  a  chief  of  the  second 
3  blackamores'  heads  proper,  a  canton  of  the  field 
charged  with  a  battle-axe  or— all  within  a  bordure 
counter-compony,  of  the  second  and  az.  Crests : — 
Dexter  Vernon,  a  boar's  head  eras'ed  sa.,  ducally 
gorged  or;  sinister,  Smith,-  a  cubit  arm  erect  in 
armour  proper,  charged  with  a  battle-axe  sa.,  the 
hand  grasping  2  wreaths  of  laurel  pendant  on  either 
side,  also  proper.  Supporters:— Dexter,  a  boar  sa., 
ducally  gorged,  and  suspended  therefrom  by  a  chain 
an  eschocheon  or,  charged  with  a  rose  gu.  slipped 
proper.  Sinister.  A  wyvern  vert,  plain  collared  and 
suspended  therefrom  by  a  chain,  an  eschocheon  or, 
charged  with  a  rose  gu.  slipped  proper.  Motto  : — 
"Ver  non  semper  viret." 

The  Vernons,  from  whom  the  Smiths  descend. 
are  of  Hilton,  Staffs— Richard  Vernon,  Esq.,  having 
represented  Newcastle  -  under  -  Lyme,  Okehampton, 
and  Bedford. 

It  may  be  mentioned  incidentally  that,  while  the 
origin  of  the  family  is  uncertain,  Sydney  Smith 
having  in  a  vein  of  mauvaise  plaisanterie  hazarded 
the  audacious  statement,  that  his  grandfather  disap- 
peared about  the  time  of  the  Assizes  and  they  asked 
no  questions,  we  have  a  link  of  some  interest, 
inasmuch  as  it  shows   a   connection  with  Sir  Isaac 


142  THE   SMITH  FAMILY 

Newton.  Thus :  The  mother  of  Sir  Isaac,  on  the 
decease  of  the  elder  Newton,  re-married  a  Mr 
Barnaby  Smith,  and  by  him  had  a.  daughter,  who 
married  a  Dr  Barton,  and  by  him  had  a  daughter, 
who  was  granted  by  Sir  Isaac  Newton  an  annuity 
of  £100,  and  marrying  M.  Olier,  a  refugee  from 
Languedoc  at  the  Revocation  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes, 
was  mother  of  Maria  Olier,  wife  of  Robert  Smith.* 
[For  an  account  of  Sydney  Smith,  and  also  of  the 
first  Lord  Lyveden,  vide  the  chapter  on  "  Celebrities 
of  the  Name."] 

The  Hambledon  Line 

Henry  Walton  Smith,  a  naval  officer,  alleged  to  be 
descended  from  the  Smithes  of  Wyke,  Somerset,  who 
received  a  grant  of  arms  from  Camden  Clarencieux  in 
1602,  was  living  in  the  middle  of  the  eighteenth  century. 
By  Anna  Easthaugh  he  had  three  sons.  Of  these, 
W.  H.,  in  conjunction  with  his  brother,  H.  E.  Smith, 
commenced  as  newsagents.  W.  H.  Smith  =  Mary 
Cooper  in  1817 ;  their  son,  William  Henry  (1825-91), 
after  a  brilliant  commercial  and  political  career, 
became  Leader  of  the  House  of  Commons.  He 
married,  in  1858,  Emily,  daughter  of  J.  Danvers.  Esq., 
and  widow  of  B.  Auber  Leach,  Esq.,  a  lady  who,  at 
his  decease,  was  created  Viscountess  Hambledon. 
By  her  he  had  (1)  William  F.  D.,  M.P.,  =  1894,  the 
Lady  Esther  C.  G.  Gore,  daughter  of  the  5th  Earl  of 
Arran;  (2)  Emily  A.  =  1887,  Captain  W.  A  Dyke 
Ackland,  RN.  ;  (3)  Helen ;  (4)  Beatrice  D.  =  1885, 
Captain  A  Dyke  Ackland;  (5)  Mabel  D.  =  1887, 
J.  H.  Dudley  Ryder,  Esq. 

Creation  Nov.  10,  1891.  Arms  (as  per  "  Burke's 
Peerage  ") : — Per  pale  gu.  and  or  on  a  chevron  between 

*  It  is  possible  that  the  father  of  Robert  may  have  been  related  to  the 
above-mentioned  Barnaby  Smith,  and  thus  that  Maria  Olier  was  a  cousin. 


ENGLISH   PEDIGREES  143 

3  mullets  pierced,  2  martlets,  all  counterchanged. 
Supporters  : — On  the  dexter  side  a  sea-lion  vert, 
sem£e  of  escalops,  gorged  with  a  collar,  and  pendent 
therefrom  by  a  chain  a  portcullis,  all  or.  On  the 
sinister  side  a  wyrern  gu.  sem^e  of  mullets,  gorged 
with  a  chain,  and  pendent  therefrom  a  portcullis, 
all  or. 

But  Grazebrook  (1870)  assigns  him  with  a  differ- 
ence, the  coat  granted  in  1602  to  George  Smithes  of 
Wyke,  the  original  whereof  is  in  possession  of  Francis 
Smythe,  Esq.,  of  Colchester  (vide  Misc.  Gen.  et  Her. 
2.  96). 

The  more  ancient  coat  was  arg.,  a  chevron  az. 
between  3  oak  leaves  vert,  each  charged  with  an 
acorn  or.  Crest : — A  cubit  arm  erect,  habited  az., 
cuffed  arg.,  in  the  hand  proper  3  acorn  branches  vert, 
fructed  or. 

The  Right  Hon.  W.  H.  Smith,  M.P.*  (vide  supple- 
ment to  "  Burke's  Armory  ")  in  1868  bore :  Arg.,  on  a 
chevron  az.  between  3  oak  leaves  vert,  each  charged 
with  an  acorn  or,  as  many  leopards'  faces  jessant-de- 
lis  of  the  field.  The  crest  was  as  above,  but  the  arm 
was  charged  with  3  mascles  in  chevron  arg.  (vide 
also  Debrett).  Apparently  the  present  coat  was 
granted  simultaneously  with  the  peerage. 

It  may  be  added  that  the  Smithes  of  Wyke  claimed 
descent  from  the  very  ancient  house  of  Cuerdley, 
Lanes.,  whose  original  coat  was  sa.,  six  fleurs-de-lis, 
three,  two,  and  one,  arg. — a  typical  coat  of  the  early 
mediseval  pattern. 

*  The  author  recalls  the  memory  of  this  illustrious  statesman,  when 
"Cerberus  of  the  Treasury,"  having  had  the  honour  of  an  introduction  by  the 
Right  Hon.  G.  Ward  Hunt,  then  First  Lord  of  the  Admiralty — a  nephew  of 
his  uncle,  Captain  Allen  F.  Gardiner,  R.X ,  the  martyr.  In  Mr  W.  H. 
Smith  he  found  the  most  courteous  of  gentlemen ;  but — inasmuch  as  the 
objective  was  a  pension  for  a  friend — true  to  his  sobriquet,  "  Old  Morality," 
and  in  limine  politely  impassive.  He  must,  however,  have  had  a  soft  spot  in 
his  heart,  for  the  pension — a  compassionate  allowance  —  ultimately  was 
granted,  and  on  the  maximum  scale.     R.I. P. 


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SMITH  OF  KIDLTNTGTON  AHT>   IFFLEY 

Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  of  Kidlington  =  Anne  (ob.  1743). 


Thomas  (1703-57)  M-L=  Anne  Morris        John        Richard  of  Cutteslow 
Kidlington  Church.  (1704-71).       (b.  1704).  (1723-78). 


Thomas  (1729-52)      Mary      John  of  Iffley  (1731-95)  =  (1756)  Anne  Smith  of 
ML  Kidlington.    (b.  1730.)        MI.  Kidlington.  Islip     (ob.     1805), 

I      ML  Kidlington. 


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ohn  = 

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(1763- 

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of 

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ton.             (1768- 

lington  Iffley. 

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1 
William. 

(1790- 

of  Cowley.  (1798-1810). 

(1802-19).    (1803-36). 

(1807-58) 

1868). 

— 

M.L  to  all  t 

aese  in  Iffley  Church. 

Others. 

1 
John    Martha.     Others. 

(1826-90). 

John  (1799-  Mary  Anne  Caroline  Eliza  M.  A.  RhodaS.  Amelia M  Stephen  F. 
1853),  sp.,     (1801-60),     (1803-13),  (1805-86),    (1807-58),  (1811-14),  (1815-66), 
M.L    Kid-     =Willm.     M.LKid-  M.L  Kid-      =  Peter    M.L  Kid-    M.L  Kid- 
lington.        Faulkner,     lington.    lington.         Miles.       lington.      lington. 

This  appears  to  have  been  a  family  of  well-to-do  farmers  and  tradesmen. 

A  Joseph  Smith  of  Littlemore  is  also  buried  at  Iffley.  ML  states  that  he 
was  a  nephew  of  Mrs  Blacknall  Carter  [ride  supra). 

Littlemore,  some  three  miles  east  of  Oxford,  was  the  spot  where  Cardinal 
Newman,  then  Fellow  of  Oriel,  founded  a  Brotherhood.    Vide  his  "Apologia." 


ENGLISH   PEDIGREES  145 

SMITH  OF  OUTWOOD 

Charles  Smith  of  Outwood  (1712-78)= Mary  Woods  (1709-65). 


Charles  (1743-1803)  =  Hannah  (1747-1812),  dau.  of 
James  Grantham  (b.  1704) 
and  granddaughter  of 
John  Grantham  of  Altrin- 
cham. 


Charles  (1789-1850)=Ann  (1790-1872),  grandau.  of       Mary  ( 1785-  =  William 
...  Rowland  (1723-98).  1822).       I  Bywater. 


Issue. 


Anne  (1815- 1900)= Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  Taylor  (b.  1765), 
I         by  Betty  Chadwick  (1789-1850). 


Charles  Smith  and  3  other  sons.     Edith  Anne  = ...  Willoooks,  Esq. 

Mr  Charles  Smith  (3)  was  one  of  the  thirteen  gentlemen  of  Manchester  who 
founded  the  Union  Bank,  of  which  he  was  elected  unanimously  the  first 
managing  director. 


SMITH  OF  ELLDTGHAM  HALL 

John  Smith,  Esq.,  living  about  1720  =  Anne  NankivelL 


John = Charlotte  Townsend. 

Charles,  barristers  Anna  Arabella  Beaver. 

Col.  John  of  Ellingham  =  (1828)  Maria,  dau.  of  James  Lock-     Lucy  Charlotte. 
Hall  (1791-1852).  I    hart,  Esq.,  of  Sherneld  House. 

(1)  Amelia H.,  dau.  of  =  Henry  of  Ellingham  =  (2)  Mary  Gray,  widow  of  Rev. 
CoL  Greene,  I    Hall,  barrister  (b.      I    H.  P.  Measor,  and  dau.  ot 

C  B  1834).  J-  Dowie,  Esq. 


Henry  Lockhart    Alfred  T.     4  daus.  Horace  Mackenzie  (b.  1870). 

(b.  1859).  (b.  1867). 

Arms  -.—Per  bend  indented  az.  and  or,  2  crosses  molim  pierced  ^interchanged. 
Crest  : Out  of  a  ducal  coronet  or  a  dove  rising  org. 


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150  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

Few  English  families  in  the  brief  space  of  little 
more  than  a  century  have  achieved  so  high  a  reputa- 
tion as  this,  the  men  having  been  conspicuous  for 
brains,  and  the  women,  especially  Mrs  Waldy  and 
Lady  Sackville,  for  beauty.  The  Rev.  George 
Stanley  Faber,  B.D.,  Master  of  Sherbum  Hospital, 
an  appointment  of  the  value  of  £4000  a  year,  with 
patronage  attached,  was  a  noted  writer  on  prophecy 
in  the  earlier  years  of  the  last  century,  and  is  referred 
to  in  Cardinal  Newman's  "Apologia."  His  nephew 
and  protege,  Father  Faber,  attained  immortality  as  a 
hymn  writer,  and  will  long  be  remembered  as  founder 
of  the  beautiful  Brompton  Oratory.  The  Rev.  Canon 
Arthur  Faber  was  equally  eminent  as  the  creator  of 
Malvern  College,  after  a  brilliant  career  at  New 
College,  Oxford ;  and  other  members  of  the  family 
have  recently  entered  the  House  of  Commons.  The 
name  Faber  occurs  in  many  documents  prior  to,  or 
contemporaneous  with,  the  Reformation  as  the  equiva- 
lent of  Smith.  Thus  the  first  of  the  ancient  and 
honourable  house  of  Elkington  was  Faber,  and  the 
grandsire  of  the  yeoman  of  Cropwell  Boteler,  ancestor 
of  Lords  Carrington  and  Pauncefote,  was  also  Faber. 
The  Yorkshire  Fabers  appear  never  to  have  Angli- 
cised their  patronymic.  "We  .find  Fabers  named  as 
contributories  to  lay  subsidies  in  the  reign  of  Edward 
III.  (vide  publications  of  the  Yorkshire  Archaeo- 
logical Society)  and  as  tenants  of  the  Abbeys  of 
Fountains  and  Kirkstall ;  while  a  Sir  William  Faber 
was  in  the  suite  of  Buckingham  in  France,  1380  ;  and 
far  back  in  history  the  architect  of  Battle  Abbey  was 
also  a  Faber,  but  a  Frenchman  imported  for  the 
purpose  by  William  the  Conqueror. 

Arms  of  Faber : — Or,  on  a  pale  erm.  a  rose  gu., 
barbed  and  seeded  ppr.,  on  a  chief  az.  2  mullets  arg. 
Crest : — On  a  wreath  from  the  battlements  of  a 
tower  or,  a  mailed  arm  and  hand  ppr.  charged  with 


ENGLISH  PEDIGREES 


151 


2  mascles  vert,  holding  a  rose  gu.,  barbed,  seeded, 
and  leafed  ppr.       Motto  :— Quisque   faber  fortunse 


suae. 


SMITH  OF  EYHOPE 


William  Scurfield  of  Sunderland  and  =  Joanna  Smith,  an  heiress,  dau.  of 
Newcastle,  F.R.C.S.,  discoverer  of  Anthony  Smith  of  Ryhope. 

copperas. 


A  son,  3.  p. 


William  of  Coatham. 


Dorothy  of  Ford. 


William  Grey,  J.P.,  of  Norton = Joanna  Scurfield. 


William  Scurfield, 
J.P.,  D.L.,  High 
Sheriff  of  Durham, 
Barrister,  s.p. 


George  J.,  as  heir  of 
Dorothy,  assumed 
the  name  of  Scur- 
field, J. P.,  D.L. 


Rev.  John  William,  assumed 
the  name  of  Smith  on  suc- 
ceeding to  the  Smith  estates. 
Rector  of  Dinsdale.  ^  [See 
pedigree  of  Faber  als  Smith, 
supra.] 


SMITH  OF  HAENHILL,  FAEMINGTON,  AND 
CASSINGTON 

Thomas  Smith,  died  at  Kidlington,  =  Alice,  heiress  of  Thomas  Standard, 
1706.  died  at  Kidlington,  1.0b. 


Humphrey  (1672-1716)  of    Mary,  sold  the  lease  of    Thomas,  M.A,     Others. 
Wadham  College,  High      Kidlington  Rectory.  ' 


Sheriff  for  Oxon. 


Magd.  Hall 
(1676-1707). 


Here  this  pedigree  shows  default,  for  we  find  a 
Thomas  Smith  of  Elsfield,  whose  son,  John,  was  bap- 
tised at  Kidlington,  1699.  He  was  probably  a  cousin 
of  the  Thomas  who  married  Alice  Standard.  Again 
we  find  Thomas  Smith  of  Cassington  and  Headington 
who  died  at  Kidlington,  1761,  set.  57.  By  Elizabeth, 
his  wife,  who  died  at  Kidlington,  1755,  he  had  (1) 
Thomas,   surgeon   of  London   (1714-84),   buried    at 


152  THE   SMITH  FAMILY 

Kidlington.  His  wife,  Frances,  was  also  buried  at 
Kidlington  in  1783  ;  (2)  William,  died  at  Headington. 
Buried  at  Kidlington,  1793.  He  was  born  at  Cassing- 
ton,  1732 ;  (3)  Mary,  born  1726.  Baptised  at  Yarn- 
ton  ;  (4)  Elizabeth,  died  at  Headington.  Buried  at 
Kidlington,  1825,  set.  82. 

It  may  be  added  "that  these  Smiths  came  origi- 
nally from  Harnhill,  Gloucestershire  (vide  Atkyns's 
"  History,"  and  the  Hon.  Mrs  Bryan  Stapleton's 
"  Three  Parishes  ").  Atkyns  says  :  "Thomas  Smith, 
Esq.,  son  of  Humphrey  Smith,  is  Lord  of  the  Manor 
of  Harnhill.  He  has  a  good  house  and  estate,  but 
resides  in  Oxon."  The  following  presented  to  the 
living  of  Harnhill :  1595,  Queen  Elizabeth ;  1666, 
Humphrey  Smith,  Clerk  in  Holy  Orders ;  1700, 
Thomas  Smith,  Esq. 

Identical  with  this  family  of  Smith  were  the 
Smiths  of  Farmington,  Northleach,  e.g. : 

Rev.  William  Smith,  presented  by  Humphrey = Dorothy,  buried  at  Farming- 


Smith,  M.A. ,  to  the  benefice  of  Alvescot  by 
Bampton,  Oxon. 


ton,  1668. 


(1)  Winifred  Cocks  (at=Rev.  Humphrey  of  Harnhill,  =  (2)  Susanna  Denys  of 


Farmington),  1645. 
She  died  1652. 


presented  to  the  Rectory  of      Cricklade  at  Farm- 
Farmington,  1641.     Died  ington,  1663,  s.p. 

there  1687,  :et.  75. 


Humphrey  (1647-59). 

Apparently  the  Rev.  Humphrey's  father  must  have 
had  a  brother  Humphrey  in  Holy  Orders,  for  in  the 
Register  of  Blackbourton,  Oxon.,  we  find  Ann,  wife  of 
Humphrey  Smith,  Clerk  ;  buried  1617  (vide  Anthony 
A.  Wood). 

Again,  we  find  that  Thomas  Smith  =  Anne  Fifield 
of  Farmington,  1618,  and  had  a  son,  Thomas,  born 
1620. 


ENGLISH   PEDIGREES  153 

Confirmation  of  Arms  to  Humphrey  Smith  of 
Farmington 

"  Whereas  it  appears  by  the  certificate  of  Richard 
Goddard,  now  rector  of  Castle  Eaton  in  the  Co. 
Wilts,  that  Mr  Humphrey  Smith,  who  was  hereto- 
fore rector  for  the  space  of  47  years,  did  bear  for 
his  Armes  an  eagle  displayed,  as  is  evident  in  the 
Ingravement  thereof  57  years  since  upon  a  Tomb- 
stone in  the  Church  of  Castle  Eaton  aforesaid, 
where  the  said  Humphrey  and  Eliz"1  his  wife  are 
interred.  And  whereas  I  am  informed  by  Francis 
Sandford,  Esq.,  Rouge  Dragon  Pursuivant-at-arms, 
that  he,  having  collected  the  issue  of  the  said 
Humphrey  and  Elizabeth,  doth  find  that  Humphrey 
Smith  of  Farmington  in  County  Glos.,  and  William 
of  St  Dunstan's  Parish  in  the  West  London,  are 
grandchildren  of  the  said  Humphrey  and  Elizabeth, 
that  is  to  say,  sonnes  of  William,  sonne  and  heir 
of  the  said  Humphrey  and  Elizth,  and  that  their 
father  and  grandfather  have  successively  used  the 
said  Armes  and  sealed  therewith.  But  the  same 
not  being  registered  in  the  College  of  Armes,  and 
the  said  Humphrey  having  no  other  evidence  that 
the  said  seals  and  tomb-stone  (such  other  memorials 
as  were  being  imbezzled  during  their  minority)  they 
are  not  certain  of  the  true  colours  of  the  said  armes  : 
I,  James  Earl  of  Suffolk,  Deputy  to  The  Right 
Hon.  Earl  of  Norwich  (sic)  Earl  Marshall  of  England, 
being  humbly  desired  on  the  behalf  of  the  said 
Humphrey  and  William  to  give  my  consent  that  the 
said  armes  so  proved  may  be  allowed  and  entered 
in  the  said  College  of  Armes,  doe  hold  the  same 
reasonable.  And  therefore  doe  hereby  require  you 
to  devise  such  colours  for  the  said  armes  as  may 
be  without  wrong-doing  to  any.  And  in  regard 
the  same  Humphrey  and  William,  having  liberally 


154  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

contributed  toward  the  rebuilding  of  the  said  College 
of  Armes,  the  Registrar  of  the  said  College  is  re- 
quired (according  to  His  Majesty's  Commission 
touching  such  benefactors)  to  register  the  said  armes 
together  with  a  descent  of  the  said  William  Smith, 
and  also  these  presents  in  the  College  of  Armes, 
under  seal  of  the  Earl  Marshall's  office,  7th 
October  1674. — Suffolk."  (Vide  Ashmole  MSS. 
858,  p.  239,  and  Stapleton,  p.  897.) 

The  arms  were  finally  settled  by  the  Heralds  as 
"  Parted  per  pale  ermine  and  erminois.  Over  all 
an  eagle  displayed  sa.,  beaked  and  membered  gu." 
( Vide  also  the  Registers  of  Cassington,  Farmington, 
Kidlington,  with  MI.  in  Farmington  and  Kidling- 
ton.) 


SMTTHE   OF   HILTON 

From  Smythe  of  Hilton,  Salop,  who  obtained  a  charter  from  Edward  I., 
descended  Smythe  of  Hilton  who  obtained  also  a  charter  from  Queen  Eliza- 
beth, and  from  him  derived : — 

Captain   Thomas  of    Hilton,  =  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Wannerton  Groome, 
living  circa  1750.  Esq.,  of  TrysulL 

I  —  I 

Major  John  Groome  =  (1805)  Anne,  dau.  of  Thos.   Parke,  Esq.,      Elizabeth. 
(1771-1835).         I  and  sister  of  Lord  Wensleydale  (ob.  1852). 

Thomas,  =(1S57)  Mary,   John  Captain  =  (1855)    Rev.       Anne  (ob.  1878) 


Lieu.- 
CoL 

Madras 
E.  (b. 
1808). 


heiress    of  Groome,      George, 

R.-Adml  H.E.LC.S.  R.N. 

Deans  (ob.  (1809-39).     (b.1811) 
1862). 


Georgi-Henry  =(1839)Gen-H 

ana,       R.  (b.  Monckton,    son 

dau.       1813),  of      Hon.       E. 

of  Dr    R.  of  Monckton,    3rd 

Allar-    Beck-  son  of   the    1st 

dyce.     bury.  Viscount     Gal- 
way. 

Annie  Georgianu.  Issue. 


Mary  Eliza  Clio.     Cecilia  A.  Parke.     Anne  B lance. 

Aems  : — Sa.  a  bend  between  6  martlets  arg. 
Crest  : — A  buffalo's  head  proper. 


ENGLISH  PEDIGREES 


155 


SMITH   OF  NOTTINGHAM 

This  family  has  adopted  for  crest  a  greyhound's  head  proper,  but  there  does 
not  appear  to  be  any  link  with  the  Smiths  of  Devon  or  of  Suffolk. 

...  Smith  of  Nottingham  St  Mary. 


William  of  St  Mary's,  Nottingham  (1765-1845)  =  Mary  ...  (1765-1823). 


(1)  ...=John  =(2)  The  William,  =  Eliza-    Joseph  James  =  Char-  Sarah  Mary 

Anne 
(b. 
1807) 


(b.  widow   Baptist 

1791).     of  ...       Deacon 
SewelL  (1793- 
1871). 


John 
(ob.  1900). 


beth      (1797- 
Morley  1848). 
(1794- 
1857). 


[1805- 

82), 

(musi< 


lotte    (b. 

Litch-1802), 

field     =... 

(1805-  Litch- 

86).      field. 


Hall 
(emi- 
grated 
to 

Aus- 
tralia) 


James  = . . .  Issue. 


William    (1819-37)       Mary  (1317-36),     Elizabeth  =  James  Ward    Catherine 


accidentally  drowned    s.  p.  =  Paul  And-    (b.  1822). 
when  a  candidate  for     rew  Johnston, 
the  Baptist  Ministry. 


(1S23-38). 


(b.  1831), 
Deaconess. 


ll  <  II 

William  Samuel   James  (b.  1851),   Arthur  =  Florence,  Ben-    SarahE.  =  Wm.  J. 


(1849-96),  Actor, 

antiquarian 

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dau.      of 

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1  b.  1353). 

Han 

a  member  of  Mr 

and  book-col- 

H. Wag- 

(1359- 

nah. 

Laurence     Bar- 

lector, associ- 

staff, 

61). 

Esq. 

rett's  Co.  Played 

ated  with 

Esq.,  of 

CardL  Malespini 

Mr  Bernard 

Sneinton. 

in  Francesca  Di 

Quaritch, 

Rimini   in  New 

member  of 

Artb 

ur  O. 

Percy  W. 

York. 

the  Ex-Libris 



Society,  etc. 

Flore 

nee  D. 

Cecil 

W. 

Sybil  R. 

This  family  throughout  (with  a  single  exception,  viz.  James  (1805-32),  who 
appears  to  have  been  Anglican,  and  was  interred  in  the  Church  cemetery  by 
the  Rector  of  St  Peters)  has  exhibited  a  staunch  adhesiou  to  the  Bapti3t 
denomination  in  Nottingham,  of  which  body  they  have  proved  munificent 
patrons.  To  the  joint  efforts  of  the  Smith  and  Ward  families,  the  Baptist 
chapels  in  Derby  Road  and  George  Street,  as  well  as  the  Nottingham  Baptist 
cemetery,  in  a  large  degree  owe  their  existence.  Mr  James  Ward's  name  is 
widely  known  as  a  connoisseur,  he  having  presented  a  collection  of  objects  of 
art  to  the  Nottingham  Museum  ;  and  equally  as  a  zealous  and  able  anti- 
quarian, and  collector  of  mediaeval  MSS.  and  autographs,  whereof  he  possesses 
some  very  notable  specimens,  including  two  unpublished  poems  by  Kirke 
White,  and  a  letter  from  Samuel  Smith,  draper,  dated  Nov.  30,  1700,  to  Robert 
Hacker,  High  Sheriff  of  Notts,  offering  to  provide  the  javelin  men  with 
banners   for  their  trumpets. 


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SMITH   OF  BATTLE  FLATT,  LEICESTERSHIRE  \ 

From  Thomas  Smith  of  Battle  Flatt  (b.  circa  1680),  by  his  wife,  Alice,  came 
Thomas  (b.  1717),  who  married  Mary  Nixon,  and  by  her  had  Thomas  (b.  1740), 
whose  wife  was  Eliza  Ward.  Their  son,  Henry  of  Cressy  Hall,  Spalding  ( 1767- 
1843),  by  Jane  Robinson,  had  John  of  Cressy  Hall  (1798-1875),  who  married  a 
cousin  in  Ann,  dan.  of  Henry  Smith,  Esq.  of  Stamford.  By  her  he  had  John 
Newbald  of  Loughborough  (b.  1S26),  who,  by  Caroline  Hasley,  had  John 
Hasley  Smith,  born  1860,  at  Loughborough,  and  now  of  Nottingham. 

Battle  Flatt  would  appear  to  "be  the  actual  site  of  the  battle  of  Bosworth 
Field. 


SMITH  OF  BUCKTON  PARK* 

1  Squire  "  Smith,  a  celebrated  Master = A  dan.  of  Pritchard  of  Tickle  ton  Hall, 
of  Hounds,  of  Buckton  Park,  Leint-  Salop, 

wardine     fob.     1762),     buried     at 
Leintwardine.   M.I.  in  the  chancel. 


Smith  of  Buckton  =  ... 


John  (1765- 
1840),    s.p., 
buried  at 
Leintwar- 
dine. 


William  =  Anne  Farmer 
of  Walford, 
buried  at 
Leintwardine. 


Bright  (1771- 
1845)  of 
Gathertop  = 
Charlotte 
Thomas  of 
Pilleth. 


Humphrey  of    Daus. 
Overton  =  Ann, 
widow  of    ... 
Weyman, 
Esq. 


7Uli 


William  (ob.  1852),  =  Elizabeth  Amiss 


buried  at  Monk- 
land. 


of  Ludlow  (ob. 
1850),  buried 
at  Monkland. 


Anne  (1820-43),  =  Charles  Price 
buried  at  of  Tenbury. 

Boras  ton, 
s.p. 


William  =  Jane  S.  Betts 
(1842-72),     of  Llandrindod. 
s.p. 

Both  buried  at 
Llandrindod. 


Anne  (b.  1843]  =  (1865)  John 
Thomas,  eldest  son  of 
Andrew  Chambers,  Esq. 
of  Orton  Waterville,  and 
grandson  of  John  Cham- 
bers, Esq.,  Deputy -Lieut, 
for  Huntingdonshire 
(1836-89),  buried  at  Leint- 
wardine. 


Anne  Amiss  (1845- 
47),  buried  at 
Leintwardine. 


*  This  family  possessed  property  at  Walford  in  Leintwardine  prior  to  1762 
and  until  recently.  I  regret  that  I  have  not  been  able  to  trace  the  descent 
directly  farther  than  the  locally  celebrated  Squire  of  Buckton,  whose  hounds 
evoked  the  muse  of  some  rhymester,  unknown  to  fame,  as  thus : 


Sqittre  Smith  and  his  Hountw,  Buckton  Pake,  Herefordshire. 

The  morning  was  frosty,  and  the  wind  lying  still. 
The  sun  shone  with  splendour  over  valley  and  hill, 


ENGLISH   PEDIGREES  159 

SMITH  OF  BLEA^SLET 

Richard,  living  circa  1730  =  Mary  Wordsworth,  aunt  of  the  poet. 


Richard  Wordsworth  =  Martha,  dau.  of  ...  Fell  of  Ulverstone  by  ...  dau. 

of  ...  Irton  of  Lrton  Hall. 


I 
Richard  (ob.  1S61)  =  U852)  Catherine  Ann  Parrey. 

! 

ii  ii 

Richard  Wordsworth.     Rev.  Irton,  M.A.     Edward  Iggulden    Enuly  Martin. 
V.  of  St   Mar-  (a. p.) 

garet,  Ilkley, 
Rural  Dean  of 
Otter. 

Arms  of  Smith  of  Bleansley : — 5a.,  on  a  feast  engrailed  or,  between  S 
squirrels  sejant  arg.,  each  holding  a  marigold  slipped  proper,  as 
many  heraldic  fountains. 

CBEST : — On  a  mount  vert,  a  squirrel  as  in  the  arms,  charged  on  the  body  with 
an  heraldic  fountain. 


When  Smith,  that  famed  sportsman,  assembled  his  hounds, 
To  chase  hotly  Reynard,  so  fleet  o'er  the  ground. 
Chorus — To  chase,  4c. 

Hounds,  horses,  and  men  in  condition  being  high, 
They  were  fully  intending  bold  Reynard  to  try ; 
Their  steeds  pranced  gaily,  and  the  hounds  seemed  to  play 
Not  expecting  such  sport  as  they  witnessed  that  day. 
Chorus — Not  expecting,  4c. 

They  dragged  thro'  each  brier,  each  bramble,  each  brake  ; 
If  bold  Reynard  had  started,  his  life  was  at  stake  ; 
But  his  mettle  lay  still,  and  they  did  little  good. 
Till  his  highness  broke  cover  in  Stoke  Castle's  Wood. 

"Ha  !  ha  ! "  says  bold  Reynard,  "  is  Smith  here  to-day  ? 
By  the  hounds  and  the  horses,  'tis  Smith,  I  dare  say  ; 
And  if  it  be  Smith,  I  shall  meet  with  disgrace. 
So  adieu  to  Stokes  Wood,  my  old  hiding-place." 


He  then  gave  a  double — came  back  by  Old  Hall, — 

And  at  Cromagearin  he  gave  them  a  call ; 

He  ranged  Radnor  Forest  with  a  fleet,  panting  breath, 

When  a  few  moments  more  brought  the  scene  of  his  death. 

Thro'  three  noble  counties  in  style  ht  had  come, 
And  parishes  sixteen  his  old  slyness  aad  run  ; 
Now  in  a  farm- yard  he  of  life  is  bereft, 
So  the  eyes  of  bold  Reynard  here  close  in  death. 

We  will  drink  a  full  bumper,  and  the  toast  shall  go  round, 
Here's  long  life  to  brave  Smith,  and  success  to  his  hounds. 


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161 


SMITH  OF  HELMSHOEE 

Smith  of  Ulverstone,  born  circa  1720=  ...  Hall  of  Nangreave,  Bury. 


John  of  Bury  =  Betty,  dan.  of  Daniel  Leach,  Esq. 
(1767-1842).  (1773-1812). 


Thomas,  J.  P.  of  =  Mary,  dau.  of  Thomas  Kay,  Esq.     Alice      Richard      Ellen 


Flaxmoss 

Haslingden 

(1796-1880). 


of  Flaxmoss  (by  Mary  Holden),     (1794-     (1802-73)    (1810- 
a  descendant  of  the  Cheshire     1849).  56). 

Bradshaws,  of  whom  the  Regi- 
cide (1800-50). 


John  (1)     Thomas  Kay  =  Mary  Anne    Eliza     John  (2)   Alice     Eliza    Kezia 
(1822-23).       (1823-91).         Howorth     Leach      (1829-     (1830-   (1832- (1335- 

of  Green-     (1827-       29).         47).       94).      35). 

hiU,   Ba-      28). 

cup.  (Issue, 

3  sons,  4 

daughters. ) 


George  Ashworth=Marv,  dau.  of  Henrv  H. 
(b.  1836).  Stow,  Esq.  (b.  1845). 


Richard  Leach 
(1839-40). 


William  H. 
(b.  1841). 


Mary  Louisa  =  John  Hall.     Henry  Ashworth.     Percy.     George     Arnold 
(Issue  3  sons,  4  daughters. )  Roasell.   Wycliffe. 


ARMS  of  Smith  of  Ulverstone : — Plan,  on  a  /ease  engrailed  or,  between  .T 
squirrels  sejant  argent,  each  holding  a  marigold  slipped  proper,  a 
stag's  head  erased  azure  between  two  heraldic  fountains. 

Cmst  :— On  a  mount  vert,  a  squirrel  as  in  the  arms,  charged  on  the  body  with 
an  heraldic  fountain. 

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162 


THE   SMITH  FAMILY 


SMITH   OF  ASTLET,  LANCS. 

William,  son  of  ...  Smith  of  Astley=  ...  Ward, 
and  Butt's  Bridge,  Bedfordleigh.     I 


John=(at  Deane)  Ann,  dau.  of  ...  Cleworth  of  Astley,  by  Nancy,  dan. 
of  ...  Wharmby. 

Rev.  Solomon,  M.A.,  Fellow  of  St  John's,  =  Barbara  Anne  Robson  of  Exning, 
Camb.,  Minor  Canon  of  Ely,  V.  of  St  I  Suft 

Mary's,  Ely. 

Rev.  Kenelm  Henry,  Curate  of  =1867  Frances  A.  P.,  dau.  of     Barbara  Anne 
Chettisham,  Ely,  late  scholar     H.  Winterof  Colyton,  Devon,        (ob.  s.p. ). 
of  St  John's,  Cambridge.  by . . .  dau.  of . . .  Sampson,  Esq. 

SMITH  OF  G01DIC0TE 

George  of  Goldicote  =  (1796)  Frances,  co-heiress  of  T.  Grace  Smith  of 
I  Normanton  Turville. 


George 

Stavely  = 

(Issue. ) 


(1)  Sarah,  =Captain  Gus-  =  (2)  Caroline    Captain =(1840)  Hon. 

Emily  A. , 
dau.  of  4th 
Viscount 
Bo  ling- 
broke. 


dau.  of 

tarus  T. 

S.,  widow 

William 

Rev.  N. 

(1800-75). 

of  Sir  J. 

Corbet 

Yates 

Mordaunt. 

of 

(a.  p.). 

Bittes- 
well 
Hall 
(ob. 

2  dau. 

1847). 

I 

Captain  Corbet  =  (1875)  EvaC,  dau. 
of  Walcote,       I    of  Mark  Synot, 
Leicester  Esq. 

(b.  1845). 

Ada  E.  Corbet. 


Emma  E.  =  (1862)  J.  Du  Plat 
Taylor,  Esq. 


Charles  Sergison  of  Consell=(1834)  Georgiana,  dau.  of 


Hall,  Stafford,  1st 
Dragoon  Guards 
(1803-77). 


Hon.  Herbert  Gardner, 
son  of  Alan,  1st  Lord 
Gardner. 


Francis 
(a. p.). 


Frances 
(s.p.). 


Captain  Hyde  =  (1878)  Jane,  dau.  of    Rev.  Walter  F.  =  Mary  L.  C,  dau.  of 
Sergison  ("b.    I  Isaac Kempson, Esq.,      (b.  1845).  !    Mrs  B.  Durant. 

1838).  of  Cotton  Hall. 


Herbert  C.   (b.  1880). 


Percy. 


I  I 

Lieut. -CoL  Charles  Holled  =  Marv,  dau.  of  Henry        Florence  Cornwall. 
(b.  1846).  Scott,  Esq. 

Asms  : — Arg.,  on  a  bend  between  S  unicorns'  heads  erased  az.,  3  lozenges  or. 
Crest  : — A  unicorn's  head  erased  so. 
MOTTO  : — Virtus  in  arduis. 


ENGLISH   PEDIGREES  163 


Smith  of  Thtmghill  Court 

A  Smith  migrated  from  Derbyshire  in  1760  to 
Staunton-on- Arrow,  Herefordshire.  His  son  was  of 
Hurstley  in  Kynnersley,  and  married  ...  daughter 
of...  Beaven,  Esq.,  ofMonkland.  This  gentleman  had 
a  son,  from  whom  descend  the  Smiths  of  "Woonton 
in  Almeley ;  a  second  son  from  whom  was  Smith  of 
Bidney  in  Dilwyn,  whence  the  Smiths  respectively  of 
Monkton,  Ocle  Pychard,  Gathertop,  and  Hope-under- 
Dinmore.  The  third  son,  John  of  Kenchester  Court 
(1792-1878)  =  Honoria  Ferrer  of  Dilwyn  and  "Weobley 
(1812-98),  and  by  her  had  (1)  John  William  (b.  1847), 
now  of  Thinghill  Court,  J. P.,  C.C. ;  (2)  George  Henry 
(b.  1853) ;  (3)  Jane  Honoria  (b.  1850)  =  1875,  Francis 
Hawkins,  Esq.,  of  Sugwas  Court,  J. P.,  C.C,  and 
has  issue. 

Arms  of  Smith  of  Derbyshire,  vide  Vincent's 
"  Derbyshire,"  1634 :  Azure,  a  chevron  between  3 
leopards'  heads  erased  or,  charged  with  pellets. 
Crest  uncertain.  But  Grazebrook  gives  a  grant  of 
Cooke  Clarencieux,  1585  (Harl.  MSS.,  1069),  to 
"William  Smith,  barrister  of  Derbyshire — viz. :  Gules, 
six  lozenges  in  fesse  between  three  maidens'  heads 
affronters  proper,  crined  or.  Crest : — On  a  mount 
vert,  a  castle  or,  between  two  branches  proper.  And 
it  is  to  be  remarked  that  either  of  the  above  coats 
differ  from  that  of  Smith  of  Duffield,  Derbyshire — 
viz.  :  Sable,  a  fesse  dancett^e  between  three  lions 
rampant,  each  supporting  a  garb,  all  or.  Probably 
the  coat  ascribed  by  Vincent  to  four  generations  prior 
to  1634  is  the  true  coat  of  the  Derbyshire  Smiths, 
from  whom  descend  the  Smiths  of  Thinghill  Court. 
N.B.  The  term  "  Court "  in  the  west  of  England 
represents  "ancient  Manor  House,"  as  distinguished 
from  any  mansion  of  later  erection.     Mr  J.  W.  Smith, 


164  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

the  present  representative  of  the  family,  acquired  the 
estate  of  Thinghill  by  purchase  from  a  family  named 
Hisrgrins. 


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THE  DESCENT  OF  SIE  SIDNEY  SMITH 
(The  Hero  of  Acke) 

Captain  Edward  Smith,  R.N. 
(mortally  wounded  in  the  attack  on  La  Guaya,  1743). 


John,  a  captain  in  the  Guards  =  (1766)  (unhappily),  Mary,  dau.  of 
Pincknev  Wilkinson   of    Han- 


over Square,  merchant,  whose 
sister,  Ann=1771,  the  1st 
Lord  Camelford. 


Charles  Spencer,  Admiral  Sir  William 

Ambassador  to  Sidney  (1764- 

The  Porte.  1840). 

SMITH   OF  LANGUARD 

John  of  Languard  =  Anne,  dau.  of  Henry  Roach,  Esq. 

i  i 

Major  Henry.  Charles  Roach  (1807-90). 

SMITH  OF  GLOUCESTER 

Rer.  Martin  Stafford  Smith  =  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Bishop  Warburton. 


John  Stafford,  composer  (1750-1S36)  (vide  chapter  on 
"Celebrities  of  the  Name"). 


SMITH   OF  TWYFORD,   HANTS 

George  Smith  of  Twyford  (b.  circa  1775 — d.  1836)  =  ... 
Issue. 

(1)  George  of  Owslebury  (1803-45)  =  Elizabeth  Hewitt  of  Southsea,  and  by 
her  had  (1)  Elizabeth  Mary  (b.  1835),  (2)  Sabina  (1837-96)  =  Thomas  Prime. 

(2)  Peter  of  Barnsworth,  Hants  (1811-91)  =  Sarah  Ann  Janaway,  and  by 
her  had  Elizabeth  =  Richard  Morley ;  James  Francis;  William;  Kathleen 
(b.  1871). 

(3)  Stephen  of  Owslebury  (1813-75)  =  (1)  Elizabeth  Doll,  (2)  Elizabeth  Hill, 
but  left  no  issue. 

(4)  William  of  Cheriton  (1815-1901)  =  Mary  Hailstone,  and  by  her  had 
Frank  John  (b.  1841);  George  (1843-62);  Mary  Anne  (1845- 1901)  =  William 
Poole  of  Southampton  ;  Sophia  (b.  1861)  =  Benjamin  Mould  of  Cheriton. 


ENGLISH  PEDIGREES 


165 


(5)  Giles  of  Alresford  (1821-74)  =  Julia  Holland  of  Alresford,  and  bv  her 
had  Henry  Frederick  (1842-97)  =  Ellen  Goodall  of  Kopley  ;  George  (1843-62)  = 
Kate  Sapham ;  Isabel  (b.  1867)  =  William  Wedge  of  Winchester ;  Kate  (b.  1371) 
=  Edward  Wedge  of  Winchester. 

(6)  Mary  (1805-56)  =  Richard  Thompson. 

(7)  Ann  ( 1809- 74)  =  William  Holdaway. 

(8)  Harriet  (1817-85)  =  Joseph  Hobby. 

(9)  Charlotte  (1816-82)  =  William  Pearce. 
(10)  Sabina(1819-91)  =  David  Turner. 

The  remarkable  characteristic  of  this  Hampshire  family  is  that  of  being 
smiths  by  profession  as  well  as  Smiths  by  name.  Within  the  past  half 
century  they  have  contributed  at  least  a  dozen  stalwarts  to  the  good  old 
trade  of  farrier,  and  it  may  be  affirmed  confidently  that  the  late  revered 
Queen  boasted  no  more  useful  subjects. 


SMITH   OF  0RCHEST02T,  WILTS 


George  Smith  of  Orcheston  (living  in  1310). 


A  son,  of  Stoke  =  ... 
Newington. 


I 
Elizabeth  Valis  =  (1868)(attheCongregl. 


(b.  1841),  bapt. 
at  Spetisbury, 
Dorset. 


Elizabeth  =  Frank  Dudderidge  (b.  at  Blandford 

Valis.         1869),  son  of  Henry  Dudderidge  of 

Blandford,  Principal  of  the  School 

of  Pharmacy,  Newcastle-on-Tyne. 


Chapel,  Blandford), 
Henry,  4th  son  of 
Robert  and  Fanny 
Dudderidge  of  Ray 
Hill,  Burland,  Somer- 
set. 


Issue. 


SMITH   OF   SOUTH   SHIELDS 


John  Smith  of  South  Shields, : 
a  ship's  chandler  who  is  said 
to  have  worked  at  Wool- 
wich side  by  side  with  Peter 
the  Great  of  Russia,  and 
who  left  as  an  heirloom  a 
Russian,  wicker-basket,  a 
present  from  the  Czar,  which 
basket  is  in  the  possession 
of  his  descendant,  Bernard 
P.  Scattergood,  Esq. 


Elizabeth,  dau.  of  R.  Foster 
(b.  1746). 


(i)  Rev.  Thomas  Scattergood,  =  Jane  =  (2) 
Minister  of  the  Wesleyan  I 
New  Connection. 


Bernard  P.  Scattergood  of  Leeds,  M.I.E.E. 


166 


THE   SMITH   FAMILY 


SMITH  OF  TODDINGTON,  GLOUCESTERSHIRE 

William  Smith  of  Toddington  (d.  1741)  =  Mary  ... 


Mary        William 
(b.  (b.  1719). 

1717). 


Rebecca 
(b.  1721). 


I 
Henry  =  Ann  Sysum 
(1722.   |     of  Greet. 
89). 


John         Charles 
(b.  (b. 

1724).         1725). 


John  Sysum  =  Mary  Sysum. 

(b.  1754)  of  I 
Toddington. 


Mary    (b.    1760)= John 
Chadburn  of  Winchcomb. 


of  Bishops 
Burton. 


Mary        John        Henry      William  =  Elizabeth  Morley 
(b.  (b.  (b.  (b.  1797) 

1789).        1792)        1795).       of  Mal- 

of  Hoghton  pas. 

Towers. 

Buried  at 

Fleetwood. 


Charles      Joseph 
(b.  (b. 

1804).         1807). 


Henry  =. 
(b.  1324).  I 


I 
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(b.      I 
1826). 


Ann 

(b. 
1823). 


William  =  (1855)  Leah 
(1830-      |  Taylor  of 


97). 


Pilkington. 


I  I  I 

Thomas  William  Fanny. 
Sysum        H. 
of  High 
Wycombe. 


Issue — 3 
children. 


Issue — 5  sons 
and  5  daus. 


George 
(b.  1833). 

Mary  (b. 
(b.  1835). 

Charles 
(b.  1837), 
left  2  sons. 


This  family  for  generations  were  gamekeepers  to  various  noblemen  and 
gentlemen.  They  appear  to  have  been  of  good  repute,  four  in  succession 
having  been  keepers  at  Toddington  Park. 


SMITH  OF  THE  GROVE  EN"  CROPWELL  BOTELER 

Rev.  ...  Smith,  curate,  or  minister  of  Cotgrave,  1762=... 

r,        C  !  I 

Rev.  Henry,  =  ...  Morris  of       Rev.  Edward,  rector        Rev.  John,  vicar 

curate  of       I    Cotgrave.         of  Tollerton.     s.p.  of  Aldercar.  s.p. 

Cotgrave. 


Henry,  now  =  Miss  Butler. 

of  Cropwell  I 

Boteler. 


Edward  =  Miss  Barlow 
I  of  Cotgrave. 

Issue. 


A  dan.  = . . .  Pearson 
of  Shef- 
field. 


Mr  Henry  Smith,  the  present  Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Cropwell  Boteler,  is  a 
J.P. ,  and  a  well-known  breeder  of  Lincolnshire  rams.  Although  situate  in  a 
village  from  whence  sprung  the  great  family  of  banker  Smiths,  he  does  not 
appear  to  share  their  blood  ;  and  a  member  of  the  latter  family  has  recently 
repurchased  the  farm  which  formed  the  estate  in  Cropwell  Boteler  of  the 
yeoman  John,  whose  son  Thomas,  marrying  Fortune,  the  daughter- of  Abel 
Collin,  Cromwell's  gunner,  settled  in  Nottingham. 


ENGLISH  PEDIGREES  167 

SMITH   OF  TE2TBTJRY 


Thomas  of  Tenbury,  living  circa  1810^=  Sarah 


James  Thomas = Phoebe  ... 
of    Clifton    on  I 
Teme.  j 

James  Thomas = Jemima  .. 
of  Felton       I 


James  Thomas.        Joseph.       William' George,       John.       Thomas.       Harry. 


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Mary  Anne  May.      Phoebe.     Albert  Edward.     Charles.     AUce  Maud. 

SMITH  OF  HORSHAM 

Charles,  son  of  ...  Smith  of  The  Chantry,  Horsham,  left  issue— 

(1)  Rev.  Charles  Adam,  vicar  of  Macclesfield. 

(2)  Robert. 

(3)  William  Henry. 

(4)  George  Frederick. 

(5)  Edmund  James. 

(6)  Caroline. 

(7)  Maria. 
(81  Sophia. 

Edmund  James  Smith,  the  youngest  9on,  left  issue  by  ....  dau.  of  John 
Noble,  Esq.,  Governor  of  York  Castle— 

(1)  Herbert  Edmund  (b.  1846),  educated  at  Eton.     s.p. 

(2)  Charles  John  (b.  Jan.  14th,  1348),  educated  at  Harrow. 

(3)  Amy  Margaret  =  Spencer  Gore,  Esq. 

4    Gertrude  Caroline  =  Col.  Shepherd,  9th  Nortolk  Regiment. 

(5)  Arthur  Frederick— Wellington,  and  Trin.  Coll.  Camb. 

(6)  Reginald  William— Rugby,  and  Christ  Church,  Oxlord. 

(7)  George  Cecil  (died  1900). 

(8)  Mabel  Hannah. 

(9)  Harry  Griffith. 

(10)  Percy  Robert. 

(11)  Ethel. 

SMITH   OF  WAVERTREE 

David  Smith  of  Wavertree=  ...  Lathom  of  Ormskirk. 

a  Roman  Catholio      (1779-  I 

1850). 


1  I  ' 

...  Smith  of  Wavertree= ...         5  other  sons.         3  daus. 

Clement  of  Bowdon. 

SMITH  OF  LEOMINSTER 

...  Smith  of  Abergavenny  (living  in  1760). 
James  of  Abergavenny  (b.  1780). 

1  T         U 

James  of  Aston  Ingham. 

! 
Thomas  of  Leominster. 


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170  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 


SMITH  OF  STOKE  DOYLE  AXD  OUNDLE 

John  Smith  of  Stoke  Doyle,,  living  in  the  eighteenth  century,  was  twice 
married.  He  left,  with  others,  a  son,  John  of  Stoke  Doyle,  contemporary, 
and  presumably  )Hn«man  of  Thomas  Smith  of  the  Chapter  House,  concerning 
whom  presently. 

By  Mary  Morris  of  Stoke  Doyle  the  younger  John  Smith  had  (A)  John, 
D.L."and  J.P.,  of  Ndrthants,  who  married  (1)  Miss  Staples,  but  by  her  had 
no  issue.  He  married  (2)  Sarah  B.  E.  Smith  (vide  infra),  daughter  of  Thomas 
Smith  of  the  Chapter  House,  by  Sarah  Seiion,  and  by  her  had  (1)  Sarah  M  = 
Charles  Cowdell ;  (2)  John  William  =  Editha  Hume,  and  bv  her  had  (a)  Ruth 
M  =  Rev.  W.  R.  Frith;  (b)  Sarah  L.  =  Rev.  W.  W.  Baillie ;  (e)  John  H.= 
Marv  Tavlor ;  id)  George,  died  in  infancv  ;  (e)  Edmund  P.;  (/)  Marian  H; 
[$)  Helen  E.:  (h)  Frederick  H;  (»')  Margaret  A.;  (3)  Emma  S.=Rev.  C.  K. 
Bingham  ;  (4)  Edward,  died  in  infancy  ;  (5)  George  Percival,  J.P.,  D.L.  for 
Herefordshire,  who  assumed  the  name  of  Percival  in  addition  to  Smith, 
and  married  Martha,  daughter  of  G.  Capron,  Esq.  of  Southwick  Hall, 
bv  whom  he  had  (a)  Martha  B.;  (b)  Marv  L-=Colonel  Strong  of  Hodson's 
Horse;  (c)  Ellen  G.;  (d)  Alice  H;  (e)  Edith  H=R.  L.  Howard;  (/)  Rev. 
H  P.  =  Elizabeth  M.  Parker ;  (g)  Capron  H  (ob.  I860),  ML,  Eaton  Bishop  ; 
(At  Dorothv  If.  A.  =  C.  S.  Hoare  ;  (»)  Ethel  F.  =Rev.  J.  Cropper  ;  (/)  Evelyn 
E.;  (6)  Elizabeth  E.  =  R.  G.  B.  Sellon ;  (7)  Paulina  L.;  (8)  Herbert  S.,  s.p,; 
(9)  Anna  H  =Rev.  G.  H.  Capron  of  Southwick  Hall,  Oundle.  (B)  Thomas  = 
Ann    York.     (C)  Ann  =  Richard  Tibbits.     (D)   Elizabeth  =  Gervase  Tibbits. 

(E)  Frederick  =  Helen,  daughter  of  Rev.  R.  M  Boultbee,  Vicar  of  BarnwelL 

(F)  William  =  Ann   Morris,  and  by  her  had  John  of   Babbacombe  =  Helen 
Somerset,  of  the  Beaufort  family. 

We  now  revert  to  Thomas  Smith  of  the  Chapter  House.  By  Sarah  Sellon 
he  had  (1)  Thomas  Sellon,  s.p. ;  (2)  Sarah  Bridget,  who  married  John  Smith  of 
Stoke  Doyle  (vide  supra) ;  (3)  Anna  S.  M  =Thomas  A.  Cock  ;  (4)  Peter  Baker, 
Captain  R.N.,  who  assumed  his  mothers  name  (Sellon).  By  his  first  wife 
Pnscilla  L.,  daughter  of  Rev.  S.  White,  Rector  of  Clerkenwell,  he  had 
(a)  Anna  =  Rev.  R.  Joynes ;  (6)  William  =  Margaret,  daughter  of  A.  Storer, 
Esq.  of  Purley  Park.  Herts,  and  by  her  had  Rev.  William  S.  =  Margaret 
Turner  ;  Katherine  A. :  Priscilla  Li ;  Stephanie  ;  Stephen  W.  =  Mary  A. 
M'Dougal;  Cicely:  Anthony  G. ;  Herbert  P.;  (c)  Lydia,  s-p.  Captain 
Sellon=(2)  Patty "Pybus  of  Bath,  s.p.;  (5)  Rev.  Edward  J.,  Rector  of  scan- 
more  =  Anna.  daughter  of  Rev.  S.  White;  (6)  Georee  =  Maria  De  la  C. 
Navarro ;  (T)  Elizabeth  L.=Percival  N.  Johnson;  (8)  Paulina=(i)  Rev. 
R.  Whittington,  (ii)  Rev.  R.  Watts;  (9)  Baker  P.,  barrister  =  Caroline 
Hennah. 

A»v<  of  SsnTH  or  OrxDLZ  (vide  Graze'orook);: — Per  chevron  gu.  and  arg., 
in  chief  two  garbs  or,  in  base  a  horse's  head  erased  of  the  first. 

CaEST  : —  Within  an  annulet  gu.,  a  garb  or. 

Motto  :—  Honestt  fortiter. 


PEDIGREE  OF  DR  SMITH,  PROVOST  OF 
QUEEN'S  COLLEGE 

Ait-\t'» : — A  shield  of  ntne  quarterings.  1.  Smith,  as  on  the  hatchments  in 
Kidlington  Church.  2.  Plantagenet,  within  a  bordure  gobonne, 
and  a  canton.  3.  Worn  out.  4.  Ermine,  on  a  canton  argent  a 
cross  Calvary.  5.  Argent,  a  lion  rampant  sable.  6.  Gules,  three 
lucies  hauriant  argent.  7.  Sable,  three  escallop  shells,  within  a 
bordure  engrailed  argent.  8.  Sable,  three  covered  tups  argent. 
9.  Or,  two  bars  gules,  in  dexter  corner  a  mullet  pierced. 
This  shield  is  over  the  tablet  to  Dr  Joseph  Smith  and  his  wife. 


ENGLISH   PEDIGREES 

Joan  Smith  of  Kaaresbro',  died  38  Elizabeth  =...  ToUoa. 


171 


Matthew  Smith,  S  Kaaresbro',  =  Anne  Roundle,  dau.  of  aa 
oo.  York,  one  of  the  Council  I       Alderman  of  Leeds, 
of  the  North  (d.  1640). 


William  Smith,  M.A,  of  Care  CoiL,=  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Giles  Wetherail, 
Camb.,  rector  of  Ingieton,  Yorka.    I  of  Stockton-on-j-ees. 


5th  son,  Joseoh  Smith,  MA.,  of  Oxiord  =  Mary,  aau..  ana  to-aeiress  with 
(1696),  D.D",  Provost  of  Queens  1 1730).  j  Baroara  W-_soc.  if  J.enry  _ow- 
Bom  at  Lowther.  10th  October  1670.  I  ther,  Esq.,  oiiag-eton  3a^ 
Died  in  Oxford,  1756,  aged  36.  j      (d.  1745).  3ur.ea  at  nuoiington. 


Anne  =  Major  James 
Hargreaves  of  Ox- 
ford,bur.  at  addling- 
ton,  17S3. 
| 
Rev.  Joseph  Smith 
Harzreaves,  buried 
at  Kldlington,  1S07. 


;l)  Lydia,  oniy  = 
child  of  Joshua  I 
3amay,  late  of  ■ 
Wiuhamstow, 
Essex,  mer- 
chant.    She 
died  25th  Jan.    j 
1745,  andwa3     : 
buried  in  chan- 
eei  at  Kidling- 
ton. 


Joseph,  LL.I 
married  5  th 
■June    1740,    in 
St  Anthoiin'3 
Church,  Lon- 
don, bur.  at 
Kidlington, 
10th  October 
1776. 


2  Z-Z2.:t-.z.  :— 7 
dau.  of  James 
3ouchier.  LL-D., 
of  Han'oorough, 
and  tf  Zl-ra~e:z 
Hams  parens 
buried  in  St  Mic- 
hael's, Oxford', 
married  m  Queen  3 
College,  Dec  1750, 
buried  it  Kidling- 
ton.  13th  July 


Marv  Fleming, 
d.  April  1741 


Joseoh 
d.  April  *3,  1743: 


Elizabeth,  born  at 
Han'oorough,  loth 
Aug.  1751,  died  Juiv 
12,1757. 


Mary  Anne,  bora 
in  Magdalen 
Cod.,  Oxford, 
1752.  our.  at 
Eidlington, 
1752. 


Marv,  born  in  0x-  =  °  17S31  Captain 
ford,  1753,  died  George  Anson 
1739,  bur.  in  >"utt. 

Greenwich  Hos-   i 
pitaL 

Toree  sons  and  jce  daughter. 


Joseph  3ouchier,*born 
in  Oxford,  1753,  matri- 
culated at  Queen' 3 
ColL,  li  ,5  =  daughter 
of  Lord  Coventry,  no  Bouchier 
no  issue. 


Hams,  oora    Susanna,  born 


in     Oxford, 
1761-  =  i 
Miss 


Elizabeth, 
in      Oxford,       born  in  Ox- 
1762.  ford.  1763. 

.  Both  died  unmarried. 


□nana, 

bora  '-a 
Oxford, 
1736, 
bur.  it 

A--— Zg- 

ton,  in- 
fant. 


[Pert  of  the  above  pedigree  supplied  by  the  courtesy  of  Dr  Magrath,  Provost 
of  Queen's  College,  j 


*  In  T\t  Giiultman  i  j[*vi=iiit.  Dec.  29,  1322,  occurs  the  following  ■_. ifc 

on  a  visit  to  the  Eari  of  Coventry,  at  Worcester.  John  '  3ouchier'  5mi:  =  .  Esq. 
He,  while  sealing  a  letter,  was  "attacked  with  spasms  m  the  :hest,  wmch  in 
a  few  moments  terminated  his  existence." 


have 


-  In  Burke'3  "  Ext.  Baronetage,''  under  "  Sidley^"  Harris  Smitz  a  M  io 
,ve  been  admitted  to  Winchester  College  about  1772  as  Founders  r>_z. 


172  THE   SMITH  FAMILY 

SMITH  AZS  EAEDLEY,  ALS  LEFEVEE,  BAETS. 

Thomas  Smith  of  Hadley,  Middlesex  (whose  ancestors  of  the  name  of 
Lefevre  came  from  France,  temp.  Elizabeth,  and  assumed  the  cognomen  of 
Smith),  died  in  1740,  leaving  an  only  son, 

Thomas  Smith  of  Hadley,  merchant  (ob.  1744)  =  Culling,  sister  and  co- 
heir of  John  Home,  Esq.,  Governor  of  Bombay,  leaving  issue, 

1.  Thomas  of  Evesham,  Worcester  (ob.  without  male  issue,  1798), 

leaving  two  daughters,  Louisa  and  Harriet. 

2.  Culling,  created  a  baronet. 

3.  William,   a  captain  in  the  E.I.C.'s  naval  service  =  Sarah, 

daughter  of  Humphry  Sumner,  D.D.,  Provost  of  King's 
College,  Cambridge,  and  had  issne — Sumner,  in  holy  orders  ; 
William  Richard,  R.N.  ;  Sarah  =  Rev.  W.  Stackhouse  of 
Modbury,  Devon ;   Anna-Maria,  and  Charlotte. 

4.  Charles,  Governor  of  Madras=(l)  Elizabeth  Carvalho  (of  the 

Portuguese  family  of  Pombal),  by  whom  he  had  a  son,  Charles, 

an  officer  of  the  59th  Foot,  who  died  at  Gibraltar ;  and  (2) 

Zabier  Charlotte,  daughter  of  James  Law,  Esq.  (of  the  Laws 

of  Lauriston),  by  whom  he  had  a  son, 

Culling  Charles  =  (1799)  Lady  Anne  Fitzroy,  widow  of  the 

Hon.  Henry  Fitzroy,  and  daughter  of  Garret  Wellesley, 

Earl  of  Mornington,  bv  whom  be  had  Frederick  and 

Emily  Frances  =  ( 1822)"Henry,  Duke  of  Beaufort.     Mr 

Culling  Charles  Smith  died  May  26,  1S53. 

5.  Anne,  died  unmarried. 

6.  Elizabeth =. John  Munro,  D.D.,  and  died  1802. 

7.  Maria  =  Rev.  John  Burrows,  LL.D. 

8.  Frances  =  Rev.  Charles  Jeffreys  CottrelL 
The  second  son, 

1.  Culling   Smith,  Esq.  (1731-1812),  created  baronet  December 

20,  1802.  He  =  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Burrows,  and 
sister  of  Rev.  Dr  Burrows,  Rector  of  Hadley  and  St  Clement 
Danes,  Middlesex,  by  whom  (who  died  April  5,  1782)  he  had 
(with  a  daughter  Louisa  =  Rev.  Thomas  Rivett  of  Maresfield, 
Sussex)  an  only  surviving  son,  Culling. 

2.  SirCulling(b.  1769)  =  (September22, 1792)  Charlotte  Elizabeth, 

co-heiress  ef  Sampson,*  Lord  Eardley,  by  whom  (who  died 
September  15,  1826)  he  had  Culling  Eardiev,  third  baronet ; 
Maria  Charlotte  =  ( October  30,  1826)  Rev.  Eardley  Childers, 
who  died  at  Nice  in  1831  ;  and  Louisa  Selina  (ob.  1S52). 

3.  Sir  Culling-Eardlev  Smith  (assumed  the  names  and  arms  of 

Eardley  in  lieu  of" Smith,  1847)  (b.  1805)  =  Isabella,  daughter 
of  Carr  of  Eshott,  and  by  her  had  Eardley  Gideon  Culling, 
Frances  Selina,  Isabella  Maria. 


DESCENT   OF  THE  DEAN   OF   CHEIST   CHUECH 

By  Christian,  daughter  of  Rev.  E.  Pain  of  Winchester,  Samuel  Smith  of 
Westminster,  an  alleged  descendant  of  the  Regicide  (Henry  Smith  of  With- 
cote),  had  Rev.  Samuel,  LL.D.,  Headmaster  and  Prebendary  of  Westminster, 
Prebendarv  of  Peterborough,  Rector,  Patron,  and  Squire  of  Dry  Drayton, 
Cambs.  (1731-1841),  whose  son,  Very  Rev.  Samuel,  D.D.  (1765-1841),  became 
Dean  of  Christ  Church  and  Prebendary  of  Durham.  His  son.  Rev.  Charles, 
M.A.,  Christ  Church  (1817-55),  was  Vicar  of  E.  Garston  and  Rector  of 
Boothby,  and  his  son,  Rev.  C.  Fullerton,  M.A.,  Christ  Church  (b.  1848),  is 
now  Vicar  of  Lund,  Lane. 

*  Sir  Sampson  Gideon  of  Spalding,  created  Bart.,  1759,  and  Lord  Eardley, 
1789,  left  as  co-heiresses  (1)  Maria  Mason  =  George  W.,  Lord  Saye  and  Sele  ; 
(2)  Charlotte  =  Culling  Smith,  afterwards  Sir  Culling  Smith  ;  and  (3)  Selina  = 
Childers  of  Cantley. 


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CHAPTEE  VIII 

SCOTTISH   PEDIGREES 
SMYTH!  OF  METHVKN  CASTLE 

Thomas  Smythe  or  Smithe,  M.D.,  liviDg  in  1477,  Principal  Physician 
to  James  ILL  of  Scotland. 

Patrick  of  Braco  = . . . 


William  of  Braco  =  Agnes  Scott,  relict  of  Christ.  Snel. 

Patrick  of  Braco,  living  in  1561  (ob.  1604)  =  Christian  Haldane. 


Alexander  =  Margaret,  dan.  of  Wm.  Oliver,  Esq. 


Patricks (1)  (1618)  Catherine,  dau.  of  Dr  Graham",  Bishop  of  Orkney, 
of  Braco  I 
(ob. 
1651).  ' 


Henry,  slain  at  Marston  Moor,     George,        Patrick        Other 
expdrte  Regis.  s.p.         [vide  infra),     issue. 

=  (2)  (1639)  Margaret,  dau.  of  H  Stewart  of  Killinan.     I 


I  I  I 

John.  Rev.  William  =  A  co-heiress  of  Dr  Ross,     Atrnes  = 

—  I     Bishop  of  Galloway.  CoL 
David.                                                                                  Graham. 

—  James,  M.D. 
Alexander. 

=  (3)  Margaret  Anderson. 


3  dans. 


(1)  (1652)  Anne,  dau.  of  Hon.  J.  Keith,  =  Patrick  of=(2)   Janet,    dau.    of  M. 
brother  of  William,  6th  Earl  Marischal.   I     Braco.  Haldane  of  Gleneagles. 


Patrick, 
s.p. 


See  p.  177. 


SCOTTISH  PEDIGREES 


177 


r  i 1 

David   of=  Kathleen,  dau.  of  Cock-  Mungo,  Patrick 


Methven 
(ob.1732) 


rane  of  Kilmarnock,  by 
Grizel,  dau.  of  the 
Marquis  of  Montrose. 


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burg. 


(1)  Mary,  dau.  of  J.  Graham  =  David  of  Methven  =  (2)  Kath.,  dau.  of  Lord 
ofBraco.  I  (1711-64  Monzie,  s.p. 


(1)  (1772)  Elizabeth,  heiress  of=David  Lord  Methven  =  (2)  Euphemia,  a  dau 
Sir  R.  Murray  (ob.  1785)  (1746-1806).  of  M.  Murray. 


I  I  I 

Robert,  s.  p.     2  sons.     4  daus. 


(1)  Margt.,  dau.  of=  William  =  (2)  Emily,  dau 


J.  Walker,  F.R.S. 
(ob.  1846), 


(b.  1803) 


Margaret,  Viscountess 
Strathallan  of  Meth- 
ven Castle. 


of  Sir  J.    Os- 
wald, G.C.B. 


Rev.  P.  M.,  R.  of 
Solihull  (1804- 
72)  =  Anne  G., 
dau.  of  R.  E. 
Mynors. 

(Issue.) 


Katherine 
(ob.1880) 
=  Right 
Hon.    D. 
Boyle. 


David  M.     Charles  J.  =  Elizabeth,    dau.     Francis  H.     William  F.     Beatrice 
(b.  1350).      (b.  1852).       of  J.  King,  Esq.      (b.  1853).        (b.  1859). 

Arms  of  Smythe  of  Methven   Castle:— Az.,  a  burning  cup  between  2  chess- 
rooks  in  /esse  or. 

Crbst  :  — A  dolphin  haurient  proper. 

Motto  : — AlediU  tranquillua  in  imdis. 


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SCOTTISH  PEDIGREES  181 

George  Smith  (b.  1833),  LL.D.,  CLE.,  etc.,  etc., 
the  father  of  this  numerous  and  distinguished  pro- 
geny, has  had  a  very  distinguished  career.  He  was 
Principal  of  Doveton  College,  Calcutta,  editor  of  The 
Friend  of  India,  Indian  correspondent  of  the  Times, 
editor  of  "Annals  of  Indian  Administration,"  and 
was  created  CLE.  Jan.  1,  1877,  for  his  valuable  ser- 
vices to  the  Indian  Empire.  He  is  also  the  biographer 
of  Dr  Carey,  the  missionary,  Henry  Martyn,  Bishop 
Heber,  Dr  John  Wilson,  Indian  Philanthropist,  Dr 
Duff,  Stephen  Hislop,  and  Dr  Somerville,  and  has 
further  written  "The  Student's  Geography  of  India," 
"  The  Conversion  of  India,"  "  Twelve  Indian  States- 
men," and  "A  Short  History  of  Christian  Missions." 
The  university  of  Edinburgh  conferred  upon  him  the 
honorary  degree  of  LL.D.  in  1878. 

Smith  of  Paisley 

James  Smith  of  Paisley,  the  founder  of  this  line  = 
(1730)  Jean,  daughter  of  ...  Renfrew,  Esq.,  and  by 
her  had  James,  known  as  "  Citizen  Smith  "  of  Paisley 
(1769-1847)  =  Henrietta,  daughter  of  ...  Taylor,  Esq. 
By  her,  with  others  who  were  styled  collectively 
J.  &  H.  Smith  &  Co.,  Manufacturing  Chemists  of 
•Edinburgh,  he  had  James  (1792-1889)  =  Annie, 
daughter  of  ...  Preston,  Esq.  Their  son  James 
(1816-86),  established  the  eminent  firm  of  iron- 
masters, Smith  &  Wellstood,  and  by  her  had  William 
Macadam  Smith  (b.  1860),  who,  retiring  from  busi- 
ness in  1896,  purchased  the  estate  of  Abbotsfield  in 
Wiveliscombe.  He  =  (1883)  Helena  Jane,  daughter 
of  ...  Ross,  Esq.,  and  by  her  had  Robina  Metta; 
Dorothy  Wells ;  Ida  Jean.  Mr  Macadam  Smith  is 
a  J.  P.  for  Somerset  and  a  Commissioner  of  Supply 
for  Lanarkshire. 


CHAPTER    IX 


IRISH   PEDIGREES 
SMITH,  LATER  CUSAC-SMTTH,  BARTS. 

Joseph  Smith  of  Kilbride  =  (1680)  Elizabeth  Wilkinson. 


Michael  of  Bally-  = . . . 
naake&iob.  1747).  I 


Issue— 6  sons. 


Joseph  of  Pick-  =  ... 
fordstown  (ob.     I 
1780). 

Issue — 2  dans. 


William  =  Hester  Lynch. 


(1)  Mary  Anne,  dau.  of  =  Right  Hon.  Sir  Michael  =  Eleanor,     dau.     of 


Jas.  Cusac,  Esq. 


(1769-1808).  Baron 
of  the  Exchequer, 
1793;  Bart,  of  Ire- 
land, 1799. 


Michael     Smith, 
Esq. 


The  Hon.  Sir  =  Hester, 


William, 
D.C.L., 
F.R.S.,  as- 
sumed  the 
name  of 
Cusac.  BaroD 
of  the  Irish 
Exchequer. 
(1766-1836.) 


dau.  of 
Thomas 
Berrv  of 
Eglish 
Castle. 


Angelina  (ob. 
s.p.  1808)  =  (1) 
Smith,  son  of 
Sir  R.  Steele. 
=  (2)  William, 
son  of  Sir  Kil- 
dare  Borrowes. 


Maj.-Gen.  M.  William,  =  Charlotte 


C.B. 


Sir  Michael  =  Eliza 
(1793-1859). 


Thomas  =  (1827)  Louisa 


Carr. 


William 


Berry, 

Smith  Barry             Whitme 

Master 

of     Marbury 

of  the 

and  Fota. 

Rolls  in 

Ireland 

(ob.  1866). 

Eleanor 
C.A. 


I  I  I  I 

Sir      Michael  Mary  =  H.  E.,  Hester  A. 

Wil-    (1828-  son  of  Sir  H.  (ob.  1863) 

liam     51).  Hawley,  Bart.  =CoL 

(b.  Craven  Ord. 
1822). 


William  R.  =  Mary      Others. 

I  B.  Chis- 
enhale. 

Issue. 


Arms  : — Quarterly  1  and  i  (for  Smith).  Arg.  on  a  bend  between  2  unicorns' 
heads  erased  az.,  armed  or,  3  lozenges  of  the  last.  2  and  3  (for 
Cusac).   Per  pale  or  and  az.  a /esse  counterchanged. 

182 


IRISH  PEDIGREES  183 

SUPPORTERS : — Dtxter,  A  merman  sa.  crintd  and  garnished  or,  bearing  m 
his  exterior  hand  a  trident  of  the  second.  Sinister,  A  mermaid  sa. 
crintd  and  garnished  or,  and  bearing  in  her  exterior  hand  a  mirror 
ppr.,  framed  and  handled  of  the  second. 

Crsst  : — In  a  ducal  coronet  or  a  unicorn's  head  az.  armed  or. 

Motto  : — En  Dieu  est  main  espoir. 


The  Smyths  of  Gaybrook  and  Ballynatray 

There  are  two  great  Irish  houses  of  this  name — 
viz.,  of  Gaybrook,  with  its  branches,  and  of  Bally- 
natray, with  its  branches. 

(A.)  The  Gaybrook  line  commences  with  William, 
who  migrated  to  County  Down  from  Rosedale  Abbey, 
York,  temp.  James  I.  He  married  Mary,  a  grand- 
daughter of  Sir  Thomas  Cusac,  Irish  Lord  Chancellor. 
His  grandson  James,  by  Sarah  Dawson,  had  Eev.  Cur- 
rell  Smyth,  whose  second  son,  Captain  Ralph  of  Bally- 
macastle,  Antrim,  by  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  R. 
Hawkesworth,  had  with  Thomas,  whence  the  Drum- 
cree  Smyths,  the  Right  Rev.  William,  Bishop  of  Kil- 
more.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Chief-Justice 
Sir  John  Percy,  and  had  with  William,  whence 
Smythe  of  Barba villa,  Archdeacon  James,  who  married 
Catherine,  daughter  of  Dr  Vesey,  Archbishop  of 
Tuam.  By  her  he  had  Ralph,  of  whom  anon ;  Edward, 
Rev.  James  of  Bath,  William  =  Charlotte,  daughter 
of  Captain  Stewart,  and  had  issue— (1)  James  =  Miss 
J.  Ryan.  Their  son,  the  Rev.  W.  St  John,  Chancellor 
of  Down  =  Mary,  daughter  of  H.  Mant,  and  had 
issue;  (2)  Ralph  =  A  St  G,  daughter  of  Rev.  T.  A 
Brown,  and  had  issue— (a)  William,  who  by  Mary, 
daughter  of  R.  Chambers,  Esq.,  of  Whitbourne  Court, 
had  Edward  St  George  =  Marie,  daughter  ©f  Mons. 
De  Ligueres;  and  Mary  St  George  =  Rev.  W.  G  G. 
A  ustin,  Demy  of  Magdalen,  son  of  the  late  Bishop 
of    Antigua;     {b)     Thomas    Graham;     (c)    Colonel 


184  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

Ralph.  The  elder  son  of  Archdeacon  Smith — 
viz.,  Ralph,  High  Sheriff  of  West  Meath,  1766  = 
Judith,  daughter  of  Rh.  T.  Cramer,  Esq.,  and  by 
her  had  Ralph  of  Gaybrook  —  Sheriff,  1790  =  (2) 
Hannah  M.,  and  by  her  had,  with  others,  Ralph  of 
Gaybrook  (1800-27),  who,  dying  without  issue,  was 
succeeded  by  his  next  brother,  Robert  of  Gaybrook 
(1801-78),  Sheriff  of  West  Meath,  1830  =  Henrietta 
F.,  daughter  of  Right  Rev.  Dr  Alexander,  Bishop  of 
Meath;  and  by  her  had  (1)  Ralph,  his  successor ;  (2) 
Robert  S.  (b.  1837)  =  Christina  Macpherson,  and  has 
issue,  Ralph  John ;  (3)  Col.  James  (b.  1829)  =  Lucy 
H,  daughter  of  G.  N.  Purdon,  Esq.  ;  and  three 
daughters.  Mr  Ralph  Smith  (b.  1831),  late  captain 
17th  Regiment,  High  Sheriff  1879  =  1861,  Hon.  Selina 
Constance,  daughter  of  Kenelm,  seventeenth  Lord 
Somerville,  Admiral  RN. 

Arms  of  Smyth  of  Gaybrook : — Arg.  on  a  bend 
between  2  unicorns'  heads  couped  az.,  3  lozenges  or. 
Crest : — Out  of  a  ducal  coronet  or  a  unicorn's  head 
az.     Motto  : — Exaltabit  honore. 

From  the  parent  stem  of  Gaybrook  issue  the 
Smyths  of  Drumcree,  e.g.  Thomas  of  Drumcree,  by 
Elizabeth  Hawkesworth,  had,  with  others,  William 
of  Drumcree,  who  married  Mary,  niece  of  Dr  King, 
Archbishop  of  Dublin.  By  her  he  had,  with  Ralph, 
whence  the  Smyths  of  Glananea,  Thomas  of  Drum- 
cree, who  =  (l)  Alice,  daughter  of  Thomas  Nugent, 
Esq.  By  her  he  had  William,  his  successor.  He  = 
(2)  Miss  Purefoy,  and  =  (3)  Martha,  daughter  of 
Archdeacon  Hutchinson,  by  whom  he  had  a  son, 
Thomas  H.  Smyth,  of  whom  anon.  His  elder  son, 
William,  M.P.  for  West  Meath,  and  High  Sheriff 
1770  =  (1)  Maria,  sister  to  Sir  W.  Synot,  and  by  her 
had  (1)  Robert,  his  heir;  (2)  Anne  =  Hon.  R.  Roch- 
fort.  He  married  (2)  Miss  Maxwell,  and  by  her  hi  d 
William  M.,  J.  P., of  Drumbeg;  James;  threedaughter ;. 


IHISH  PEDIGREES  185 

Mr  Smyth,  who  died  in  1827,  was  succeeded  by  his 
son  Robert  of  Drumcree,  Sheriff  1823,  M.P.  for 
West  Meath  County,  1826.  He  =  Elizabeth,  widow 
of  Major  Snodgrass,  and  sister  of  Col.  Clones,  by  whom 
he  had  Alicia  Maria  Eliza,  wife  of  Gen.  the  Hon. 
Sir  Leicester  Curzon,  youngest  son  of  the  first  Earl 
Howe,  High  Sheriff  for  West  Meath  1872,  who,  by 
royal  license,  1866,  assumed  the  name  and  arms  of 
Smyth.  This  distinguished  officer  was  Military  Secre- 
tary to  Lord  Raglan  in  the  Crimean  war,  Commander- 
in-Chief  South  Africa  1880,  and  Governor  of  the 
Cape  1883. 

Smyth  of  Ballynegall  descends  directly  from 
Thomas  Hutchinson  Smyth,  vide  supra,  son  of 
Thomas  of  Drumcree,  by  Archdeacon  Hutchinson. 
He  =  1796,  Abigail,  daughter  of  J.  Hamilton,  Esq.  of 
Belfast,  by  whom  he  had,  with  others,  Rev.  Thomas 
(b.  1796)  =  1832,  Mary  A,  daughter  of  A.  T.  Gibbons, 
Esq.,  H.E.I.C.S.,  by  whom  he  had,  with  others, 
Thomas  James  of  Ballynegall,  High  Sheriff  1858, 
late  captain  Westmeath  Rifles  =  1864,  Bessie,  fourth 
daughter  of  Edward  Anketell  Jones,  Esq.,  by  whom 
he  had  Thomas  G.  H.  (b.  1865) ;  Ellinor  M.  H.  ;  M. 
G.  A.  H. — Arms  of  Smyth  of  Drumcree,  the  same  as 
Smyth  of  Gaybrook,  with  a  canton  erm.  for  difference, 
quartering  Curzon. — Arms  of  Smyth  of  Ballynegall, 
the  same  as  those  of  Smyth  of  Gaybrook. 

Another  branch  of  the  Gaybrook  stock  is  Smyth 
of  Glananea.  Ralph,  second  son  of  William  of  Drum- 
cree, by  Mary  King,  purchased  the  estate  of  Glananea. 
He  married  in  1749,  Jane,  co-heiress  of-  Anthony 
Walsh,  Esq.,  by  whom  he  had  William  Thomas,  who 
=  Lucinda,  daughter  of  the  Right  Hon.  T.  Loftus, 
and  by  her  left,  with  others,  Ralph  of  Glananea 
(1786-1839),  who  married  Jane,  a  daughter  of  T.  W. 
Fitzgerald,  Esq.,  and  by  her  had  William  Edward 
of  Glananea,  High  Sheriff  1878,  who  married  in  1880, 


186  THE   SMITH  FAMILY 

Margaret  A.  M.,  daughter  of  H.  M.  Smythe  of  Barba- 
villa,  Esq. — Arms  of  Smyth  of  Glananea,  the  same  as 
those  of  Smyth  of  Gaybrook. 

Yet  another  offshoot  of  the  Smyths  of  Gaybrook 
exists  in  Smythe — with  the  final  "  e — "  of  Barbavilla, 
e.g.  William  of  Barbavilla  (b.  1693)  was  the  youngest 
son  of  the  Right  Rev.  William  Smyth,  Bishop  of 
Kilmore.  He  married  in  1712  Barbara,  daughter  of 
Sir  G.  Ingoldsby,  second  Baronet,  whose  wife,  Eliza- 
beth Cromwell,  was  first  cousin  of  Oliver.  His  heir, 
Ralph  (1716-90)  =  Anne,  daughter  of  D.  Clarke, 
Esq.,  by  whom,  with  others,  he  had  William  (1761- 
1812),  who,  by  Catherine,  daughter  of  W.  M.  Ogle, 
Esq.,  M.P.,  had,  with  Ralph  his  heir,  William  M.,. 
M.P.  for  Drogheda  =  1815,  Lady  Isabella  Howard, 
daughter  of  William,  third  Earl  of  Wicklow,  and 
had  issue ;  Henry  of  Newtown  =  F.  B.  Cooke,  and 
had  issue ;  Rev.  John  =  Harriet,  daughter  of  Rev. 
J.  Wyatt,  and  had  issue ;  3  daughters.  Ralph 
Smythe  (1786-1815)  =  Eliza,  daughter  of  M.  Lyster, 
Esq.,  and  by  her  had  (1)  William  Barlow  =  Lady 
Emily  Monck ;  (2)  Henry  Mathew  of  Barbavilla  = 
1855,  Maria,  daughter  of  Captain,  and  sister  of  Sir 
Charles  Coote,  Bart.,  by  whom  he  had  (1)  Captain 
William  Lyster,  R.A.  =  Agnes  M  H,  daughter  of 
H  W.  Litton,  Esq.;  (2)  Margaret  A  M.  =  W.  E. 
Smyth,  Esq.,  of  Glananea,  vide  supra;  (3)  Ada  M.  = 
(1)  C.  Bailey,  Esq. ;  (2)  J.  H.  Dodgson,  Esq.  (4)  L. 
E.  Lyster ;  (5)  F.  M.  Lyster ;  (6)  L.  L.  Lyster.  (3) 
Major  Frederick  =  Ellen,  daughter  of  B.  Johnson, 
Esq.,  of  Newcastle,  and  has  issue.  —  Anns  of 
Smythe  of  Barbavilla  same  as  those  of  Smyth  of 
Gaybrook. 

(B.)  The  Ballynacray  line  commences  with  Sir 
Richard  Smyth,  temp.  Elizabeth,  who  married  Mary, 
sister  of  Richard  Boyle,  first  Earl  of  Cork,  and  by  her 
had,  with  Catharine  ~  W.  F.  Supple,  ancestor  of  the 


IRISH   PEDIGREES  187 

De  Capell  Brookes,  Barts.,  and  two  other  daughters, 
Sir  Percy  of  Ballynatray,  knighted  1629,  Governor  of 
Youghal.  He  married  (1)  Mary,  daughter  of  R. 
Meade,  Esq.,  and  by  her  had  Mabella  =  Sir  H.  Tynte, 
M.P.;  Jean  =  B.  Ussher,  Esq.,  whose  daughter  = 
Francis  Smyth  of  Rathcoursey ;  Sir  Percy  =  (2) 
Isabella,  daughter  of  A.  Ussher,  Esq.,  and  by  her 
had,  with  William,  his  heir,  Boyle,  M.P.,  s.p. ;  Percy, 
s.p. ;  Richard  ;  John ;  four  daughters. 

His  elder  surviving  son  "William  having  the  estate 
of  Headborough,  he  bequeathed  Ballynatray  to  his 
next  son,  Richard.  By  his  second  wife,  Alice, 
daughter  of  Richard  Grice,  Esq.,  he  had  Grice  of 
Ballynatray  =  Gertrude,  daughter  of  W.  Burton,  Esq., 
whose  son,  Richard  of  Ballynatray  (1706-68),  by 
Penelope,  daughter  of  J.  Bateman,  Esq.  (his  second 
wife),  had,  with  others,  (1)  Richard,  s.p. ;  (2)  Grice  = 
1795,  Mary  Broderick,  daughter  of  H.  Mitchell,  Esq., 
and  by  her  had,  with  Richard,  his  heir,  (1)  Henry 
M.,  ancestor  of  Smyth  of  Castle  Widenham  ;  (2)  Rev. 
G.  Blakeney ;  (3)  Rowland ;  (4)  Sir  John  Rowland, 
K.C.B.,  General,  and  Colonel  of  the  6th  Dragoon 
Guards  =  Hon.  C.  A.  Abbot,  daughter  of  Charles,  first 
Lord  Tenterden,  and  by  her  had  a  daughter,  who 
married  her  cousin,  the  fourth  Lord  Tenterden ;  (5) 
Helen  =  H.  Wallis,  Esq.;  (6)  Penelope  =  The  Prince 
of  Capua,  and  dying,  left  a  son,  F.  F.  B.,  Prince 
of  Capua;  (7)  Gertrude  =  1840,  William  L.,  first 
Lord  Dinorben.  Their  daughter  =  1871,  Sir  Arundel 
Neave,  Bart.,  and  dying  1877,  left  Sir  T.  L.  Neave, 
Bart.,  and  other  issue. 

Richard,  the  heir  (1796-1846)  =  Hon.  H.  St  L., 
daughter  of  Hayes,  second  Lord  Doneraile,  and  had 
by  her  Charlotte  M.  of  Ballynatray  =  Hon.  C.  W. 
Moore,  second  son  of  Stephen,  third  Earl  of  Mount- 
cashell,  and  has  issue— (1)  Richard  Charles  Moore  = 
1884,  Helen  S.,  daughter  of  Rev.  W.  Makellar ;  (2) 


188  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

Harriette  G.  I.  =  Captain  Holroyde,  and  has  issue;  (3), 
Charlotte  A.  L.  R.  The  Hon.  C.  W.  Moore  assumed 
by  royal  licence  the  name  and  arms  of  Smyth,  and 
served  as  High  Sheriff  for  Waterford,  1862. 

The  Ballynatray  line  bear  the  arms  of  the  Gaybrook 
line,  with  a  crescent  for  difference. 

Crest : — Out  of  a  ducal  coronet  or  a  demi-bull  salient 
arg.  armed  and  unguled  or,  and  charged  with  a  cres- 
cent gu.  for  difference.     Motto : — Cum  plena  magis. 

The  actual  senior  line  of  Ballynatray  is  that  of 
Headborough  (M.1  in  the  ruined  cathedral  of  Ard- 
more).  It  will  be  remembered  that  William,  son  of 
Sir  Percy  of  Ballynatray  was  assigned  the  estate  of 
Headborough.  By  Anne,  daughter  of  Richard  Smyth 
of  Bridgfield,  Cork,  he  had,  with  others,  Percy  of 
Headborough  =  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  J.  Jervois, 
Esq.  By  her  he  had  William,  who,  dying  s.p.  in 
1794,  bequeathed  Headborough  to  the  son  of  his 
third  sister  Anne,  who  had  married  Hibernicus  Scott. 
Percy  Scott  Smith,  Esq.  =  Sarah,  daughter  of  S. 
Kingston,  Esq.  of  Bandon,  and  by  her  had  William, 
s.p. ;  Rev.  Percy,  who,  by  Catherine,  daughter  of  J. 
Odell,  Esq.,  had  Percy,  High  Sheriff  for  Waterford, 
1872  =  1868,  Mary,  daughter  of  R.  P.  Maxwell,  Esq. 
of  Finnabrogue,  and  by  her  has  Percy  R.  E.  (b.  1870); 
Cecil  E  (b.  1871);  Robert  R  (b.  1875) ;  Ethel  Maud ; 
Louisa  M.  K. — Arms  : — The  same  as  those  of  Gay-, 
brook.    Crest : — As  of  Ballynatray,  and  motto. 

A  third  offshoot  of  the  Ballynatray  line  is  that  of 
Castle  Widenham.  Henry  Mitchell,  second  son  of 
Grice  Smyth  of  Ballynatray  =  Priscilla  Widenham, 
daughter  of  John  Creagh,  Esq.,  by  his  wife  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Charles  Widenham  of  Castle  Widenham. 
By  her  he  had  Grice  R,  s.p. ;  Lieut.  Percy  C, 
killed  at  Lucknow,  1858  ;  Henry  John  Widenham  of 
Castle  Widenham ;  Mary  =  E.  Shelley,  Esq.,  of  Aving- 
ton  Park ;  Elizabeth  =  John  Glover,  Esq. ;  Penelope  = 


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Maximilian  Grant,  Esq.,  2nd  Life  Guards;  Priscilla  = 
B.  H.  Heathcote,  Esq.,  of  Raleigh.  Henry  J.  "Widen- 
ham  Smyth,  Esq.  (b.  1834)  =  1864,  Emily  M.,  daughter 
of  Abraham  W.  Robarts,  Esq.,  of  Roehampton,  who 
died,  s.p.,  1865. — Arms  of  Smyth  of  Widenham: — The 
same  as  those  of  Headborough,  but  quartering  Grice, 
Rogers,  and  Mitchell.     Crest  and  motto  also  the  same. 

SMYTH  OF  DUEPAEK— LEITEIM 

John  Smyth  of  Dorpark  (b.  1756)=Catherine  Rourke. 


Thomas  John  (1300-47)  =  (1835)  Frances,  2nddau.of 

(b.  1797).  John    Canon,    Esq.,    of 

Ardechnan,  by  Jane, 
dau.  of  Lloyd  of  Ardna- 
gowan.* 


Jane  (b.  1300),  a.  p. 


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dau.  of 
William 
Henry 
Monro,  by 
Sarah 
Eales 
Alexander. 

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William  Henry 

(b.  1S74). 

1 

Alexander  E. 
(1881-84). 

Frances  May 
(b.  188H). 

Alfred  John 
(b.  1876). 

V 

Falter  Monro 
(b.  1884). 

Emily  S. 
(b.  1389). 

Thomas  Francis 
(b.  1873). 

Percy 
(b.  1893). 

Eileen  Mary 
(b.  1891). 

Henry  Carson 
(b.  1880). 

Herbert 
(b.  1896). 

Evelyn  Maude 
(b.  1S94). 

*  The  Lloyds  of  Ardnagowan  were  related  to  Oliver  Goldsmith,  whose 
grandmother  was  a  Lloyd  of  that  ilk,  and  who  was  born  in  the  Parish  of 
Smithhill,  ala  Ardnagowan.  The  last  Lloyd  of  Ardnagowan  was  in  Holy 
Orders,  and  held  the  benefice  of  Anchrin.  He  was  assassinated  in  1347  as  he 
was  returning  from  the  performance  of  divine  service.  His  father  was  Robert 
Jones  Lloyd,  and  it  is  noteworthy  that  he  baptised  all  the  Carson  family, 
though  they  were  not  parishioners  of  his. 


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194  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

The  founder  of  this  family,  Mr  Samuel  Smith, 
migrated  to  Ireland  with  King  William  the  Third. 
His  immediate  descendants  were  evidently  strong 
Whigs,  and  his  son,  Patrick,  moved  from  Belfast  to 
Waterford  at  the  suggestion  of  Lord  Chesterfield,  in 
order  to  introduce  the  growth  of  flax  to  the  south  of 
Ireland.  His  son,  Samuel,  was  a  merchant  of  Cat- 
eaton  Street.  In  1745,  writing  under  the  sobriquet 
"  Veteran,"  though  stated  to  be  then  a  very  young 
man,  he  launched  a  subscription  for  the  English 
troops  under  Marshal  Wade,  then  fighting  against 
Prince  Charles  Edward.  This  elicited  a  letter  of 
approbation  from  the  Duke  of  Cumberland,  whom 
he  accompanied  to  Scotland,  being  present  at 
Culloden,  on  which  occasion  the  duke,  in  recogni- 
tion of  his  gallantry,  gave  him  his  pistols.  He 
was  also,  on  being  presented  at  Court,  thanked  per- 
sonally by  George  IL  His  wife,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Lieut. -Col.  Worge,  was  a  member  of  a  Norman 
family  included  in  the  Muster  Roll  for  the  Rape  of 
Hastings,  13  Edward  HI. — Book  of  Battle  Abbey. 
[  Vide  "  Life  of  General  Worge,  Governor  of  Senegal," 
by  George  Puke,  Barrister — Parker  &  Furnival, 
London,  1844.] 

Sir  J.  S.  Purcell,  EL.C.B.,  son  of  Mary  Anne  Smith 
by  Dr  Purcell,  Poor  Law  Commissioner  for  Ireland, 
possesses  some  interesting  family  portraits  of  the 
Smiths,  as  also  Sir  Spencer  Maryon  Wilson,  Bart.,  of 
Charlton  House,  Kent.  The  Purcells  came  over 
from  France  with  William  the  Conqueror,  and  Sir 
Hugh  Purcell  accompanied  Strongbow  to  Ireland, 
and  founded  a  church  in  Waterford,  wherein  he  lies 
buried,  as  also  the  ancestors  of  Lord  Roberts.  A 
portrait  of  Patrick  Smith  of  Waterford,  by  Gains- 
borough, is  said  to  be  in  existence. 

Mr  Worge  Smith  sold  the  moiety  of  20,000  acres 
left  him  by  his  father  to  Lord  Selkirk  for  £200.     It 


IRISH  PEDIGREES  195 

seems  that  thirty  years'  rental  was  owing  to  Govern- 
ment, and  the  estate  was  put  up  to  auction,  Lord  S. 
being  the  purchaser  for  £6000.  To  perfect  his  title, 
he  purchased  Mr  "Worge  Smith's  interest.  [Erom  a 
document  in  the  possession  of  Sir  S.  Maryon  Wilson, 
Bart.] 

Arms  of  Smith  of  "Waterford  : — Erm.  on  a  bend 
between  2  unicorns'  heads  erased  az.,  3  lozenges  or. 
Crest : — A  demi-bull  rampant  issuing  from  a  ducal 
coronet  or,  crowned  and  horned  of  the  same,  and 
gorged  with  a  collar  az.,  charged  with  3  lozenges  and 
ermined  of  the  second. 

SMITH  OF  MONAGHA2T 

This  family  dates  from  the  Settlement  of  Ulster,  temp.,  Jac.  I. 

The  Venerable  John  Smith,  =  Lady  Jane  Brabazon,  dan.  of  the  Earl 
Archdeacon  of  Clogher.        I    of  Westmeath. 


Rev.  William,  Rector  of  Clones  in  1689.  =  Lady  Elizabeth  Pakenham, 
Chaplain  to  William  and  Mary.  I    dau.  of  Lord  Longford. 

1  |  | 

Pakenham,  s.p.  John,  3.p.  Henry=  ...  Digby. 

I  I 
Henry  =  Mary,  dau.  of  . . .  Atkinson  of  Channon  Rock,     Others. 
I    a    descendant    of    Atkinson    of    Cangort 
Castle,    one  of   the  original  grantees  at 
|    the  Settlement  of  Ulster. 

David  =  Hannah  Julia  Atkinson,  dau.  of  Captain  A.  of  Corderry. 
Henry,  s.p.  =  Miss  Sondes.  E.  A.  Smith  (Miss). 

I  i  i 

A  son,  s.p.      John  Sondes  =  ...  dau.  of  Major      A  dau.  =  Dillon  Lawson,  Esq., 
Sargint.  Galway. 

The  Rev.  William  Smith  had  a  narrow  escape  when 
Clones  was  besieged  by  the  Jacobites  under  Sars- 
field.  The  town  was  surrounded  by  the  enemy,  and 
he  with  his  Protestant  parishioners  effected  their 
escape  per  an  underground  passage  leading  from  the 
fort  underneath  the  town.  They  reached  Dutch 
William's  camp  in  safety. 


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Mr  Dillon  Lawson  informs  me  that  the  Monaghan 
estate  came  into  Archdeacon  Smith's  possession 
circa  1626.  It  formed  originally  part  of  the  Mac- 
mahon  lands  (hereditary  princes,  under  the  O'Donnell 
princes  of  Tyrconnel),  which  were  confiscated  and 
sold  by  the  Crown.  An  abortive  attempt  was  made 
about  one  hundred  years  ago  by  the  Macmahons  to 
recover  their  lands.  After  a  prolonged  lawsuit, 
judgment  was  given  in  favour  of  Mr  David  Smith. 

SMYTH   OF  MASOKBROOK 

James  Smyth  of  Masonbrook  =  Charlotte,  dau.  of  Major  Macdermott. 


Captain  John,  =  (1863)  Charlotte,     James     Captain     Annie  Joseph 


High  Sheriff 
for  Galwav 
1878  (b.  18"35). 


I 
John  James, 
Connaught 
Rangers 
(b.  1866). 


dau.  of  A.  W.         (1839-      Anthony   ine  =  (1857) 
Blake  of  Fur-  76).         (b.  1842).  John  Martyn, 

bough,  Galway.  Esq.  of  Tillyra 

Castle. 


I 
Louisa, 
a  nun. 


Robert  H. 
(b.  1869). 


Edgar 
(b.  1873). 


I 
Harold 
(b.  1878). 


Marian.         Mildred. 


SMITH,   OR   SMYTH,   OF   LIMERICK 

From  Smyth  of  Dumdrum,  Louth,  came 
Thomas,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  Limerick,  1695=... 


Rev.  John,  Chancellor  of  Connor  =  ...  Others. 


Rev.  Charles  of  Smithfield  =  . 


23  others. 


Captain  John,  R.A. ,  killed  in  the 
Peninsular  War. 


Eliza = Joseph  Samuel  Hume 

|  of  Humewood,  Wicklow. 

William  Charles  = . . . 

J.  S.  Hume  of  Mallow. 

The  Rev.  Chancellor  Smyth  married  beneath  him,  and  for  many  years  was 
estranged  from  his  father  the  Bishop.  At  last,  a  reconciliation  having  been 
effected,  he  duly  presented  his  plebeian  wife.  His  Lordship  inquired  the 
number  of  a  family.  ' '  A  score  and  a  cast,  my  Lord  1 "  was  the  cool  reply. 
"  What !  "  exclaimed  the  Bishop,  "do  you  count  your  children  as  fish  women 
count  oysters?"  The  upshot  was  that  the  Bishop  did  not  speak  to  her 
again. 


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CHAPTER  X 

CELEBRITIES   OF   THE  NAME 

Inasmuch  as  very  many  bearing  the  name  Smith 
under  its  various  spellings  have  achieved  distinction, 
but  not  all  of  them  can  be  associated  with  any  of  the 
foregoing  pedigrees,  it  seems  advisable  to  append  a 
brief  catalogue  of  celebrities.  Here  I  must  own  my  in- 
debtedness to  the  "Dictionary  of  National  Biography," 
which,  however,  I  have  by  no  means  slavishly  fol- 
lowed, some  of  its  articles,  e.g.  that,  on  Charles 
Reade,  bristling  with  inaccuracies,  and  some  also — 
again  like  that  particular  article — being  injurious 
and  unjust,  and  that  too  in  reckless  defiance  of  such 
competent  critics  as  Messrs  Swinburne,  Besant,  and 
Edwin  Arnold.  In  the  main,  however,  as  regards 
data,  this  monumental  compilation  is  fairly  trust- 
worthy, albeit  some  names  of  eminence  are  omitted 
from  its  pages,  while  very  small  celebrities  have 
been  accorded  a  place.  It  has  not,  I  am  bound  to 
add,  libelled  any  Smith,  but  one  or  two  chronicled 
were  not  worth  immortality.  I  have  arranged  the 
various  Smith  celebrities,  according  to  their  respective 
callings,  in  groups.  A  few  already  mentioned  in 
the  preceding  pedigrees  have  a  star  attached  to  their 
names  for  the  convenience  of  the  reader,  and  where 
no  star  is  appended  I  have  been  unable  to  trace  the 
descent  of  the  particular  individual,  or,  rather,  I  have 
left  that  task  to  more  competent  hands.  I  need 
scarcely  add  that  the  catalogue — like  that  of  the 
"  Dictionary  of  National  Biography  " — is  far  from  ex- 

200 


CELEBRITIES   OF   THE   NAME      201 

haustive,  but  I  trust  it  may  prove  helpful  by  way  of 
reference. 


Distinguished  Politicians  and  Lawyers 

Sib  Thomas  Smith  or  Smijth*  (1513-77),  states- 
man, eldest  son  of  John  Smith  of  Saffron  Walden. 
His  father  claimed  descent  from  Sir  Roger  De 
Clarendon,  an  illegitimate  son  of  the  Black  Prince, 
and  served  as  Sheriff  of  Essex  and  Herts.  Educated 
at  Queen's,  Cambridge,  as  King's  Scholar,  B.A.  1529, 
and  Fellow  of  Queen's.  In  1533  M.A.,  and  in  1538 
Public  Orator.  D.C.L  of  Padua,  1542,  and  in  the 
same  year  LL.D.  of  Cambridge,  where  he  took  a  lead- 
ing part  in  altering  the  prevailing  pronunciation  of 
Greek,  publishing  at  Paris,  1568,  a  Tractate  "  de 
emendata  Linguae  Gnecae  pronuntiatione."  Regius 
Professor  of  Civil  Law  and  Vice- Chancellor  of  Cam- 
bridge, 1544,  Chancellor  of  Ely,  1545,  and  in  1546, 
having  been  ordained  priest,  Rector  of  Leverington. 
Prebendary  of  Lincoln.  A  strong  Protestant,  and 
by  Edward  VI.  made  in  consequence  Provost  of 
Eton  and  Dean  of  Carlisle.  In  1548  knighted.  For 
his  association  with  Protector  Somerset  he  was  im- 
prisoned in  the  Tower.  On  the  accession  of  Mary, 
Gardiner  stood  his  friend,  but  he  resigned  his  pre- 
ferments, having  been  elected  M.P.  for  Grampound. 
In  1559  elected  M.P.  for  Liverpool,  and  a  member 
of  the  Commission  to  revise  the  Prayer  Book. 
Ambassador  to  France,  1570.  During  his  absence 
made  Chancellor  of  the  Order  of  the  Garter,  and 
M.P.  for  Essex.  Died  at  Theydon  Mount.  M.I. 
He  left  his  library  to  Queen's,  Cambridge.  Portraits 
at  Theydon  Mount  (by  Holbein)  and — a  copy — at 
Eton  College.  He  married  (1)  (1548)  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  W.  Carkyke  (1529-52),  and  (2)  Philippa, 
daughter  of  Sir  John  Wilfrid  of  London,  and  widow 


202  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

of  Sir  John  Hampden.  He  died  s.p.,  his  heir  being 
his  nephew  "William  (d.  1626),  whose  .son  Thomas 
was  created  Bart,  in  1661,  and  was  ancestor  of  the 
Smijths,  Barts.  Sir  Thomas  had  an  illegitimate  son 
born  a  year  after  he  was  ordained  priest,  which  dis- 
counts the  encomia  passed  on  him  by  Protestant 
writers.  But  he  was  a  classical  scholar,  and  learned 
in  physics,  mathematics,  astronomy,  and  astrology. 
He  was  also  a  voluminous  writer  (vide  Strype's  "  Life 
of  Sir  T  Smith,"  1698). 

Sib  Thomas  Smith*  (1556-1609),  Master  of  Be- 
quests, was  born  at  Abingdon,  being  son  of  a  mayor 
of  that  borough.  Educated  at  Abingdon  School  and 
Christ  Church,  Oxford.  Student,  1573;  B.A.,  1574; 
M.A,  1578;  Public  Orator,  1582;  Proctor,  1584. 
In  1587  Clerk  of  the  Privy  Council.  M.P.  for  Crick- 
lade,  Tamworth,  and  Aylesbury.  In  1597  Clerk  of 
Parliament.  Knighted  at  Greenwich,  May  23,  1603. 
In  1608  Master  of  Requests.  Died  at  Peterborough 
House,  Parson's  Green,  S.W.  Buried  at  Fulham. 
M.I.  He  married  Frances  (1580-1663),  daughter  of 
William  Brydges,  fourth  Lord  Chandos.  His  only 
surviving  child,  Margaret,  married  Robert  Carey, 
first  Earl  of  Monmouth.  His  widow  re-married 
Thomas  Cecil,  first  Earl  of  Exeter.  A  benefactor 
to  the  Bodleian. 

Sir  John  Smythe*  (1534-1607),  diplomatist,  eldest 
son  of  Sir  Clement  Smythe  of  Little  Baddow,  Essex, 
Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Rivenhall,  and  knighted  1547, 
but  was  "  chidden "  by  Edward  VI.  for  hearing 
Mass  just  before  his  death  in  1552.  Sir  Clement 
married  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Seymour, 
sister  of  the  Duke  of  Somerset  and  of  Queen  Jane 
Seymour.  Sir  John  is  stated  by  A  A  Wood  to 
have  been  at  Oxford  —  but  query  ?  He  was  a 
Roman  Catholic,  and  at  variance  with  his  Royal 
relatives.      Served  in  the  French  army  during  the 


CELEBRITIES   OF   THE   NAME      203 

reign  of  Edward  VI.  In  1572  the  Queen  gave  him 
(or  probably  restored  to  him)  the  Manor  of  Baddow, 
and  he  entered  her  service  and  was  knighted.  In 
1577  Ambassador  to  Madrid  In  1589  he  produced 
several  military  works,  advocating,  inter  alia,  the 
use  of  the  bow,  which  was  falling  into  desuetude, 
and  in  1594  a  second  work.  In  1589  he  used  sediti- 
ous words  to  a  company  of  pikemen,  and  was 
arrested  on  a  charge  of  treason.  He  remained  a 
prisoner  in  the  Tower  up  to  1598,  when  he  was 
released  on  parole.     Buried  at  Little  Baddow. 

John  Smith*  (1657-1726),  Judge,  son  of  Roger 
Smith  of  Frolesworth,  Leicester.  Educated  at 
Lincoln  College,  Oxon.  Called  to  the  Bar  at  Gray's 
Inn,  1684.  Serjeant,  1700,  and  Justice  of  the  Com- 
mon Pleas  in  Ireland.  Transferred  as  Baron  of  the 
Exchequer  to  England,  1702.  Lord  Chief  Baron  of 
the  Exchequer  in  Scotland,  1708.  He  founded  a 
hospital  for  widows  at  Frolesworth. 

Sir  Thomas  Smythe*  (1558-1625),  Governor  of 
the  E.I.C.,  son  of  Thomas  Smythe  of  Westenhanger, 
Kent,  by  a  daughter  of  Sir  Andrew  Judd.  His 
grandfather  was  a  tradesman  of  Corsham,  Wilts. 
His  father  purchased  Westenhanger  of  Sir  Thomas 
Sackville.  Buried  at  Ashford.  M.I.  (His  heir,  Sir 
John  (d.  1608),  was  Sheriff  of  Kent  in  1600,  and 
father  of  Sir  Thomas  Smythe,  Viscount  Strangford. 
Thomas,  a  younger  son,  was  admitted  to  the  Haber- 
dashers' Company  and  also  to  the  Skinners'.)  When 
the  E.I.C.  was  formed  he  became  its  first  governor, 
having  served  in  the  previous  year,  1599,  as  Sheriff 
of  London.  Accused  of  participation  in  Essex's 
rebellion,  but  acquitted.  Knighted  May  13,  1603, 
at  the  accession  of  James  I.  In  1604  Receiver  of 
the  Duchy  of  Cornwall.  Remained  governor  of 
E.I.C.  up  to  1621.  '  Supported  the  efforts  to  secure 
the  North- West  passage,  and  Baffin  stereotyped  his 


204  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

name  in  "Smith's  Sound."  Accused  of  enriching 
himself  at  the  expense  of  the  E.I.C.,  and  during  the 
trial  died  at  Sutton-at-Hone,  where  he  was  buried. 
M.I.  He  assisted  his  grandfather,  Sir  A  Judd,  to 
found  Tonbridge  School.  Married  three  wives.  By 
the  third,  Sarah,  daughter  of  William  Blount,  he  had 
a  daughter,  who  died  s.p.,  and  three  sons,  of  whom 
the  elder,  Sir  John  of  Bidborough,  had  issue,  which 
terminated  with  Sir  Sidney  Stafford  Smythe  (1705-78). 

John  Smith*  (1655-1723),  politician,  son  of  J. 
Smith  of  South  Tedworth,  Hants.  Educated  at  St 
John's,  Oxford,  but  did  not  graduate.  Student  of  the 
Middle  Temple,  1674.  M.P.  for  Ludgershall,  1678 
and  1681.  M.P.  in  the  Convention  Parliament  for 
Beeralston,  1691-95,  and  for  Andover  in  six  parlia- 
ments, viz.  from  1695  to  1713,  and  for  East  Looe 
from  1715  to  1723.  A  staunch  Protestant  and  Whig, 
for  which  party  he  was  whip  in  the  Convention 
Parliament.  In  1705  elected  Speaker,  and  re-elected 
in  1707.  Resigned  in  1708,  on  becoming  Chancellor 
of  the  Exchequer.  A  great  ally  of  Godolphin. 
Acted  as  manager  in  the  impeachment  of  Sacheverell, 
and  subsequently  supported  Sir  R.  Walpole.  Buried 
at  South  Tedworth ;  M.I.  His  estate  passed  later  on 
to  Thomas  Assheton,  who  assumed  the  name  of 
Smith.  His  daughter  Mary  married  in  1705,  Hon. 
R.  S.  Herbert,  second  son  of  Thomas,  eighth  Earl  of 
Pembroke. 

Aaron  Smith  *  (d.  1697),  Solicitor  to  the  Treasury, 
mentioned  in  a  proclamation,  June  1,  1677,  as  a 
seditious  person.  As  frequenter  of  the  Rose  Tavern, 
he  associated  with  Titus  Oates,  and  attempted  to  ally 
himself  with  Sir  John  Trenchard  and  the  supporters  of 
the  Prince  of  Orange.  He  was  No.  45  of  the  48  mem- 
bers of  the  Green  Ribbon  Club  in  1679  (vide  Danger- 
field,  "  Discovery  of  the  Designs  of  the  Papists,"  1681). 
On   January  30,   1682,  be  appeared   at  the  King's 


CELEBRITIES   OF  THE   NAME      205 

Bench  in  answer  to  a  charge  of  providing  one  Stephen 
Colledge  with  seditious  papers  for  the  purposes  of  his 
defence.  Tried,  he  was  found  guilty  of  this,  and  of 
using  disloyal  words.  He  managed  to  escape  before 
sentence  was  pronounced,  and  was  despatched  by 
Monmouth,  Russell,  etc.,  to  forward  their  cause  in 
the  North.  When  the  Rye  House  Plot  was  dis- 
covered Smith  was  arrested,  and  on  July  4,  1683, 
committed  to  the  Tower.  Proof  being  absent,  he 
was  sentenced  for  his  former  offence  to  a  fine  of 
£500  and  to  be  detained  during  the  Bang's  pleasure. 
He  was  released  in  March  1688.  William  III.,  on 
coming  to  the  throne,  made  him  Solicitor  to  the 
Treasury  and  Public  Prosecutor.  Ninety-nine  out 
of  a  hundred  of  his  charges  were  thrown  out  by  the 
Grand  Juries.  In  November  1692  he  was  summoned 
before  the  Lords  to  explain  the  procedure  followed 
in  the  arrests  of  Lords  Marlborough  and  Huntingdon 
(Hatton  Correspondence,  II.  186).  On  Sir  John 
Trenchard  becoming  Secretary  of  State  for  the 
Northern  Departments,  Smith  brought  false  accusa- 
tions against  innocent  Lancashire  gentlemen,  and 
was  suspected  of  malversation  of  public  funds.  In 
February  1696  he  was  examined  by  the  House  of 
Commons  as  to  his  accounts,  and  failing  to  deliver 
them  was  ordered  into  custody  and  deprived  of 
his  offices  and  emoluments.  Pleading  illness,  he  was 
granted  an  extension  by  the  House  to  January  16, 
1697.  He  failed  to  appear,  and  is  believed  to  have 
died  in  the  same  year.  He  has  been  confused  with 
John  Smith  (1655-1723),  Chancellor  of  the  Ex- 
chequer, 1699,  and  first  Speaker  after  the  Union. 

Matthew  Smith  (circa  1696),  nephew  of  Sir  W. 
Parkyns,  entered  Viscount  Castleton's  Regiment  of 
Foot,  1693,  but  was  discharged,  and,  occupying  rooms 
in  the  Temple,  wormed  himself  into  the  secrets  of  the 
Jacobites.     In  1695  he  offered  to  sell  this  informa- 


206  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

tion  to  the  Duke  of  Shrewsbury.  He  subsequently 
became  the  tool  of  Somers  and  Vernon,  Under- 
Secretary  of  State,  accepted  the  patronage  of  Mon- 
mouth, but  was  ready  to  sell  either  friend  or  foe. 
Eventually  he  framed  an  indictment  against  the 
Whigs,  and  offered  it  to  the  House  of  Commons. 
Kingston  stigmatised  him  as  a  Squire  of  Alsatia,  and 
he  seems  to  have  played  the  part  of  the  common 
informer  in  reckless  defiance  of  all  considerations 
except  his  own  interest. 

Charles  Smith*  (1713-77),  son  of  Charles  Smith, 
miller  of  Croydon.  Educated  at  Radcliff  School, 
realised  a  fortune  in  the  corn  trade,  and  became 
J.  P.  at  Stratford.  A  great  authority  on  contem- 
porary corn  values.  His  "Tracts  on  the  Corn 
Trade"  won  the  encomium  of  Adam  Smith.  He 
was  killed  by  a  fall  from  his  horse,  February  8,  1777. 
By  his  wife,  Judith,  daughter  of  Isaac  Lefevre, 
Huguenot,  he  had  Charles  of  Suttons,  MP.  for 
Westbury,  1802. 

William  Smith  *  (1756-1835),  Political  Dissenter, 
only  son  of  Samuel  Smith,  merchant,  of  Clapham 
Common.  His  people  hailed  from  the  Isle  of 
Wight,  where  they  had  held  an  estate  for  two 
centuries.  Educated  at  Daventry,  and  supposed  to 
have  been  a  stockbroker.  M.P.  for  Sudbury,  1784 ; 
for  Camelford,  1791 ;  for  Sudbury,  the  second  time, 
1796  ;  and  in  1802  for  Norwich.  In  1806  he  lost  his 
seat,  and  in  1807  was  re-elected  for  Norwich,  as  also 
in  1812,  1818,  1820,  and  1826.  In  1830  he  retired 
from  public  life.  He  spoke  in  favour  of  the  repeal 
of  the  Test  and  Corporation  Acts,  and  favoured 
Catholic  claims.  In  a  debate  on  religious  disabilities 
he  said :  "As  long  as  my  name's  William,  I  will 
stand  up  for  my  principles."  The  following  lines 
show  his  political  attitude  : — 


CELEBRITIES   OF  THE   NAME      207 

"  At  length  when  the  candles  burn  low  in  their  sockets, 
Up  gets  William  Smith  with  his  hands  in  his  pockets, 
On  a  course  of  morality  fearlessly  enters, 
With  all  the  opinions  of  all  the  Dissenters." 

He  supported  William  Wilberforce  with  warmth. 
Although  a  Nonconformist,  he  was  a  judicious 
patron  of  art,  and  among  his  friends  were  Sir  Joshua 
Reynolds,  Fox,  Sir  J.  Mackintosh,  and  Sir  Philip 
Francis.  He  married,  1781,  Frances  Coape,  and  by 
her  had  five  sons  and  five  daughters,  all  distinguished 
by  longevity.  His  eldest  son  (1783-1860)  represented 
Norwich  from  1838  to  1847.  Like  his  sire,  he  was 
a  strong  Liberal. 

Sir  William  Cusac  Smith,*  Bart.  (1766-1836), 
Irish  judge  and  pamphleteer,  eldest  son  of  Sir  Michael 
Smith,  Baron  of  the  Irish  Court  of  Exchequer,  who  be- 
came (1801-6)  Master  of  the  Rolls  in  Ireland,  and  was 
created  Bart,  in  1779.  His  mother's  name  was  Cusac 
of  Coolmine.  Educated  at  Eton  and  Christ  Church, 
Oxford,  graduating  in  1788.  A  personal  friend  of 
Edmund  Burke.  Called  to  the  Bar  in  1788,  he 
became  King's  Counsel,  1795.  M.P.  for  Donegal, 
1795,  where  he  favoured  the  Union.  In  1800  ap- 
pointed Solicitor-General  of  Ireland,  and  in  1801 
Baron  of  the  Irish  Exchequer.  In  1834  attacked  by 
O'Connell  for  partiality,  but  vindicated  by  the  con- 
gratulatory addresses  of  nearly  every  grand  jury  in 
Ireland.  He  married  Hester,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Berry,  Esq.,  of  Eglish.  Wrote  verse  under  a 
pseudonym.  His  son,  Thomas  Barry  Cusac  Smith 
(1795-1866),  educated  at  Dublin,  unsuccessfully  con- 
tested Youghal  against  O'Connell's  son,  but  was 
returned  in  1843  for  Ripon,  and  became  Master  of 
the  Rolls.  O'Connell  christened  him  "  xAiphabet " 
and  "The  Vinegar  Cruet."  He  married  in  1S27, 
Louisa,  daughter  of  Thomas  Smith  Barry,  Esq.,  of 
Fota. 


208  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

Robert  Percy  Smith  *  (Bobus)  (1770-1845),  brother 
of  Sydney  Smith.  At  Eton  with  Hookham  Frere, 
Canning,  and  the  third  Lord  Holland.  In  1788 
Battie's  Scholar,  and  in  1791  Browne's  Medallist,  B.  A 
Bang's,  Cambridge,  1794 ;  M.A,  1797,  in  which  year 
he  was  called  to  the  Bar  of  Lincoln's  Inn.  In  1803 
Advocate-General-  of  Bengal.  In  1812  M.P.  for 
Grantham.  Defeated  at  Lincoln  in  1818,  but  elected 
in  1820,  representing  the  borough  up  to  1826.  A 
distinguished  Latin  versifier,  and  a  reputed  wit.  He 
married  in  1797,  Caroline,  daughter  of  Richard 
Vernon,  M.P.  for  Tavistock,  and  by  her  had  Robert, 
Lord  Lyveden. 

Thomas  Assheton  Smith*  (1776-1858),  ■  son  of 
T.  A  Smith,  and  descended  from  John  Smith  of 
South  Tedworth,  the  Whig  Whip  in  the  Convention 
Parliament.  Educated  at  Eton  and  Gen.  Com. 
Christ  Church.  M.P.  for  Andover,  1821-31,  and 
for  Carnarvonshire,  1832-41.  A  leading  member  of 
Lords,  and  famous  cricketer.  From  1806  to  1816 
Master  of  the  Quorn,  and  from  1816  to  1824  of  the 
Burton.  In  1832,  in  consequence  of  the  Reform 
riots,  he  raised,  at  his  own  expense,  a  troop  of  horse. 
For  many  years  a  member  of  the  R.Y.S.,  but  quar- 
relled with  the  Committee  over  steam  yachts. 
Married,  October  29,  1827,  Matilda,  daughter  of 
William  Webber  of  Binfield,  s.p.  Died  at  Vaynol, 
Carnarvon,  and  buried  at  Tedworth.  His  widow 
died  at  Compton  Bassett,  1859. 

John  Prince  Smith  f  (1774-1822),  Law  Reporter 
and  Editor  of  the  Law  Journal.     Died  at  Demerara. 

John  Prince  Smith,  junior  (1809-74),  Political 
Economist,  and  son  of  above.  Educated  at  Eton. 
A  member  of  the  Free  Trade  Union  of  Berlin,  1840, 
and  in  1870  member  of  the  Reichstag. 

t  Query  whether  these  Prince  Smiths  were  of  the  Chichester  family  ? — vide 
supra. 


CELEBRITIES   OF   THE   NAME      209 

Robert  Vernon  Smith1*  (later  Vernon),  Lord 
Lyveden  (1800-73),  a  nephew  of  Sydney  Smith,  and 
the  only  son  of  Percy  (Bobus)  Smith.  Educated  at 
Eton  and  Christ  Church,  Oxford.  B.A  (second  in 
classics),  1822.  Student  of  the  Inner  Temple,  but  -was 
not  called  to  the  Bar.  M.P.  for  Tralee,  1829-30,  in 
which  year  he  was  Junior  Lord  of  the  Treasury 
under  Earl  Grey.  In  Lord  Melbourne's  second  ad- 
ministration, i.e.  from  1835  to  1839,  he  was  joint 
secretary  of  the  Board  of  Control,  and  Secretary 
for  the  Colonies  from  1839  to  1841.  Secretary  at 
War  under  Lord  John  Russell,  1852.  From  Febru- 
ary 1855  to  March  1858  President  of  the  Board 
of  Control,  with  a  seat  in  the  Cabinet.  M.P.  for 
Northampton,  1831,  which  borough  he  represented 
until  1859,  when  he  was  summoned  to  the  Lords 
as  Baron  Lyveden.  Abandoned  his  patronymic 
Smith  for  Vernon.  Metropolitan  Commissioner  in 
Lunacy.  G.C.B.,  1872.  Edited  Horace  Walpole's 
"Letters,"  and  the  early  writings  of  his  father. 
He  married  in  1823  the  Hon.  Emma  Mary,  daughter 
of  John,  second  Earl  of  Ossory. 

John  Abel  Smith*  (1801-71),  banker,  son  of  J. 
Smith  of  Blendon  Hall,  Kent,  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  which  the  first  Lord  Carrington  was  head. 
Educated  at  Christ's,  Cambridge.  B.A,  1824 ; 
M.A,  1827.  Chief  partner  in  Smith,  Payne  &  Co. 
M.P.  for  Midhurst,  1830;  M.P.  for  Chichester, 
1831-59 ;  again  elected  1863-68.  A  Liberal.  Sup- 
ported Lord  Grey's  Reform  Bill,  and  the  Bill  for  the 
admission  of  Jews  to  Parliament.  In  1869  he  intro- 
duced a  Bill  to  limit  the  hours  of  closing.  Although 
a  prominent  member  •  of  the  Whig  party,  he  said, 
a  propos  of  the  ballot,  that  if  it  were  introduced  into 
the  House,  and  members  were  permitted  to  vote 
secretly,  none  but  the  most  Tory  measures  would 
have  a  chance  of  passing.  In  1827  he  married  Anne, 
o 


210  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

daughter  of  Sir  S.  Clarke-Jervoise,  Bart.,  and  widow 
of  R  W.  Grey  of  Back  worth.  By  her  he  had  (1) 
Jervoise  (b.  1828),  (2)  Dudley  R  (b.  1830).  He 
died  at  Kippington,  Kent.  J.  P.  for  Middlesex  and 
Sussex. 

Augustus  John  Smith*  (1804-72),  Lessee  of  Scilly, 
son  of  Jas.  Smith,  Esq.,  of  Ashlyns  Hall,  Herts,  (vide 
Lord  Carrington),  by  Mary  Isabella,  daughter  of 
Augustus  Pechell,  Esq.  Born  in  Harley  Street ; 
educated  at  Harrow  and  Christ  Church ;  B.A  1826. 
A  strong  Liberal,  he  engaged  navvies  to  destroy  the 
fences  Lord  Brownlow  had  erected  around  the  com- 
mon at  Ashridge ;  see  Punch — "  A  Lay  of  Modern 
England,"  March  24,  1866.  A  great  benefactor  to 
the  Scilly  Isles.  He  contested  Truro  unsuccessfully 
in  1852,  but  was  returned  unopposed  in  1857.  Presi- 
dent of  the  Royal  Geological  Society  of  Cornwall; 
author  of  "  A  True  and  Faithful  History  of  the 
Family  of  Smith  from  Notts,"  1861.  He  was  suc- 
ceeded at  Tresco  by  his  nephew,  T.  A  Smith-Dorrien. 

John  William  Smith  (1809-45),  eldest  son  of  John 
Smith,  Paymaster  to  the  Forces  in  Ireland.  In  1821 
Queen's  Scholar  of  Westminster ;  B.A,  Dublin ; 
gold  medal,  1829 ;  called  to  the  Bar  of  the  Inner 
Temple,  1834.  From  1837  to  1843  Lecturer  at  the 
Law  Institution,  and  in  1840  Revising  Barrister. 
Buried  at  Kensal  Green.  M.I.,  Temple  Church.  A 
voluminous  author  on  legal  subjects. 

Sir  Montagu  Edward  Smith  (1809-91),  judge,  son 
of  Thomas  Smith  of  Bideford,  solicitor.  Educated  at 
Bid eford  School.  Entered  at  Gray's  Inn,  1830.  Called 
to  the  Bar,  1835  ;  Q.C.  1853,  and  Bencher  of  Che 
Middle  Temple.  Conservative  M.P.  for  Truro,  1859  ; 
Treasurer  of  the  Middle  Temple,  1863  ;  appointed 
judge  by  Lord  Westbury  1865,  and  knighted. 
Judicial  member  of  the  Privy  Council,  1871 ;  resigned 
1881,  and  died  unmarried  ten  years  later. 


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Joshua  Toulmin  Smith*  (1816-69),  son  of  W. 
Hawkes  Smith  of  Birmingham,  student  of  Lincoln's 
Inn,  1835.  In  1837  married  Martha,  daughter  of  W. 
J.  Kendall,  and  emigrated  to  the  U.S.A.,  settling  at 
Boston.  In  1842  he  returned  home,  and  attained 
celebrity  as  a  writer  on  geology.  A  vehement  op- 
ponent of  centralisation,  and  in  1848-9  espoused  the 
cause  of  Kossuth  and  Hungary.  In  1854  he  formed 
theAnti-Centralisation  Union,  and  in  1857  established 
"  The  Parliamentary  Remembrancer."  Drowned  at 
Lancing,  and  buried  in  Hornsey  churchyard.  A  pro- 
lific writer,  and  a  man  of  versatile  intelligence.  His 
most  valuable  work  is  that  on  English  guilds. 

Josiah  W.  Smith  (1816-87),  legal  writer,  son  of 
John  Smith,  Rector  of  Baldock.  LL.B.  Trinity 
College,  Cambridge,  1841,  in  which  year  he  was 
called  to  the  Bar  of  Lincoln's  Inn  ;  Q.C.  1861,  and 
Bencher  of  Lincoln's  Inn.  County  Court  judge  at 
Hereford.  He  married  in  1844,  Mary,  daughter  of  Dr 
Hicks  of  Baldock. 

Robert  Smith,*  1st  Lord  Carrington  (1752-1838), 
eldest  surviving  son  of  Abel  Smith,  by  Mary,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Bird  of  Barton,  Warwickshire.  Baptised  at 
St  Peter's,  Nottingham.  His  father,  of  the  firm  of 
Smith,  Payne  &  Co.,. represented  Aldborough  1774; 
St  Ives  1780,  and  St  Germans  1785.  Elected  M.P. 
for  Nottingham  1779,  and  returned  during  the  follow- 
ing five  parliaments.  Summoned  to  the  Upper  House 
1797  ;  a  warm  friend  of  Pitt,  and  a  patron  of  the  poet 
Cowper.  He  owned  the  pocket  boroughs  of  Mid- 
hurst  and  Wendover,  and  this  secured  for  him,  first 
in  1796,  an  Irish  peerage,  and  in  the  next  year  a 
peerage  of  the  United  Kingdom.  It  was  whispered 
that  his  financial  aid  to  Pitt  won  him  these  honours, 
but  he  boldly  refuted  this  slander  in  1836  by  a 
letter  to  the  Quarterly.  D.C.L.,  Oxford,  1810  ;  LL.D., 
Cambridge,    1819 ;     Vice-President     of    the    Royal 


212  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

Literary  Fund,  F.R.S.,  F.S.A  A  strong  Tory 
throughout,  and  a  man  of  reserve,  but  great  natural 
nobility  of  character.  Buried  at  High  "Wycombe. 
He  married,  first,  1780,  Anne,  daughter  of  L.  B. 
Barnard  of  Cave  Castle,  by  whom  he  had  a  son, 
Robert  John,  born  1796,  who  took  the  name  of 
Carrington,  in  lieu  of  Smith,  by  Royal  Licence,  1839, 
and  was  succeeded  by  Charles  Robert,  who  changed 
the  family  name  to  Carington. 

Erasmus  Smith*  (1611-1691),  son  of  Sir  Roger 
Smith,  alias  Heriz  of  Husbands  Bos  worth.  "  Silver 
tongue "  Smith  was  his  uncle.  A  Turkey  mer- 
chant and  member  of  the  Grocer's  Company.  On 
the  score  of  a  debt  owed  by  the  Court  to  his  father, 
he  applied  to  Charles  II.  for  the  office  of  Carver  to 
the  Queen.  He  was  granted  600  acres  of  land  in 
Tipperary  in  1652  —  the  Cromwellian  Settlement, 
and  by  purchase  and  otherwise,  in  1684  owned  46,000 
acres  in  nine  Irish  shires.  In  1656  he  had  been  a  con- 
tractor for  the  troops  in  Ireland.  Alderman  of  Billings- 
gate, 1657  ;  a  benefactor  to  Trinity  College,  Dublin, 
and  Christ's  Hospital,  London.  Resided  at  Clerkenwell 
and  Weald  Hall,  Essex.  He  married  Mary,  daughter 
of  the  1st  Lord  Coleraine,  and  by  her  had  six  sons 
and  three  daughters.  His  fourth  son,  Hugh  of  Weald, 
married  Dorothy  Barrett  Lennard  of  Belhouse,  and 
by  her  had  two  daughters,  of  whom,  Lucy,  married 
James  Stanley,  Lord  Strange,  who  took  the  name  of 
Smith  Stanley,  not  now  retained  by  the  Earls  of 
Derby.  Buried  at  Hamerton,  Hants.  His  portrait 
is  in  Christ's  Hospital. 

The  Right  Hon.  William  H.  Smith  *  (1825-91),  son 
of  W.  H.  Smith,  newsvendor,  and  grandson  of  Henry 
Walton  Smith,  who  held  a  commission  in  the  Navy,  was 
educated  at  Harrow,  and  married  Anna  Easthaugh 
at  Christ's  Church,  Middlesex.  (?)  His  third  son,  W. 
H,  with  another  son,  H.   E.,  commenced  a  news- 


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agency  in  Duke  Street,  and  in  1820  moved  to  the 
Strand.  In  1817,  W.  H.  Smith  =  Mary  Cooper  at 
St  George's,  Hanover  Square.  Their  son,  W.  H, 
the  future  statesman,  was  educated  at  Tavistock 
School,  under  Rev.  W.  Beal  of  Trinity  College,  Cam- 
bridge, who  had  married  his  sister,  and,  later,  became 
pupil  of  Rev.  W.  Povah  of  Wadham  College,  Oxford. 
W.  H.  wished  to  go  to  Oxford,  but  his  parents — 
Methodists — objected,  hence  his  distaste  for  dissent ; 
as  late  as  1846  he  had  not  abandoned  the  idea  of 
Anglican  orders,  perhaps  owing  to  his  friendship  for 
Regius  Professor  Ince  of  Oxford.  In  the  end  he 
became  head  of  the  firm,  and  in  1858  married  Mrs 
Leach,  nee  Danvers.  In  1857  invited  to  contest  Boston 
and  Exeter  as  a  Radical.  Blackballed  for  the  Reform 
Club,  he  joined  the  Conservative  party,  and  stood  for 
Westminster  in  1865  unsuccessfully,  but  was  returned 
in  1868,  and  represented  that  borough  until  1885, 
when  he  was  returned  for  the  Strand.  Financial 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  1874 ;  First  Lord  of  the 
Admiralty,  1877;  D.C.L.,  Oxford,  1878;  Secretary 
for  War,  1885,  and  in  the  same  year  Secretary  for 
Ireland;  in  1887  First  Lord  of  the  Treasury  and 
Leader  of  the  Commons.  Styled  "Old  Morality." 
His  widow  was  created  Viscountess  Hambledon,  and 
her  son  succeeded  him  as  M.P.  for  the  Strand. 

Sir  Francis  Smith,  Chief-Justice  of  Tasmania,  b. 
1819,  son  of  Francis  Smith  of  Lindfield,  Sussex,  a 
London  merchant,  married  1851,  Sarah,  heiress  of 
Rev.  Dr  Giles,  and  settled  in  Hobart  Town. 

Sir  John  Lucie  Smith,  C.M.G.,  Chief-Justice  of 
Jamaica,  b.  1825,  son  of  John  Lucie  Smith,  LL.D., 
of  Demerara  and  Blackheath ;  solicitor,  and  after- 
wards Attorney-General  of  British  Guiana.  Married 
(1851)  Marie,  daughter  oi  J.  R  Van  Water  Schoot. 

Sir  Albert  J.  Smith  of  Ottawa,  Canada,  son  of  T. 
E.  Smith,  Esq.,  of  Westmoreland,  North  Brunswick, 


214  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

b.  1824  =  1868  Sarah  M.,  daughter  of  J.  W.  Young, 
Esq.,  of  Halifax,  N.S.  She  died  in  1883.  A  mem- 
ber of  the  Executive  Council  of  New  Brunswick ; 
Attorney-General  1862-65 ;  Minister  of  Marine  and 
Fisheries  for  Canada,  1873. 

Sm  Archibald  Letin  Smith,  son  of  Francis  Smith, 
Esq.  of  Salt  Hill,  by  Mary,  heiress  of  Z.  Levin,  Esq. 
(b.  1836),  married  Isabel,  daughter  of  C.  J.  Fletcher, 
Esq.  of  Dale  Park,  Sussex.  Educated  at  Trinity 
College,  Cambridge,  and  a  famous  oarsman.  Judge 
of  the  High  Court  of  Justice,  1883-92 ;  Master  of 
the  Rolls,  1900.  Died  1901.  Heir— Archibald  F.  F, 
Eton  and  Trinity  College,  Cambridge. 

Sir  Cecil  Clementi  Smith,  K.C.M.G.,  son  of  Rev. 
J.  Smith,  Rector  of  Buckhurst  Hill,  Essex,  by  Cecilia, 
daughter  of  Muzio  Clementi,  the  illustrious  composer, 
(b.  1840),  M.A,  Christ's  College,  Cambridge,  married 
(1869)  Teresa,  daughter  of  A.  Newcomen  of  Kirk- 
leatham.     High  Commissioner  for  Borneo,  1890. 

Sir  Charles  Bean  Euan  Smith,  KGB.  (b.  1842) 
=  (1874)  Edith,  daughter  of  Colonel  Alexander. 
Colonel  retired,  and  Consul-General  at  Zanzibar. 

Sir  Donald  Alexander  Smith,  KC.M.G.  (b.  1821), 
Resident  Governor  and  Chief  Commissioner  at  Mon- 
treal of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company. 

Sir  Edwin  Thomas  Smith,  K.C.M.G.,  son  of 
Edward  Smith,  Esq.  of  Walsall  (b.  1831),  married 
(1869)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  E.  Spicer,  Esq.  Some- 
time Mayor  of  Adelaide,  and  Member  of  the  House 
of  Assembly  of  South  Australia. 

Sir  Francis  Villeneuve  Smith,  son  of  Francis 
Smith,  merchant  of  London  (b.  1819)  =  (1851)  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Dr  Giles.  A  Bencher  of  the  Middle 
Temple,  Chief- Justice  of  Tasmania,  1860-85. 

Sir  William  F  Haynes  Smith,  son  of  Lucie  Smith 
of  Demerara  (b.  1838),  Governor  of  the  Leeward 
Islands. 


CELEBRITIES   OF  THE   NAME      215 

Art  Workers  and  Engravers 

John  Smith  (1652-1742),  born  at  Daventry.  A 
mezzotint  engraver,  who  reproduced  Kneller's  por- 
traits, as  well  as  those  of  Lely  and  others.  Portrait 
in  the  National  Portrait  Gallery.  Buried  at  St  Peter's, 
Northampton. 

Charles  Smith  (1749-1824),  a  friend  of  Sir  Joshua 
Reynolds,  portrait  painter,  socialist,  and  unsuccessful 
musical  composer.  A  native  of  Orkney,  he  died  at 
Leith,  after  having  resided  in  India. 

John  Smith  (1749-1831),  water  -  colour  painter, 
nicknamed  ."Warwick"  Smith.  President  of  the 
Water- Colour  Society,  1814.  Examples  of  his  work 
are  in  the  South  Kensington  Museum. 

Anker  Smith  (1759-1819),  engraver,  son  of  a  Cheap- 
side  silk  merchant,  so  called  because  his  parents 
regarded  him  as  their  spes  unica.  Educated  at 
Merchant  Taylors,  articled  to  a  solicitor,  but  trans- 
ferred to  James  Taylor,  engraver.  Illustrated  Bell's 
"British  Poets."  His  engraving  of  Northcote's 
"Death  of  Wat  Tyler"  earned  for  him  his  election 
as  AR.  A  in  1797.  His  plate  of  Leonardo  Da  Vinci's 
"  Holy  Family "  remains  in  the  Royal  Academy. 
Illustrated  Macklin's  Bible,  Boydell's  "  Shakespeare," 
Kearsley's  "Shakespeare,"  Hume's  "History  of  Eng- 
land," and  Sharpe's  "British  Classics."  He  engraved 
Smirke's  designs  for  "  Gil  Bias,"  "  Arabian  Nights," 
and  "Don  Quixote."  Died  of  apoplexy,  June  23, 
1819.  His  sister,  a  portrait  painter,  married  Ross, 
the  miniature  painter.  His  son  Frederick  W.  was  a 
pupil  of  Chantrey  (d.  1835),  and  a  gold  medallist, 
Royal  Academy;  and  his  younger  son,  Herbert 
Luther,  was  a  painter  of  repute. 

John  Thomas  Smith  (1766-1833),  son  of  N.  Smith, 
sculptor  and  printseller.  In  1784  he  executed  a 
series  of  topographical  engravings  for  Crowle  and 


216  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

Wyat,  and  in  1791  published  "Antiquities  of 
London  and  its  Environs."  In  1816  appointed 
Keeper  of  the  Prints  in  the  British  Museum.  In 
1817  he  produced  "  Vagabondiana,"  and  in  1828 
"Nollekens  and  his  Times." 

John  Raphael  Smith  (1752-1812),  son  of  Thomas 
Smith  of  Derby,  landscape  painter,  engraver,  minia- 
ture painter,  and  publisher  of  engravings.  Buried  at 
Doncaster. 

Thomas  Smith  (d.  1767),  landscape  painter,  of 
Derby.  A  collection  of  plates  from  his  painted 
views  of  Derbyshire  and  Yorkshire  was  issued  in 
1760.  In  1769  Boydell  published  a  set  of  four 
views  of  Rome  by  Smith,  and  six  plates  of  race- 
horses. Other  and  similar  works  of  his  remain. 
Died  at  Hot  Wells,  Clifton,  leaving  two  sons,  Thomas 
Corregio  and  John  Raphael  Smith. 

Charles  Harriot  Smith  (1792-1864),  member  of 
the  R.I.B.A.,  was  son  of  Joseph  Smith,  sculptor,  of 
Portland  Road.  An  authority  on  stone,  he  executed 
the  ornamental  carving  of  the  Royal  Exchange.  His 
son,  Percy  Gordon  Smith,  was  architect  to  the  Local 
Government  Board. 

Charles  John  Smith  (1803-38),  son  of  a  Chelsea 
doctor.  An  engraver  of  merit,  he  published,  in  1829, 
"Autographs  of  Royal  and  Illustrious  Persons." 
Elected  F.S.A.  1837. 

George  Smith*  of  Chichester  (1713-76),  landscape 
painter,  grandson  of  a  Baptist  minister,  who  suffered, 
temp.  Car.  II.,  under  the  harsh  provisions  of  the  Act 
of  Uniformity,  and  son  of  "William  Smith,  brewer  and 
Baptist  minister.  Became  a  pupil  of  his  elder  brother, 
William,  portrait  painter,  with  whom  he  migrated  to 
Gloucester.  Later,  returning  to  Chichester,  he  found 
a  judicious  patron  in  the  Duke  of  Richmond.  In 
1760  he  gained  the  first  prize  of  the  Society  of  Arts 
for  landscape,  as  also  in  1761  and  1763.    He  instructed 


CELEBRITIES   OF  THE   NAME      217 

his  younger  brother  John,  who  took  the  first  prize, 
George  not  competing,  in  1762 ;  but  the  latter  died 
shortly  after,  in  his  prime,  having  given  very  large 
promise  of  attaining  a  high  rank  in  art.  A  Life  of 
George  Smith  was  published  in  .1811,  mentioning 
both  his  fine  collection  of  engravings,  by  Claude,  and 
also  his  proficiency  as  a  'cellist,  Corelli  being  his 
favourite  master.  He  and  his  wife  lie  in  St  Pancras, 
Chichester.     MI. 

John  Smith  (1714-61),  brother  of  George  and 
William  Smith,  portrait  and  landscape  painter,  vide 
supra.     Buried  at  St  Pancras,  Chichester.     M.I. 

William  Smith  *  of  Chichester  and  Shopwyke,  por- 
trait painter  (1707-64),  was  sent  by  the  second  Duke 
of  Richmond  to  become  the  pupil  of  an  artist  in 
St  Martin's  Lane.  Like  his  brother  George,  vide 
supra,  he  was  son  and  grandson  of  Baptist  ministers. 
Invited  by  Sir  William  Guise  to  paint  an  altar-piece 
for  his  private  chapel  in  Gloucestershire,  he  removed 
to  Gloucester,  where  he  achieved  a  considerable  re- 
putation. Returning  to  London,  he  added  still-life  to 
his  repertoire.  HI  health  compelled  him  to  return  to 
his  native  air.  He  died  at  Shopwyke,  and  was  buried 
at  St  Pancras,  Chichester.  Mr  Algernon  Graves,  in 
his  Dictionary  of  Artists,  mentions  that  of  the  three, 
brothers,  William  exhibited  forty  pictures  of  fruit  at 
the  Free  Society,  and  six  at  the  Society  of  Artists ; 
George  exhibited — landscapes  only — four  at  the  Royal 
Academy,  one  hundred  and  three  at  the  Free  Society, 
and  two  at  the  Society  of  Artists  ;  while  John  sent  to 
the  Free  Society  fourteen  pictures  of  different  sorts, 
and  two  to  the  Exhibition  of  the  Society  of 
Artists. 

Some  fine  examples  of  the  work  of  all  three  brothers 
are  among  the  collection  of  the  Duke"  of  Richmond  at 
Goodwood.     Of  their  pictures  many  were  engraved  ' 
by  Woollett. 


218  THE   SMITH  FAMILY 

Colvtn  Smith  (1795-1875),  portrait  painter  and 
R.S.A,  son  of  John  Smith  of  Brechin,  descended 
from  the  Lindsays  als  Smiths,  heritable  armourers 
to  the  Bishops  of  Brechin,  by  Cecilia,  sister  of  Lord 
Gillies.  A  pupil  of  Nollekens.  Best  known  for  his 
portraits  of  Sir  Walter  Scott,  Lord  Jeffrey,  Henry 
Mackenzie,  Sir  James  Mackintosh,  Lord  Melville, 
Lord  Neaves,  and  Lord  Hope.  He  resided  con- 
tinuously in  Edinburgh. 

John  Orbin  Smith  (1799-1843),  wood  engraver, 
born  at  Colchester. 

Stephen  Catterson  Smith  (1806-72),  portrait 
painter,  son  of  Joseph  Smith,  coach  painter,  of 
Skipton.  After  a  successful  career  in  England  he 
migrated  to  Dublin,  and  had  the  honour  of  painting 
all  the  viceroys  for  thirty  years.  Elected  President 
of  the  Royal  Hibernian  Academy,  1859.  He  married 
in  1845,  Anne,  daughter  of  R  T.  Wyke  of  Wexford, 
the  lady  being  a  miniature  painter,  and  by  her  left 
six  sons  and  four  daughters,  of  whom  two  sons  are 
artists. 

William  Smith  (1808-76),  printseller.  Educated 
at  Cambridge,  but  did  not  graduate,  joining  a  brother 
in  the  printselling  business.  In  1836  he  purchased 
the  Sheepshanks'  collection,  whereof  he  sold  the 
Dutch  and  Flemish  portions  to  the  British  Museum. 
Deputy-chairman  of  the  National  Portrait  Gallery, 
and  a  manager  of  the  Art  Union.  F.S.A,  1852. 
Buried  at  Kensal  Green,  leaving  his  collections  to 
the  South  Kensington  Museum. 

Benjamin  Smith,  engraver  (d.  1833).  A  pupil  of 
Bartolozzi.  He  was  employed  by  the  Boydells,  and 
for  them  executed  plates  after  Romney,  Banks,  and 
Browne,  for  the  Shakespeare  series ;  Sigismunda, 
after  Hogarth ;  portrait  of  Hogarth ;  portrait  of  Lord 
Cornwallis  ;  portrait  of  George  III.,  etc.,  etc. 

John  Challoner  Smith,  C.E.,  and  writer  on  mezzo- 


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CELEBRITIES   OF-  THE   NAME      219 

tints.  Born  at  Dublin.  Educated  at  Trinity  Col- 
lege, Dublin.  B.A,  1849.  Engineer  to  various  Irish 
railways.  His  reputation  rests  mainly  on  his  chef- 
doeuvre,  "  British  Mezzotint  Portraits." 


Soldiers  and  Sailors 

John  Smith  (1580-1631),  colonist,  son  of  George 
Smith  of  Willoughby,  Lincolnshire.  Served  in  the 
French  army  1596,  and  in  1600  returned  home,  but 
soon  sought  foreign  service  under  the  Archduke  of 
Styria,  passing  through  subsequently  a  series  of 
thrilling  adventures.  He  then  led  a  party  of  105 
emigrants  to  found  an  El  Dorado  in  Virginia.  Taken 
prisoner,  he  was  rescued  by  the  Indian  Princess 
Pocahontas — an  incident  disputed.  His  later  ad- 
ventures, which  involved  the  creation  of  the  colony 
of  New  England,  were  nit  crowned  with  success, 
and  he  returned  to  London  to  publish  maps  and 
pamphlets.  Buried  in  St  Sepulchre's.  He  was 
much  addicted  to  romancing  about  his  exploits,  but 
rendered  considerable  service  as  a  pioneer. 

Thomas  Smith  (1600-27),  soldier,  of  Berwick-on- 
Tweed.  Author  of  the  "  Art  of  Gunnery  "  and  other 
military  works  preserved  in  the  British  Museum. 

Sir  John  Smyth  *  (1616-44),  Royalist,  born  at  Stud- 
ley,  Warwickshire,  being  the  fourth  son  of  Sir  Francis 
Smith  of  Queeniborough,  Leicestershire,  by  Anne, 
daughter  of  Thos.  Markham  it*  Allerton,  Notts.  His 
eldest  brother  was  raised  to  the  Peerage  in  1643  as 
Baron  Carington  of  Wootton  Wawen,  and  Viscount 
Carington  of  Barreford,  in  Connaught.'  He  was 
educated  as  a  Roman  Catholic.  He  .joined  the 
Spanish  army  and  served  in  Flanders,  but  offered  his 
sword  to  Charles  I.,  receiving  a  commission,  and 
defeating  the  Scotch  at  Stapieford.     When  the  Civil 


220  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

War  broke  out,  he  was  appointed  captain  under 
Lord  John  Stewart,  and  took  part  in  the  fight  at 
Powick.  At  Edgehill  he  recovered  the  Royal  Standard, 
which  had  been  captured  by  the  Roundheads  when 
Sir  Edmund  Verney  was  slain,  and  for  this  was 
made  Knight-banneret  on  the  field.  Taken  prisoner 
by  "Waller,  after  his  release  he  became  Colonel  of 
Lord  Herbert's  Horse  at  Oxford,  and  was  killed  in 
the  skirmish  with  Waller  at  Cheriton.  Buried  in 
Christ  Church  Cathedral,  Oxford. 

Sir  Jeremiah  Smyth*  (d.  1675),  admiral,  grandson 
of  John  Smyth  of  Much  Warlingfield,  Suffolk,  and 
third  son  of  Jeremiah  Smith  or  Smyth  of  Canterbury. 
Merchant  at  Hull,  where,  in  1656,  his  wife  Frances 
died,  set.  40.  Captain  of  the  Advice,  1653;  after- 
wards of  the  Essex.  A  strong  Cromwellian.  In 
1664.  appointed  captain  of  the  Mary,  and  in  1665 
of  the  Sovereign.  Took  part  in  the  Dutch  War. 
Knighted  June  1665.  In  the  battle  of  July  25th 
he  retreated  before  Van  Tromp,  and,  being  court- 
martialled,  was  acquitted,  Albemarle  being  for  him 
and  Prince  Rupert  against.  In  1667  commanded 
in  the  North  Sea  as  Admiral  of  the  Blue,  and  1668 
was  Vice- Admiral  of  the  Fleet  under  Sir  T.  Allin. 
Died  at  Clapham,  but  was  buried  at  Hemingborough, 
near  Selby,  where  he  had  a  seat.  His  second  wife 
was  Anne,  daughter  of  T.  Pockley,  by  whom  he  had 
three  sons. 

Thomas  Smith  (d.  1708),  renegade  and  adventurer, 
who,  after  holding  various  commands  in  the  Royal 
Navy,  and  having  been  court-martialled  and  dis- 
missed, entered  the  service  of  the  French  and  took 
part  in  the  capture  of  the  Nightingale  off  Harwich. 
In  command  of  the  captured  Nightingale,  he  attempted 
to  capture  Harwich,  but  was  himself,  with  his  vessel, 
taken  prisoner,  and  was  hung,  drawn,  and  quartered 
for  bearing  arms  against  his  country. 


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Sir  John  Smith  (1754-1837),  General  and  Colonel 
Commandant  of  R.A.  Born  at  Brighton.  Educated 
at  Woolwich.  Lieutenant  R.A,  1771.  In  1775  was 
captured  at  Fort  St  John.  Exchanged  1777,  and 
served  under  Sir  W.  Howe  at  New  York.  Present 
at  Brandywine.  Served  under  Clinton  and  Corn- 
wallis,  but  again  made  prisoner  at  Yorktown  in  1781. 
In  1795  served  under  Sir  R.  Abercromby  in  the 
West  Indies,  and  in  1799  accompanied  the  Duke  of 
York  to  Holland.  Governor  of  Gibraltar  (1804-14). 
KG.G,  1831.     Died  at  Charlton,  1837. 

Admiral  Thomas  Smith  (d.  1762),  said  to  have 
been  the  illegitimate  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Lyttelton, 
Bart.,  appointed,  1727,  Lieutenant  of  the  Royal  Oak. 
In  1728  transferred  to  the  Gosport,  in  command  of 
which  he  had  a  memorable  difference  with  the  Com- 
mander of  the  French  corvette  Gironde.  Having 
compelled  him  to  salute,  Smith  exceeded  his  instruc- 
tions and  was  dismissed  the  navy  in  1729.  But  in 
the  year  following  he  was  reinstated,  and  made 
captain  of  the  Success.  His  pluck  in  compelling  the 
Frenchman  to  haul  down  his  colours  won  him  the 
sobriquet  of  "Tom  of  Ten  Thousand."  He  rose 
rapidly,  and  in  September  1745  was  appointed 
Admiral  in  command  of  The  Nor?,  and  afterwards  at 
Leith,  to  prevent  communication  between  the  young 
Pretender  and  France.  In  1757  he  was  made 
Admiral  of  the  Blue.  In  1756  he  presided  over  the 
trial  of  Admiral  Byng  and  pronounced  sentence,  with 
a  recommendation  to  mercy.  In  1753  he  retired. 
His  portrait,  by  Wilson,  Pv.A .  is  in  the  Hall  at 
Greenwich. 

Sir  Charles  Felix  Smith^  (1786-1553),  Lieutenant- 
General,  second  son  of  George  Smith  of  Burn  Hall, 
Durham,  by  Juliet,  daughter  of  Richard  Mott, 
Esq.,  of  Carlton.  Suffolk.  A  distinguished  military 
engineer.    Served  in  the  West  Indies,  1807-10  ;  in  the 


222  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

Peninsular  War,  at  Cadiz,  and  Gibraltar.  Took  part 
in  the  Battle  of  Vittoria,  and  at  Tolosa  had  his  horse 
shot  under  him.  Made  Lieutenant-Colonel  for  "  con- 
duct before  the  enemy  at  San  Sebastian."  Knighted 
by  the  Prince  Regent,  November  10,  1814.  On 
Jun.3  19,  1815,  he  joined  the  army  under  Wellington 
in  Belgium,  and  remained  with  the  army  of  occupa- 
tion in  France,  where  he  killed  three  Frenchmen  in 
duels.  Afterwards  Acting-Governor  of  Trinidad 
and  Governor  (1838)  of  Gibraltar.  In  1840  he  took 
part  in  the  capture  of  St  Jean  DAcre,  when  he  was 
severely  wounded,  returning  to  his  command  at 
Gibraltar  in  1841.  For  his  services  in  Syria  he 
received  the  thanks  of  both  House's  of  Parliament. 
He  married  (1)  a  daughter  (died  June  18,  1849)  of 
Thomas  Bell,  Esq.,  and  (2)  in  1852  the  eldest 
daughter  of  Thomas  Croft,  Esq.  He  died  at  Worth- 
ing, August  11,  1858. 

Sir  W.  Sidney  Smith  *  (1764-1840),  Admiral,  was 
second  son  of  Captain  J.  Smith  of  the  Guards,  and 
grandson  of  Captain  Edward  Smith,  R.N.,  wounded 
at  La  Guayra.  Called  "  Sidney"  because  of  an  alleged 
connection  with  the  Strangford  Smythes,  who  had 
intermarried  with  the  Sidneys.  Educated  at  Ton- 
bridge  School  and  at  Bath,  he  joined  the  Navy  in 
1777.  Served  under  Lord  Rodney,  and  was  present 
at  St  Vincent.  Served  also  under  Hood.  Travelled 
in  France  and  Morocco.  Served  under  the  Swedish 
flag  in  1790.  Made  by  Gustavus  ELnight  Grand  Cross 
of  the  Order  of  the  Sword,  and  was  invested  with  the 
insignia  by  George  III.  He  then  went  on  a  visit  to 
his  brother,  Charles  Spencer  Smith,  Ambassador  at 
Constantinople.  When  war  broke  out  in  1793,  he 
purchased  and  manned  a  vessel,  joining  Lord  Hood 
at  Toulon,  and  next  commanded  The  Diamond  frigate 
in  the  North  Sea,  and  was  successful  in  harassing  the 
French.     In  1796  captured  off  Havre,  and  detained 


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prisoner  for  two  years.  He  escaped,  and,  landing  at 
Portsmouth,  was  mistaken  for  a  Frenchman.  Sent 
out,  as  joint  plenipotentiary  with  his  brother  at  Con- 
stantinople, to  Lord  St  Vincent,  who,  although  he 
was  in  command  of  the  Tigre,  did  not  put  him  under 
Nelson's  command.  Difficulties  arose,  but  eventually 
Smith  accepted  Nelson's  orders,  and  undertook  the 
defence,  of  St  Jean  D'Acre.  This  exploit,  which  made 
his  reputation,  has  been  eulogised  by  Mahan  as  a 
heroic  inspiration.  For  it  he  received  the  thanks 
of  Parliament  and  a  pension.  Elected  MP.  for 
Rochester,  1802 ;  Rear- Admiral,  1805  ;  Vice- Admiral, 
1810 ;  G.C.B.,  1838.  Buried  at  Pere  Lachaise  ;  M.I. 
He  married  (1810)  Caroline,  widow  of  Sir  G.  B. 
Rumbold,  s.p.  Portrait  by  Eckstein  in  National 
Portrait  Gallery  {vide  Barlow's  Life). 

Charles  Hamilton  Smith,  ah  Smet  (1776-1859), 
born  at  Vrommen-hofen.  Educated  at  Richmond, 
Malines,  and  Louvain.  Served  as  Deputy  Quarter- 
master-General in  the  Walcheren  Expedition.  F.RS., 
1824 ;  F.L.S.,  1826  {vide  "  Seven  Homes,"  Mrs  Rundle 
Charles).  He  retired  in  1830,  and  after  that  became 
a  dilettante  in  science  and  archaeology,  supplying 
Barry  with  designs  for  details  of  the  Houses  of 
Parliament.  He  married  (1808)  Mary  Anne,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  Mauger,  Esq.  of  Guernsey. 

Sir  Lionel  Smith  (1778-1842),  Lieutenant-General, 
was  a  son  of  Benjamin  Smith,  merchant,  of  Liss,  by 
his  wife  Charlotte,  the  poetess.  Entered  the  army  as 
ensign,  1795.  Served  in  the  West  Indies,  Canada,  the 
Persian  Gulf,  and  at  the  taking  of  Mauritius.  Major- 
General  1819  ;  K.C.B.  and  Colonel  of  the  34th,  1834. 
As  Governor  of  the  Leeward  Islands  made  himself 
unpopular,  and  was  replaced  by  Sir  Charles  Metcalfe 
in  1839.  At  the  coronation  of  the  Queen  he  was 
created  Baronet,  and  in  1840  became  Governor  of 
Mauritius.     In  1841  G.C.B.      He  married  (1)  Ellen 


224  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

M,  daughter  of  Thomas  Gal  way,  and  by  her  had  two 
daughters.  In  1819  he  remarried  Isabella  Curwen, 
daughter  of  E.  C.  Pottinger,  by  whom  he  had  four 
children — a  son,  Lionel  E.,  and  three  daughters. 

Sir  John  Mark  Frederic  Smith  (1790-1874), 
General,  son  of  Major- General  Sir  J.  F.  S.  Smith, 
K.C.H.  Born  at  Paddington  Manor;  educated  at 
Woolwich.  In  1807  served  as  lieutenant,  Royal 
Engineers,  in  Sicily.  Inspector- General  of  Railways. 
Director  of  the  RE.  establishment  at  Chatham,  1842. 
M.P.  for  Chatham,  1852,  but  unseated  on  petition. 
Major  -  General  1854 ;  Lieutenant  -  General  1859  ; 
Colonel  -  Commandant  of  RE.  1860 ;  and  General 
1863.  Died  in  Pembridge  Villas,  and  buried  at 
Kensal  Green.  F.R.S.  He  married,  in  1813, 
Harriet,  daughter  of  Thomas  Thorn,  Esq.  of  Buck- 
land,  near  Dover,     s.p. 

John  Thomas  Smith  (1805-82),  Colonel,  Royal  Engi- 
neers, son  of  G.  Smith  of  Edwalton,  Notts.  Educated 
at  Repton  and  Addiscombe.  In  1826  superintending 
engineer  of  public  works  in  the  N.W.P.  In  1837 
F.R.S.  In  1840,  after  having  rendered  conspicuous 
services  professionally  in  Madras,  appointed  Mint 
Master,  and  was  inventor  of  a  machine  for  coining 
which  gained  an  award  in  the  Exhibition  of  1851. 
Major  1852 ;  Lieut. -Colonel  1854.  In  1855  appointed 
Mint  Master  at  Calcutta.  He  married,  in  1837, 
Maria  S.,  daughter  of  Dr  Tyser,  and  his  eldest  son, 
Percy  G.  L.  Smith  of  the  Royal  Engineers,  after  a 
long  and  honourable  career,  retired  in  1887  with  the 
rank  of  Major-GeneraL 

General  Michael  William  Smith*  (1809-91),  post- 
humous son  of  Sir  Michael  Smith,  Bart.  (1740-1808), 
Master  of  the  Rolls  in  Ireland.  Served  in  India. 
Lieut. -Colonel  1850.  During  the  Crimean  War  he 
commanded  the  Osmanli  (irregular  horse).  Full 
Colonel  1854.     Assisted  Sir  Hugh  Rose  in   1858 


CELEBRITIES   OF  THE  NAME      225 

against  Tantia  Topee.  Took  part  in  the  capture  of 
Gwalior,  and  otherwise  in  the  operations  against  the 
rebels  in  India.  C.B.  1859.  Commanded  the  Poonah 
division  from  1862  to  1867.  Colonel  of  the  20th 
Hussars  1883.  In  1830  married  Charlotte,  daughter 
of  G.  Whitmore  Carr  of  Ardross,  and  by  her  had  one 
son,  Major  W.  Whitmore  Smith,  R.A,  an  able  writer 
on  military  science. 

Sm  Harry  George  Wakelyn  Smith,*  Bart.  (1788- 
1860),  victor  of  Aliwal  and  Governor  of  the  Cape. 
Son  of  John  Smith,  surgeon,  of  Whittlesea,  by 
Eleanor,  daughter  of  Minor  Canon  Moore  of  Peter- 
borough. Two  of  his  brothers  were  present  at 
"Waterloo.  Entered  the  95th  as  ensign  1805.  Served 
in  South  America  under  Auchmuty,  and  in  the 
Peninsula  under  Craufurd.  Wounded  at  Almeida. 
Present  at  Fuentes  D'Onoro  and  at  Ciudad  Rodrigo. 
At  Badajos  he  rescued  two  Spanish  ladies  from  our 
soldiers,  who  were  out  of  hand,  and  one  of  them 
became  his  wife.  Present  at  Salamanca,  Vittoria, 
Bidassoa,  St  Jean  de  Luz,  Orthez,  Tarbes,  and 
Toulouse.  After  the  peace  he  was  sent  to  America, 
and  took  part  in  the  burning  of  Washington.  In  the 
attack  on  New  Orleans,  Pakenham  died  in  his  arms. 
Returning  to  England,  he  took  part  in  the  battle  of 
Waterloo.  C.B.  and  Brevet  Lieut. -Colonel  1815. 
Quartermaster- General  of  the  Forces  in  Jamaica. 
1826.  In  1828  transferred  to  the  Cape.  When  the 
Kaffir  War  broke  out  in  1834,  Sir  B.  D'Urban  ap- 
pointed Smith  Colonel  of  his  Staff.  It  was  in  1835 
that  he  accomplished  his  famous  march  from  Cape 
Town  to  Graham's  Town — seven  hundred  miles — in 
six  days.  He  soon  brought  the  Kaffirs  to  terms,  but 
his  arrangement  with  them  was  upset  by  Lord  Glenelg, 
the  precursor  of  Gladstone.  1839,  Brevet  Colonel. 
1840,  Adjutant- General  in  India.  In  1843  he  took 
part  in  the  Gwalior  campaign  under  Gough.  In 
p 


226  THE   SMITH  FAMILY 

1845,  in  the  Sikh  War,  he  was  present  at  Mudki 
and  at  Ferozeshah.  In  1846  he  fought  and  won  the 
battle  of  Aliwal.  In  1846  he  commanded  the  First 
Division  at  Sobraon,  for  which  and  his  other  services 
in  the  Sikh  War  he  was  made  Major- General  and  a 
Baronet,  receiving  the  thanks  of  Parliament.  In  1847 
appointed  Governor  of  the  Cape.  Here  he  again 
brought  the  Kaffirs  to  terms,  but  in  1848  Praetorius 
and  his  Boers  revolted,  and  Smith  defeated  him  at 
Boom  Platz.  In  1850,  after  the  massacre  of  Whites 
by  Kaffirs,  Smith,  being  unable  to  cope  with  the  situa- 
tion owing  to  insufficient  reinforcements,  was  recalled, 
and  in  1852  was  pall-bearer  at  the  Duke's  funeral  in 
St  Paul's.  Lieutenant-General,  1854.  Died  s.p.  in 
Eaton  Place  West,  he  and  his  Spanish  wife  being 
interred  at  Whittlesea.  M.I.  His  sabre  now  belongs 
to  the  Queen.  A  crayon  by  Isabey  belongs  to  Lady 
Burdett-Coutts. 

Richard  Baird  Smith  (1818-61),  engineer,  was 
son  of  a  Scotch  surgeon,  R.N.  Educated  at  Addis- 
combe,  and  obtained  his  commission  in  the  Madras 
Engineers,  1836.  In  1839  transferred  to  the  Bengal 
Engineers,  and  in  1840  a  member  of  the  Arsenal 
Committee.  Served  under  Sir  Proby  Cautley,  and 
on  the  outbreak  of  the  Sikh  War  under  Sir  Harry 
Smith.  He  received  a  medal  for  Aliwal,  and  a  clasp 
for  Sobraon.  In  the  second  Sikh  War  he  was  under 
Sir  Colin  Campbell  and  Sir  Joseph  Thackwell,  taking 
part  in  the  action  at  Sadulapoor.  Present  at  Chilian- 
wallah  (1849),  and  at  Gujerat,  receiving  honourable 
mention.  Brevet  Captain  1851.  In  1852  reported 
on  Italian  irrigation,  and  was  offered  by  the  King  of 
.  Sardinia  the  order  of  St  Lazarus.  Deputy-Superin- 
tendent of  Canals,  N.W.P.,  1853  ;  captain  and  brevet- 
major  1854.  In  June  1857  ordered  to  Delhi  as  Chief 
Engineer.  The  assault  of  Delhi  and  its  success  in 
the  teeth  of  opposition  from  his  superiors  was  Smith's 


CELEBRITIES   OF  THE   NAME      227 

grand  achievement.  In  1858  mint  master  at  Calcutta  ; 
In  1859  member  of  the  Senate  of  Calcutta  University,' 
and  aide-de-camp  to  the  Queen.  Died  at  Calcutta ; 
buried  at  Madras ;  MI.  in  Calcutta  Cathedral.  He 
married  in  1856,  Florence  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Thomas  de  Quincey.  His  biography,  by  Col.  H.  M. 
Vibart,  was  published  in  1897. 

Lieut.  -  General  Sir  Edward  Selby  Smyth,* 
K.C.M.G.,  Commander  of  the  Auxiliary  Forces  in 
Canada.  Served  in  India,,  in  the  Kaffir  War,  and  in 
Mauritius,  besides  holding  appointments  in  Ireland. 
Born  1820,  son  of  Colonel  John  Selby  Smyth,  C.B., 
by  Isabella,  daughter  of  John  Thompson,  Esq.,  of 
Low  Wood,  Sheriff  for  Antrim.  Married,  1848,  Lucy 
Sophia  Julia,  fourth  daughter  of  Major-General  Sir 
Guy  Campbell,  Bart.,  C.B.,  by  Pamela,  daughter  of 
Lord  Edward  Fitzgerald. 

Scholars  and  Divines 
William  Smyth  *  (1460-1514),  Bishop  of  Lincoln, 
and  Co-founder  of  B.N.C.      Fourth   son  of  Eobert 
Smyth   of  Peelhouse,  in  Prescot,  Lanes.,  a  country 
squire,  alleged  to   have   been  commoner  of  Lincoln 
College ;  Clerk  of  the  Hanaper,  1485  ;  Canon  of  West- 
minster.    Paid  £200  as  Clerk  of  the  Hanaper  for  the 
custody  of  Edward   IV. 's  two  daughters.     This  he 
paid  over  to  Lady  Margaret  as  governess  to  the  said 
ladies.     Rector  of  Combe  Martin,  Devon,  1486,  and 
of  Great  Grimsby,  1487.    In  the  same  year  made  Dean 
of  Westminster,  and  in  1492   Rector   of  Cheshunt. 
Trustee  of  the  estates  of  Lady  Margaret  under  her 
will.     In   1493   Bishop   of  Lichfield  and  Coventry; 
founder  of  St  John's  Hospital,  Lichfield.     In  1496  he 
was  translated  to  Lincoln,  but  resided  at  Ludlow  and 
Bewdley.     In  1501  Lord  President  of  Wales,  with  a 
salary  of  £20  a  week,  being  then  President  of  Prince 
Arthur's   Council.     In   1495   Chancellor   of  Oxford, 


228  THE   SMITH  FAMILY 

which  office  he  resigned  in  1503.  It  was  during  his 
term  that  Prince  Arthur  visited  Oxford.  In  1503  he 
assisted  in  the  Investiture  of  Warham  as  Archbishop 
of  Canterbury ;  attacked  by  Empson  and  Dudley  he 
was  forced  to  pay  £1800,  but  this  was  repaid  him  in 
1509.  In  1507  he  founded  a  fellowship  at  Oriel,  and 
a  school  at  Farnworth.  A  benefactor  also  to  Lincoln 
College.  B.N.C.  founded  by  him  and  Bishop  Sutton 
in  1512.  A  great  opponent  of  the  regulars  ;  accused  of 
nepotism.  He  made  three  nephews  archdeacons,  one 
of  them,  Gilbert  Smyth,  being  made  prebendary 
while  a  layman.     Portrait  in  the  hall  of  B.N.C. 

Richard  Smith,  D.D.  (1500-63),  "the  greatest 
pillar  of  the  Eoman  cause,"  as  Anthony  A  Wood 
terms  him.  A  native  of  Worcestershire.  Prob. 
Fellow  of  Merton,  1527,  and  B.A  ;  M.A,  1530 ; 
Eegistrar  of  Oxford  University,  1532 ;  Eegius  Pro- 
fessor of  Divinity,  1536,  and  B.D.  and  D.D.  In  1537 
Master  of  Whittington  College,  London ;  collated  by 
Archbishop  Cranmer  to  the  Eectory  of  St  Dunstans 
in  the  East,  also  Rector  of  Cuxham,  Oxon.  ;  Principal 
of  St  Alban's  Hall,  and  Divinity  Reader  in  Magdalen. 
Recanted  on  the  accession  of  Edward  VI.,  but  equivo- 
cating concerning  the  terms  of  his  recantation,  was 
ejected  from  the  Regius  Professorship  in  favour  of 
Peter  Martyr.  After  that  he  was  imprisoned,  and 
on  being  released  fled  to  Louvain,  where  he  was  con- 
stituted Professor  of  Divinity.  On  the  accession  of 
Mary,  he  was  reinstated  in  his  offices,  appointed 
Chaplain  to  the  Queen,  and  Canon  of  Christ  Church. 
He  gave  evidence  against  Cranmer  and  Ridley,  and 
when,  with  Latimer,  they  were  burnt  in  the  Broad 
Street,  Oxford,  he  preached  on  the  text,  "  If  I  give  my 
body  to  be  burned,  and  have  not  charity,  it  profiteth  me 
nothing."  As  soon  as  Elizabeth  ascended  the  throne 
he  was  again  ejected  from  his  preferments,  and  com- 
mitted to  the  custody  of  Archbishop  Parker,  but  con- 


CELEBRITIES   OF  THE   NAME      229 

trived  to  escape,  and  was  made  Dean  of  St  Peter's 
Douay,  by  Philip  of  Spain.  In  1562  he  became 
Chancellor  of  Douay  University,  where  he  died, 
being  buried  in  the  Lady  Chapel  of  the  Cathedral 
The  accusation  of  adultery  hurled  against  him  by 
Bishop  Jewel  appears  to  have  been  false.  He  was  a 
learned  and  capable  controversial  writer,  no  less  than 
nineteen  of  his  treatises  being  extant. 

Henry  Smith*  (1550-91),  Puritan,  styled  "Silver 
Tongue,"  heir  of  Erasmus  Smith  of  Somerby  and 
Husbands  Bosworth.  Born  at  Withcote,  Leicester- 
shire, the  seat  of  his  grandfather  John  (d.  1546). 
Erasmus  Smith,  benefactor,  was  his  nephew.  Fellow 
commoner  of  Queens,  Cambridge,  1573.  Entered 
Lincoln  College,  Oxford,  1576 ;  B.A.,  1579.  In 
1587  Lecturer  of  St  Clement  Danes.  This  he  owed 
to  Lord  Burghley,  whose  sister,  widow  of  Roger 
Cave,  his  father  had  married,  and  who  resided  in  the 
parish.  A  very  powerful  and  popular  preacher, 
suspended  for  irregularity  by  Aylmer,  Bishop  of 
London,  1588.  By  Lord  Burghley's  interest  he  was 
restored.  His  sermons,  models  of  pure  elegance, 
edited  by  T.  Fuller,  1657.  Buried  at  Husbands 
Bosworth. 

John  Smith,  divine  (1563-1616),  born  at  Coventry, 
and  educated  at  its  school  and  at  St  John's,  Oxford, 
of  which  he  was  Fellow;  M.A.,  1585;  B.D.,  1591. 
Lecturer  of  St  Paul's  Cathedral,  and  Minister  of 
Clavering,  1592.  A  benefactor  to  St  John's  College 
and  to  Clavering.  Married  (1594)  Frances,  daughter 
of  William  Babbington  of  Chorley. 

John  Smyth  or  Smith  (d.  1612),  founder  of  the 
sect  of  the  Baptists.  Educated  at  Christ's,  Cam- 
bridge ;  M.A.,  1576 ;  Fellow  and  M.A.,  1579 ; 
ordained  prior  to  1595.  Termed  the  Se-baptist. 
Was  Lecturer  in  the  City  of  Lincoln  from  1603  to 
1605.     In   1606   established  a  separatist   congrega- 


230  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

tion  at  Gainsborough.  In  1608  migrated  to  Ams- 
terdam, and  became  Arminian.  It  was  here 
that  he  was  called  Se-baptist,  because  he  baptised 
himself.  Died  at  Amsterdam  of  consumption. 
Buried  in  the  Nieuwe  Kerke.  Author  of  numerous 
tractates. 

John  Smyth  or  Smith*  (1567-1640),  genealogist, 
son  of  Thomas  Smyth  of  Hoby.  Educated  at  Derby. 
Tutor  to  Thomas,  heir  of  the  seventeenth  Lord 
Berkeley,  with  whom  he  went  to  Magdalen  College. 
Oxon.,  in  1589.  In  1594  he  was  of  the  Middle 
Temple,  and  in  1597  was  appointed  steward  of  the 
Manor  of  Berkeley.  The  Berkeleys  treated  him  so 
lavishly  that  the  family  jester  tied  Berkeley  Castle  to 
Berkeley  Church  to  prevent  the  former  from  going  to 
Nibley,  where  Smyth  resided.  It  was  as  Steward  of 
the  Manor  that  Smyth  was  able  to  overhaul  the 
muniment  room,  whereby  he  found  material  for  a 
history  of  the  Berkeleys  from  the  Conquest.  MP. 
for  Midhurst,  1621.  Died  at  Nibley.  By  his  first 
wife  he  had  no  issue.  He  married  (2)  Mary,  daughter 
of  J.  Browning  of  Cowley,  by  whom  he  had  five  sons 
and  three  daughters.  John  Smith  or  Smyth,  play- 
wright, is  said  to  have  been  his  grandson. 

Samuel  Smith  (1587-1620),  a  Lincolnshire  man. 
Commoner  of  Magdalen  Hall,  1604 ;  Fellow  of  Mag- 
dalen, 1608  ;  B.A,  1608-9  ;  M.A,  1612  ;  B.M.,  1620  ; 
Junior  Proctor,  1620.  A  A  Wood  terms  him  the 
most  accurate  disputant  and  profound  philosopher  in 
the  university.  Buried  in  Magdalen  College  Chapel. 
Chief  work,  "Aditus  ad  Logicam,"  Oxford,  1613. 
Five  editions. 

James  Smith  (1605-67),  son  of  Thomas  Smith, 
Rector  of  Marston,  Bedfordshire.  Matriculated  at 
Christ  Church,  1622,  but  migrated  to  Lincoln  Col- 
lege. Chaplain  to  the  Earls  of  Holland  and  Cleve- 
land.    A  friend  of  Massinger,  and  wrote  the  epitaph 


CELEBRITIES   OF   THE   NAME      231 

of  Felton.  B.D.,  1633 ;  Rector  of  All  Saints,  Wayn- 
flete,  1634.  In  1639,  Vicar  of  King's  Nympton, 
Devon.  A  Royalist,  lie  managed  to  keep  peace  with 
the  Parliament,  retaining  his  preferment.  In  1660 
Archdeacon  of  Barnstaple  and  Canon  of  Exeter,  but 
resigned  these  offices  on  being  instituted  to  the 
Rectory  of  Alphington.  A  poet  with  a  very  broad 
muse,  and  a  collaborator  with  Sir  John  Mennis.  A 
contributor,  with  Mennis,  Donne,  and  Davenant  to 
"  Wit  and  Drollery."  This  book  was  suppressed  in 
1656. 

Thomas  Smith*  (1615-1702),  Bishop  of  Carlisle, 
son  of  John  Smith  of  Ashby,  Cumberland.  Educated 
at  Appleby;  B.A,  Queen's  College,  Oxford,  1635; 
M.  A,  1639 ;  Fellow  of  Queen's.  Select  preacher  at 
Christ  Church  before  Charles  L,  1645 ;  B.D.,  1660 ; 
D.D.  the  same  year.  In  hiding  during  the  Crom- 
wellian  regime,  and  married  Catherine,  widow  of  Sir 
Henry  Fletcher  of  Hulton.  Chaplain  to  Charles  II.  ; 
Prebendary  of  Carlisle,  1660 ;  Prebendary  of  Dur- 
ham, 1661 ;  Dean  of  Carlisle,  1671.  A  great  bene- 
factor to  Carlisle,  Appleby,  and  Queen's.  Bishop  of 
Carlisle,  1684.  M.I.  Carlisle  Cathedral.  Portrait  by 
J.  Smith  at  Rose  Castle. 

John  Smith  (1618-52),  Cambridge  Platonist,  born 
at  Acworth,  near  Oundle.  Educated  at  Emmanuel 
College,  Cambridge;  B.A,  1640;  M.A,  1644. 
Transferred  to  Queen's  College  by  the  Westminster 
Assembly  of  Divines.  Lecturer  of  Queen's.  His 
reputation  rests  on  his  connection  with  the  school  of 
Cambridge  Platonists,  his  papers — remains — having 
been  edited  by  John  Worthington  after  his  decease, 
which  was  caused  by  consumption.  He  was  buried 
in  the  Chapel  of  Queen's  College. 

Miles  Smith*  (d.  1614),  Bishop  of  Gloucester, 
son  of  a  Hereford  butcher.  In  1568  student  of 
Christ   Church,  migrating   to   B.N.C.      B.A,    1573; 


232  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

M.A.,  1576;  B.D.,  1585;  D.D.,  1594.  In  1576 
Chaplain  of  Christ  Church.  In  1580  Prebendary 
of  Hinton  in  Hereford  Cathedral  In  1595  Pre- 
bendary of  Exeter.  An  orientalist,  he  mastered 
Chaldaic,  Syriac,  and  Arabic.  One  of  the  transla- 
tors of  the  Bible,  and  wrote  the  Preface.  Bishop 
of  Gloucester,  1612.  Here  he  quarrelled  with  Laud, 
who  was  Dean,  as  to  the  position  of  the  altar,  but 
had  to  yield  in  consequence  of  Royal  interference. 
He  was  a  strong  Puritan. 

Miles  Smith,  a  relative  of  the  Bishop,  son  of 
Miles,  a  Gloucester  clergyman  (1618-71).  Magdalen 
CoUege,  Oxford;  Choral  Clerk  ;B.A,  1638;  B.C.L., 
1646.  A  Royalist,  and  persecuted.  An  ally  of 
Gilbert  Sheldon,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  whose 
secretary  he  became.  Buried  in  the  chancel  of 
Lambeth  Church.  Author  of  a  Paraphrase  of  the 
Psalms.  His  son,  Miles,  was  Gen.  Com.  of  Trinity 
CoUege,  Oxford  (d.  1682). 

Thomas  Smith*  (1638-1710),  non-juring  divine, 
son  of  a  London  merchant,  was  born  in  All  Hallows, 
Barking.  Batler  or  Bateller  Of  Queen's,  Oxford, 
1657  ;  B.A,  1661 ;  MA,  1663  ;  Master  of  Magdalen 
College  School,  1663  ;  Probationary  Fellow  of  Mag- 
dalen, 1666;  Fellow,  1667;  B.D.  and  Dean,  1674; 
Vice-President,  1682;  D.D.,  1683;  Bursar,  1686. 
In  1668  Smith  went  to  Constantinople  as  Chaplain 
to  Sir  Daniel  Harvey,  the  Ambassador,  where  he 
remained  three  years,  collecting  ancient  MSS.  He 
was  among  the  earliest  advocates  of  communion 
between  the  Anglican  and  Greek  Churches,  and  at 
Oxford  was  nicknamed  "  Rabbi "  and  "  Tograi " 
Smith.  In  1676  he  travelled  abroad  again.  In  1684 
presented  by  Magdalen  to  the  Rectory  of  Standlake, 
which  he  resigned,  and  became  in  1687  Prebendary 
of  Heytesbury.  In  March  1687  Smith  endeavoured 
to  obtain  from  James  II.  the  Presidency  of  Mag- 


CELEBRITIES   OF  THE  NAME       233 

dalen,  but  eventually,  with  the  other  fellows,  was 
ejected.  He  was  restored  to  his  Fellowship  in  1688, 
but,  as  he  refused  the  oath  to  "William  and  Mary, 
was  ejected  for  the  second  time.  Eventually  he 
became  resident  chaplain  to  Sir  John  Cotton,  and 
for  twelve  years  had  charge  of  the  Cottonian  MSS. 
Died  in  Dean  Street,  Soho,  at  the  house  of  Bishop 
HilMah  Bedford.  Smith's  MSS.— 138  volumes— are 
in  the  Bodleian.  He  was,  besides,  a  voluminous 
author  and  editor. 

James  Smith,  D.D.,  Roman  prelate  (1645-1711), 
born  at  "Winchester  and  educated  at  Douay,  of 
which  college  he  became  President.  In  1687  nomi- 
nated by  James  H.  one  of  the  Vicars  Apostolic 
for  England.  Consecrated,  1678,  Bishop  of  Calli- 
opolis  in  partibus.  After  the  accession  of  William 
of  Orange  he  was  secreted  by  Tunstall  of  Wy- 
cliffe.  Died  at  Wycliffe.  His  crozier  is  in  York 
Minster,  and  his  portrait  in  Laity's  "  Directory  for 
1819." 

John  Smith*  (1659-1715),  divine,  grandson  of 
Matthew  Smith  (1589-1640),  a  barrister  of  the  Inner 
Temple,  adherent  of  the  Royal  Prerogative.  One  of 
his  sons  was  a  Cavalier  who  fought  under  Rupert ; 
another,  "William,  was  the  father  of  the  above  John, 
who,  being  one  of  eleven  brothers,  was  bora  at 
Lowther.  His  third  brother,  Joseph,  was  Provost 
of  Queen's.  Educated  at  Bradford,  Appleby,  and 
St  John's,  Cambridge.  B.A,  1677 ;  MA,  1681  ; 
D.D.,  1696.  Minor  Canon  of  Durham,  1682.  In  1686, 
chaplain  to  Lord  Lansdowne  at  Madrid.  In  1694 
domestic  chaplain  to  Bishop  Crew,  who  gave  him 
the  living  of  Gateshead,  and  made  him  Prebendary 
of  Durham.  Rector  of  Bishop  Wearmouth,  1704. 
Died  at  Cambridge,  and  was  buried  in  St  John's 
Chapel;  M.I.  He  married  in  1692  Mary,  daughter 
of  Wm.    Cooper  of  Scarborough,  and   by  her  had 


234  THE   SMITH  FAMILY 

George,  who  completed  an  edition  of  Bede's  History 
from  the  material  his  father  had  collected. 

Joseph  Smith*  (1670-1756),  Provost  of  Queen's, 
son  of  William  Smith,  Rector  of  Lowther,  where  he 
was  born.  Educated  at  Durham  and  Queen's,  where 
he  was  Taberdar.  B.A,  1694 ;  MA.,  1697.  Elected 
Fellow  1698,  in  absentid.  In  1701  Vicar  of  Iffley.  In 
1702  selected  to  deliver  a  congratulatory  address  to 
Queen  Anne.  In  1704  Senior  Proctor.  Presented 
by  Dr  Lancaster,  Provost  of  Queen's,  to  Russell 
Chapel  and  the  Lectureship  of  Hanover  Chapel. 
B.D.  and  D.D.,  1708.  Rector  of  Upton  Grey  and  St 
Dionis,  Backchurch,  E.C.  Chaplain  to  the  Princess 
of  Wales.  Prebendary  of  Lincoln.  Prebendary  of  St 
Paul's ;  and,  in  1730,  Provost  of  Queen's.  A  great  bene- 
factor to  his  college,  for  whose  buildings,  so  incon- 
gruous with  their  surroundings,  he  was  responsible. 
Buried  in  Queen's  Chapel.  M.I.  In  1709  he  married 
a  daughter  of  H.  Lowther  of  Ingleton,  who  died  in 
1745.  By  her  he  had  Joseph,  an  advocate  of  Doctor's 
Commons ;  and  others.  He  wrote  against  the  non- 
jurors. 

Alexander  Smith,  D.D.  (1684-1766),  consecrated 
Bishop  of  Mosinopolis  in  partibus,  1735.  Procurator 
of  the  Scots'  College  in  Paris ;  Coadjutor  Bishop  to 
Dr  James  Gordon ;  Vicar- Apostolic  of  the  Lowlands. 
Died  at  Edinburgh,  August  21,  1766.  Author  of  two 
catechisms  for  Roman  Catholics  in  Scotland. 

Robert  Smith  (1689-1768),  founder  of  the  Smith 
Prize  at  Cambridge,  son  of  John  Smith,  Rector  of 
Gate  Burton,  Lincoln.  Educated  at  Leicester  School 
and  Trinity  College,  Cambridge.  B.A,  1711 ;  M.A., 
1715  ;  LL.D.,  1723  ;  D.D.,  1739.  Minor  Fellow,  1714  ; 
Major  Fellow,  1715 ;  and  held  various  offices  in  his 
college.  Master  of  Mechanics  to  George  H.,  and 
mathematical  preceptor  to  the  Duke  of  Cumberland. 
A  great  supporter  of  Dr  Bentley  when  he  fell  out 


CELEBRITIES   OF  THE   NAME      235 

with  the  college.  Plumian  Professor  of  Astronomy, 
1716-60.  In  1742  Master  of  Trinity,  and  in  1743 
Vice-Chancellor.  Buried  in  the  college  chapel.  A 
bust  of  him  by  Scheemakers  is  in  Trinity  Library, 
and  his  portrait  by  Vanderbank  (1730)  in  the  Lodge, 
while  a  third  hangs  in  the  Hall.  A  great  benefactor 
to  his  college.  A  voluminous  author,  some  of  his 
scientific  works  being  translated  into  French  and 
German. 

George  Smith  *  (1693-1756),  son  of  John  Smith, 
Prebendary  of  Durham,  and  named  after  his  god- 
father, Sir  George  Wheler  of  Charing,  father-in-law  of 
his  uncle,  Posthumus  Smith.  He  was  a  nephew  of 
Joseph  Smith,  Provost  of  Queen's,  Oxford,  and  his  name 
was  entered  on  the  books  of  Queen's,  1710,  he  having 
migrated,  however,  from  St  John's,  Cambridge,  where 
he  had  entered  in  1709.  Settled  in  1717  at  New  Burn 
Hall,  Durham,  he  there  edited  Bede's  historical  works. 
Prior  to  1722  he  had  been  ordained  by  a  non-juror, 
and  in  1728  was  consecrated  Non-juring  Bishop  of 
Durham  by  Henry  Gaudy  and  others.  Buried  at  St 
Oswald's,  Durham.  His  wife  was  daughter  of  Hilkiah 
Bedford,  his  eldest  son  being  an  M.D.,  who  married  a 
daughter  of  N.  Shuttle  worth,  and  was  grandfather  of 
Sir  Charles  Felix  Smith. 

.  William  Smith  (1711-37),  scholar  and  translator, 
son  of  Rev.  Richard  Smith,  Rector  of  All  Saints', 
Worcester.  Educated  at  Worcester  School  and  New 
College,  Oxford,  where  he  was  a  contemporary  and 
friend  of  Bishop  Lowth.  B.A,  1732 ;  M.A,  1737  ; 
B.D.  and  D.D.,  1758.  Resided  at  Knowsley  as  tutor 
to  the  tenth  Earl  of  Derby,  by  whom  he  was  presented 
to  the  Rectory  of  Trinity,  Chester,  1735.  In  1743 
appointed  Lord  Derby's  chaplain,  and  in  1753  Rector 
of  St  George's,  Liverpool.  In  1758  he  became  Dean 
of  Chester.  With  his  Deanery  he  held  the  benefices 
of  Handley  (1766-87)   and  West   Kirby  (1780-87). 


236  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

Buried  in  the  south  aisle  of  Chester  Cathedral.  M.I. 
placed  by  his  widow,  Elizabeth  Heber.  His  chief 
works  were  a  translation  of  Longinus,  a  translation 
of  Thucydides,  styled  by  Jowett  "mediocre,"  and  of 
Xenophon.  His  portrait  prefaces  his  translation  of 
Thucydides. 

John  Smith  (1747-1807),  Gaelic  scholar,  born  at 
Glenorchy.  Educated  at  St  Andrews.  Minister  of 
Tarbert,  1775,  and  of  Kilbrandon,  1777.  In  1781 
minister  of  Campbeltown,  and  in  1787  D.D.Edinburgh. 
In  1783  he  married  Helen  M'DougaL  who  died  in 
1843,  leaving  two  sons,  John  and  Donald,  with  three 
daughters.  Said  to  have  been  an  accomplished  Gaelic 
scholar  and  a  voluminous  writer. 

John  Smith  (circa  1747),  author  of  "Chronicon 
Rusticum."  Educated  at  Trinity  HalL  Cambridge. 
LL.B.,  1725.  He  wrote  chiefly  on  the  wool  trade, 
which  he  desired  to  develop,  and  was  praised  by 
Arthur  Young  and  M'Culloch. 

Adam  Smith  (1723-90),  born  at  Kirkcaldy,  June  5, 
1723,  the  only  child  of  Adam  Smith,  Writer  to  the 
Signet,  by  Margaret,  daughter  of  John  Douglas  of 
Strathendry.  The  elder  A  Smith  was  private  secre- 
tary to  the  third  Earl  of  Loudoun,  and  Comptroller  of 
Customs  at  Kirkcaldy.  He  died  in  April  1723,  and 
the  future  political  economist  was  brought  up  by  his 
mother.  At  three  years  of  age  he  was  kidnapped  by 
gipsies,  and,  possibly  owing  to  shock,  was  a  delicate 
child.  Educated  at  Kirkcaldy  School  and  Balliol 
College,  Oxford,  where  he  resided  for  six  years.  He 
was  entered  Dominus  in  the  books  of  Balliol,  but  his 
name  is  absent  from  the  list  of  Oxford  graduates. 
Returning  to  Kirkcaldy,  he  delivered  a  course  of 
lectures  on  English,  wherein  he  exalted  Racine  above 
Shakespeare.  In  1757  he  was  elected  Professor  of 
Logic  at  Glasgow,  and  in  the  following  year  was 
transferred  to  the  Chair  of  Moral  Philosophy.     In 


CELEBRITIES   OF  THE   NAME      237 

1759  he  published  his  "  Theory  of  Moral  Sentiments." 
This  led  to  his  visiting  London  in  1761.  In  1763  he 
resigned  his  Professorship  in  order  to  become  travel- 
ling companion  to  the  young  Duke  of  Buccleugh.  It 
was  on  his  travels  that  he  met  Voltaire,  and  to  his 
friend  Hume  he  was  indebted  for  many  valuable 
introductions  in  Paris,  including  the  philosophers 
Holbach,  Helvetius,  D'Alembert,  Necker,  Turgot, 
Quesney,  and  Morellet,  who  afterwards  translated 
his  "Wealth  of  Nations,"  which  was  published  in 
1776,  and  quoted  by  Fox,  as  well  as  eulogised  by 
Pitt,  while  Buckle  termed  it  "the  most  important 
work  ever  written."  His  monograph  on  Hume, 
describing  the  peaceful  death  of  one  outside  Chris- 
tianity, evoked  a  severe  castigation  from  the  pen  of 
Dr  Home,  President  of  Magdalen  and  Bishop  of 
Norwich.  In  January  1777  he  was  appointed,  by 
the  interest  of  the  Duke  of  Buccleugh,  Commissioner 
of  Customs — £600  a  year.  Burke  said  of  him  that 
he  was  the  only  man  who  thought  on  economic  sub- 
jects exactly  as  he  did  himself;  and  Pitt,  at  a  dinner 
bade  him  be  seated  first,  because  "we  are  all  your 
scholars."  In  1787  he  was  elected  Rector  of 
Glasgow.  He  died  17th  July  1790,  and  was 
buried  in  the  Canongate  Churchyard.  The  best 
biography  of  Adam  Smith  is  that  by  Mr  John  Rae 
(1895). 

Jeremiah  Smith  (1771-1854),  son  of  Jeremiah  Smith 
of  Brewood,  Staffordshire.  Hertford  College,  Oxon. 
B.A,  1794 ;  M.A,  1797  ;  B.D.,  1810  ;  D.D.,  1811.  In 
1807  Headmaster  of  the  Manchester  High  School. 
He  married  (1811)  Felicia,  daughter  of  William 
Anderton  of  Mosely  Wake  Green,  by  whom  he  had 
eight  children.  The  eldest  son,  Jeremiah  Finch,  was 
Prebendary  of  Lichfield.  The  third,  James  Hicks 
Smith,  was  author,  with  other  works,  of  "Reminis- 
cences  by  an  Hereditary  High  Churchman."     The 


238  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

fourth  son,  Isaac  Gregory,  was  appointed  Prebendary 
of  Hereford. 

John  Pye  Smith,  dissenting  divine  (1774-1851), 
son  of  a  Sheffield  bookseller.  Educated  at  Rother- 
ham.  In  1800  tutor  of  Hamerton  College,  and 
in  1806  theological  tutor,  an  appointment  he  held 
for  life.  His  chief  work  was  an  attempt  to  re- 
concile the  mosaic  cosmogony  with  that  of  geology. 
It  was  commended  by  Whewell  and  Professor  Baden- 
Powell  of  Oxford,  but  is  now  out  of  date. 

George  Charles  Smith  (1782-1863),  "Boatswain 
Smith,"  born  in  Castle  Street,  Leicester  Square. 
Midshipman  (1797)  in  the  Navy,  and  present  at 
Copenhagen.  Pastor  of  the  Octagon  Baptist  Chapel, 
Penzance  ;  voluntary  chaplain  to  the  Army  in  Spain. 
Opened  a  chapel  for  sailors  on  the  Thames,  1819,  and 
organised  the  Watermen's  Friendly  Society,  1822,  and 
in  1823  the  Merchant  Seamen's  Orphan  Asylum.  In 
1824  he  launched  the  City  Mission.  Died  a  pauper 
at  Penzance.  He  married  (1806)  Theodosia,  daughter 
of  John  Skipwith  (see  H  Smith,  1620-68). 

Sir  William  Smith  (1813  -  93),  lexicographer, 
eldest  son  of  William  Smith  of  Enfield.  Educated  at 
a  Nonconformist  college,  and  afterwards  at  University 
College,  Gower  Street,  where  he  took  first-class 
honours  in  classics.  Entered  at  Gray's  Inn,  but 
abandoned  the  law  to  become  headmaster  of  Uni- 
versity College  School.  After  editing  several  volumes 
of  the  classics,  including  Plato's  "Apology,"  he. 
edited  the  "  Dictionary  of  Greek  and  Roman  Antiqui- 
ties "  from  1842  onwards.  His  "Dictionary  of  Greek 
and  Roman  Biography  "  was  completed  in  1849,  and 
that  of  "  Greek  and  Roman  Geography "  in  1857. 
Other  works  followed,  and  in  1860-5  he  was  engaged 
on  "The  Bible  Dictionary."  In  1875-80  he  pro- 
duced, in  collaboration  with  Archdeacon  Cheetham, 
a  "  Dictionary  of  Christian  Antiquities,"  and  1877-87 


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with  Dr  Wace  a  "Dictionary  of  Christian  Bio- 
graphy." He  was  a  member  of  the  Commission  on 
copyright  1875,  and  in  1869  Registrar  of  the  Royal 
Literary  Fund.  In  1870  Hon.  D.C.L.  of  Oxford,  and 
in  1890  of  Dublin.  Knighted  in  1892.  He  married 
in  1834,  Mary,  daughter  of  James  Crump,  Esq.,  of 
Birmingham.  A  man  of  indomitable  industry,  and  an 
energetic  compiler. 

William  Robertson  Smith  (1846-94),  theologian 
and  Semitic  scholar.  Born  at  Alford,  Aberdeen,  eldest 
son  of  Rev.  W.  Pirie  Smith,  Free  Kirk  Minister  at 
Keig,  by  Jane,  daughter  of  William  Robertson,  Head 
of  the  West  End  Academy,  Aberdeen.  Educated  at 
Aberdeen  University,  where  he  won  the  Town 
Council's  medal.  Proceeded  to  New  College,  Edin- 
burgh; and  resided  as  a  theological  student  with 
Professor  Schaarsmidt  at  Bonn.  In  1869-70  assistant 
Professor  of  Natural  Philosophy  in  Edinburgh,  and 
in  1870  elected  Professor  of  Oriental  languages  and 
exegesis -at  Aberdeen.  In  1875  appointed  a  member 
of  the  Old  Testament  Re  vision  Committee,  and  in  1872 
studied  Arabic  under  Lagarde  at  Gottingen.  Author 
of  article  "Angel,"  vol.  ii.  "Encyclopaedia  Britannica" 
and  of  "  Bible,"  in  vol.  iii.  These  articles  angered  the 
Free  Kirk,  and  in  consequence  Smith  ceased  to  act  as 
Professor  in  1878,  while  in  1881,  as  a  result  of  his  con- 
tributions to  the  "  Encyclopaedia  Britannica"  and  to  the 
Cambridge  Journal  of  Philology — on  totemism — he  was 
deprived  of  his  chair.  Appointed  assistant-editor  of 
the  "  Encyclopaedia  Britannica  "  1881.  He  had  in  the 
interim  visited  Syria  and  Palestine.  In  1883  elected 
Lord  Almoners  Reader  in  Arabic  at  Cambridge; 
Fellow  of  Christ's  College,  1885  ;  Chief  Librarian  of 
the  University,  1886  ;  Adams  Professor  of  Arabic, 
1889 ;  Hon.  LL.D.,  Dublin,  and  D.D.,  Strasburg.  He 
bequeathed  his  Oriental  MSS.  to  the  Cambridge  Uni- 
versity Library,  and  his  library  to  Christ's  College. 


240  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

His  portraits  are  in  Christ's  College,  and  in  the  Free 
Church  College,  Aberdeen. 

George  Smith  (1840-76),  Assyriologist.  Born  at 
Chelsea,  and  developed  an  enthusiasm  for  Oriental 
exploration.  Sir  H  Rawlinson  in  1867  employed 
him  on  cuneiform  inscriptions.  In  1870  appointed 
senior  assistant  in  the  department  of  Oriental 
antiquities,  British  Museum.  Discovered  the  Chal- 
dean account  of  the  Deluge  among  the  Layard 
Tablets.  The  Daily  Telegraph  having  raised  £1000 
for  Oriental  research,  Smith  went  to  Nineveh,  and  on 
his  return  published  "Assyrian  Discoveries. "  He  made 
a  second  excursion  to  the  East,  but  broke  down  near 
Aleppo,  and  died  there.  Professor  Sayce  collected  a 
sum  wherewith  to  purchase  an  annuity  for  his  widow. 

George  Smith,  Bishop  of  Victoria  (1815-71),  born 
at  Wellington,  Somerset.  B.A,  Magdalen  Hall, 
1837  ;  M.A,  1843  ;  Vicar  of  Goole,  1841 ;  consecrated 
Bishop,  1849 ;  resigned,  1865.  Died  at  Blackheath, 
having  married  a  daughter  of  Andrew  Brandram, 
Vicar  of  Beckenham,  who  was  also  Secretary  of  the 
Bible  Society. 

Henry  John  Stephen  Smith  (1826-1883),  mathe- 
matician. Born  in  Dublin.  Son  of  an  Irish  barrister, 
by  Mary  Murphy  of  Bantry.  Educated  at  Rugby  and 
BallioL  Ireland  scholar,  1848 ;  double  first  and 
Fellow  of  Balliol,  1849;  B.A,  1850;  M.A,  1855; 
Savilian  Professor  of  Geometry,  1860 ;  one  of  the 
Oxford  University  Commissioners,  1877 ;  LL.D. 
Cambridge  and  Dublin.  In  1878  unsuccessfully 
contested  the  University  of  Oxford  in  the  Radical 
interest.  A  man  whose  attainments  were  obscured 
by  an  offensive  affectation  and  a  superb  self-assertion. 
Buried  at  St  Sepulchre's  Cemetery,  Oxford,  he  having 
been  Keeper  of  the  University  Museum  from  1874, 
and  Sinecure  Fellow  of  Christ  Church.  He  was 
also  Hon.  Fellow  of  Balliol. 


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Theyre  Townsend  Smith  (1798-1852),  originally  a 
Presbyterian  student  of  Glasgow,  was  converted  to 
Anglican  views  by  reading  Hooker.  Queen's,  Cam- 
bridge, B.A,  1827 ;  M.A,  1830 ;  assistant  preacher 
at  the  Temple,  1835  ;  Hulsean  Lecturer,  1839-40 ;  in 
1848  Vicar  of  Wymondham ;  Hon.  Canon  of  Nor- 
wich, 1850 ;  married  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Williams,  Esq.,  of  Coate,  Oxon.  Author  of  sermons 
and  lectures. 

Edward  Smith,*  Bishop  of  Down  (1665-1720), 
born  at  Lisburn,  being  son  of  James  Smyth  of  Monk- 
town.  Scholar  of  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  1678  ;  B.A, 
1681;  M.A  and  Fellow,  1684;  LL.B.,  1687;  B.D.,  1694; 
F.R.S.,  1695 ;  D.D.,  1696.  On  James  II.  landing  in 
Ireland  he  became  chaplain  to  the  Smyrna  Company. 
Chaplain  to  William  the  Third  during  the  wars  of  the 
Low  Countries.  Dean  of  St  Patrick's,  1696  ;  Bishop 
of  Down,  1699,  having  previously  been  Vice-Chancellor 
of  Dublin  University.  He  married  twice.  By  his 
first  wife,  a  cousin,  daughter-  of  William  Smyth, 
Bishop  of  Kilmore,  he  had  Elizabeth,  who  married 
James,  first  Earl  of  Courtown.  He  married  secondly 
Mary,  daughter  of  the  third  Viscount  Massereene. 
and  by  her  had  two  sons.  A  contributor  to  the  Pro- 
ceedings of  the  Royal  Society. 

Elizabeth  Smith*  (1776-1806),  Oriental  scholar, 
was  sister  of  Sir  Charles  Felix  Smith.  Her  mosc 
learned  work  was  a  Hebrew,  Arabic,  and  Persian 
Vocabulary.  She  died  unmarried  at  Coniston. 
Buried  at  Hawkshead.     M.I. 

John  Smith,  D.D.,  only  son  of  John  Smith  of 
Kensington,  was  successively  Rector  of  Fairford  and 
in  1796  Master  of  Pembroke  College,  Oxford,  to 
which  is  attached  a  canonry  in  Gloucester  Cathedral. 
He  died  in  1809. 

Two  brothers,  sons  of  Rev.  Bernard  Smith,  of 
Great  Ponton  and  Grantham,  achieved  distinction  at 


242  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

Oxford.  These  were  Bernard  Smith  (Demy  of 
Magdalen  College,  1833,  and  the  warm  friend  of 
Charles  Reade),  who  went  over  to  Rome  with  Cardinal 
Newman  and  became  Roman  priest  at  Marlow ;  and 
Harris  Smith,  D.D.,  Fellow  of  Magdalen,  Hertford 
Scholar,  and  Vicar  of  New  Shoreham.  Both  were 
brilliant  scholars,  and  must  not  be  confounded  with 
Barnard  Smith,  the  arithmetician. 

The  Very  Rev.  Samuel  Smith,  D.D.,  son  of  Dr 
Samuel  Smith  of  Westminster,  entered  the  University 
of  Oxford  May  30, 1782,  aet.  16,  and  from  1824  to  1831 
was  Dean  of  Christ  Church.  He  resigned  in  the 
latter  year  his  deanery,  and  accepted  a  prebendal 
stall  in  Durham  Cathedral,  being  succeeded  by  Dean 
Gaisford.     He  died  January  19,  1841. 

Goldwin  Smith,  D.C.L.,  son  of  a  Reading  doctor, 
entered  the  University  of  Oxford  as  Demy  of  Mag- 
dalen. With  his  friend  John  Conington,  afterwards 
Professor  of  Latin,  he  migrated  to  .University 
College,  of  which  he  became  Fellow,  and  later 
Professor  of  History.  He  relinquished  his  Oxford 
appointments  to  assist  in  launching  the  proletarian 
University  of  Cornell,  and  subsequently  settled  in 
Canada.     A  strong  Radical,  and  an  able  writer. 

Literary,  Musical,  and  Dramatic  Smiths 

William  Smith,  Herald*  (1550-1618),  born  at 
Warmingham,  Cheshire,  a  younger  son  of  Randall 
Smith  of  Oldhaugh.  These  Smiths  were  a  branch 
of  the  Smiths  of  Cuerdley,  Lancashire.  Supposed  to 
have  graduated  February  8,  1566-7,  at  Brasenose 
College.  In  1575  a  member  of  the  Haberdashers' 
Company,  then  a  restaurateur  at  Nuremberg.  On 
October  23,  1597,  created  Rouge  Dragon.  Died 
October  23,  1618,  having  married  Veronica,  daughter 
of  Francis  Altensteig  of   Nuremberg.      Author   of 


CELEBRITIES   OF  THE  NAME       243 

"The  Vale  Royal  of  England,  or  Countie  Palatine 
of  Chester,"  "The  Particular  History  of  England," 
with  various  MSS.  unpublished,  which  are  included 
in  the  Harl.  MSS. 

Richard  Smyth*  (1590-1675),  a  book  collector, 
son  of  Rev.  R.  Smith  of  Abingdon,  Berks,  by  Martha, 
daughter  of  Paul  Dayrell  of  Lillingston  Dayrell, 
where  he  was  born  and  baptised.  Entered  at 
Oxford,  articled  to  a  solicitor  in  the  city,  and  became 
Secondary  of  the  Poultry  Compter,  which  office  he 
sold,  devoting  himself  to  collecting  MSS.  Buried 
at  St  Giles,  Cripplegate.  Author  of  "  The  Obituary 
of  R.  Smyth,  a  Catalogue  of  all  such  as  he  knew," 
Sloane  MS.,  British  Museum.  The  work  was  edited 
by  Sir  H  Ellis  for  the  Camden  Society  in  1849.  He 
left  in  MS.  "  A  Collection  of  Arms  belonging  to  the 
Name  of  Smith,"  alleged  to  be  in  the  Heralds'  College. 

William  Smith  (nourished  circa  1596),  poet,  an 
imitator  of  Spenser.  Author  of  "Chloris,"  and 
"  Corin's  Dream,"  whereof  two  copies  only  are  extant, 
of  which  one  is  in  the  Bodleian. 

Wentworth  Smith  (1601-23),  dramatist.  Author 
of  thirteen  plays  written  for  the  Rose  Theatre.  Best 
known  because  three  plays  of  his,  under  the  initials 
W.  S.,  were  published  as  by  William  Shakespeare 
in  the  latter's  lifetime — a  fraud  easily  detected,  yet 
repeated  as  late  as  1664. 

Walter  Smith  (nourished  circa  1525),  author  of 
"The  Widow  Edyth,"  a  volume  in  twelve  chapters, 
each  containing  a  "mery  jeste." 

Bernard  Smith,  als  Schmidt  (1630-1708),  com- 
monly called  "Father  Smith,"  a  German,  learnt  the 
art  of  organ-building  under  Christian  Former  of 
Wettin-Halle.  Erected  an  organ  for  the  banqueting- 
hall  at  Whitehall,  and  in  consequence  was  nominated 
Organ-maker  in  Ordinary  to  Charles  II.  He  built 
organs   for  Westminster  Abbey ;  Wells   Cathedral ; 


244  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

the  Sheldonian  Theatre  at  Oxford,  and  for  St  Mary's 
Church,  and  Christ  Church  Cathedral ;  Durham 
Cathedral ;  the  Temple  Church,  for  which  he  com- 
peted with  Renatus  Harris ;  St  Paul's  Cathedral ; 
Trinity  College  ChapeL  Cambridge ;  St  Mary's,  Cam- 
bridge ;  St  George's,  Windsor ;  Eton  College  Chapel, 
now  removed  to  Bishopstone  Church,  Herefordshire  ; 
Ripon  Cathedral ;  the  choir  organ  of  Manchester 
Cathedral ;  Southwell  Cathedral ;  the  Chapel  Royal, 
Hampton  Court ;  St  Alban's  Cathedral,  removed 
from  St  Dunstan's,  Tower  Street ;  Chester  Cathedral ; 
Pembroke,  Emmanuel,  and  Christ's,  Cambridge ;  and 
numerous  parish  churches.  His  portrait  is  in  the 
Oxford  Music  School.  Smith's  daughter  married 
Schreider,  one  of  his  workmen,  and  his  nephews 
obtained  some  celebrity  in  organ  -  building,  more 
especially  Gerard  Smith.  Christian  Smith,  living  in 
1643,  has  been  assumed  to  be  his  brother,  but 
query? 

John  Smith  or  Smyth  (1662-1717),  dramatist,  son 
of  J.  Smyth  of  Barton  (?),  Gloucestershire.  In  1676 
chorister  of  Magdalen  College,  Oxford  ;  matriculating 
1679 ;  B.  A,  1683  ;  M.A,  1686 ;  Choral  Clerk,  1682  ; 
Usher,  1689.  Buried  in  Magdalen  Chapel.  Author 
of  "  Win  her  and  take  her,"  played  in  London  in 
1691,  and  dedicated  to  Lord  Danby,  with  an  epilogue 
by  Tom  D'Urfey.  Author  also  of  "  Odes  Para- 
phrased "  and  "  Scaronides,  or  Virgil  Travesty." 

William  Smith  (1651-1735),  antiquary,  son  of 
William  Smith  of  Easby,  Yorkshire,  by  Anne, 
daughter  of  Francis  Layton,  master  of  the  jewel- 
house  to  Charles  I.  Educated  at  University  College, 
Oxford.  B.A.,  1672;  MA,  1675.  In  1673  Rector 
of  Goodmanham,  Yorkshire,  and  in  1675  elected 
Fellow  of  University  College.  Incorporated  at  Cam- 
bridge, 1678.  Presented  by  his  college  to  Melsonby 
Rectory,  Yorks,  to  which  he  was  instituted  twice  (!) 


CELEBRITIES   OF  THE   NAME      245 

— viz.  October  1704  and  June  1706.  In  1705  he 
married,  and  vacated  his  Fellowship,  but  was  per- 
mitted to  retain  its  dividends  until  1711.  Author  of 
"Annals  of  University  College"  and  "Litterse  de 
Sarumaria,"  together  with  twenty-seven  volumes,  in 
MS.,  of  "Researches  connected  with  Oxford,"  now 
in  the  possession  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries. 

John  Smith  (1673-80),  clockmaker  and  writer  on 
clocks. 

William  Smith  (d.  1696),  actor,  a  barrister  of 
Gray's  Inn,  who  joined  the  Duke  of  York's  company 
under  Sir  William  Davenant.  He  played  a  vast 
number  of  parts  between  1663  and  1696,  and  Pepys 
narrates  how  he  killed  a  man  in  a  quarrel  over  the 
dice.  Shortly  after  James  II. 's  accession  Smith  was 
struck  behind  the  scenes  by  a  gentleman,  whom,  in 
consequence,  the  King  refused  to  receive  at  Court. 
A  number  of  young  bloods  thereon  guyed  Smith,  who 
for  eleven  years  retired  from  the  stage.  He  returned 
in  1695,  at  the  earnest  entreaty  of  Betterton,  Mrs 
Barry,  and  Congreve.  In  the  following  year  he 
played  Cyaxares  in  Banks'  "  Cyrus,"  but  was  taken 
ill  suddenly  on  the  fourth  representation  and  died. 
[See  Genest's  "  English  Stage."] 

John  Christopher  Smith  (1712-95),  son  of  J.  C. 
Schmidt  of  Anspach.  Educated  at  Clare s  Academy, 
Soho.  A  pupil — said  to  be  the  solitary  pupil — of 
Handel,  and  also  of  Pepusch  and  Rosingrave,  organist 
of  the  Foundling.  Garrick  produced  his  opera, 
"  The  Fairies,"  at  Drury  Lane  in  1774.  Composer 
of  several  oratorios.  Handel  left  him  his  scores, 
which  he  bequeathed  to  George  III.,  as  well  as  his 
harpsichord  and  bust  by  Roubillac,  which  are  now 
at  Windsor  Castle.     He  died  at  Bath. 

Edmund  Smith  (1672-1710),  minor  poet,  only  son 
of  Edmund  Neale,  by  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir 
Nicholas  Lechmere.     His  father  being  impoverished, 


246  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

he  was  adopted  by  his  uncle,  Matthew  Smith,  who 
had  married  Sir  N.  Lechmere's  sister,  and  assumed 
his  name.  Educated  at  "Westminster,  under  Dr 
Busby,  and  elected  student  of  Christ  Church.  At 
Oxford,  he  wrote  panegyrics  on  the  birth  of  the 
Prince  of  Wales  (1688),  and  on  the  coronation  of 
William  and  Mary.  In  1691  he  composed  an  alcaic  ode 
on  the  death  of  Pococke,  the  Orientalist.  Nicknamed 
"Captain  Pag"  (Gent.  Mag.,  June  1780).  M.A  July 
1696,  and  in  1701  delivered  the  annual  oration  in 
praise  of  Bodley.  On  April  24,  1705,  expelled  from 
Christ  Church  for  lampooning  Dean  Aldrich.  In 
1690  he  had  been  admitted  to  the  Inner  Temple, 
and,  after  quitting  Oxford,  fell  in  with  Addison,  who 
invited  him  to  write  a  history  Of  the  Revolution  in 
the  Whig  interest.  In  1707  his  tragedy,  "Phaedra 
and  Hippolitus,"  was  enacted  at  the  Haymarket, 
with  a  prologue  by  Addison ;  Betterton  and  Mrs 
Oldfield  being  in  the  caste.  Praised  by  the  critics, 
the  piece  was  damned  by  the  public.  At  a  revival  in 
1754,  Peg  "Woffington  played  Phaedra.  He  died  at 
Hartham,  Wilts,  from  an  excessive  dose  of  medicine. 
Johnson  described  him  as  a  lucky  writer,  who,  with- 
out much  labour,  attained  high  reputation ;  on  the 
other  hand,  the  great  Doctor  placed  his  elegy  on 
Philips,  an  Oxford  crony  of  Smith's,  as  "  one  of  the 
best  our  language  can  show — an  elegant  mixture  of 
fondness  and  admiration,  of  dignity  and  softness." 

Charles  Smith,  Irish  county  historian  (1715-62), 
an  apothecary  at  Dungarvan.  His  more  important 
histories  were .  those  of  Waterford  and  Cork. 
Founder  in  1756  of  the  Medico-Philosophical  Society 
of  Dublin. 

Joseph  Smith  (1682-1770),  collector  of  books  and 
MSS.,  connoisseur  of  pictures  and  jewels.  British 
Consul  at  Venice.  Horace  Walpole  dubbed  him  "  the 
Merchant  of  Venice."'   Edited,  in  1729,  Boccaccio's 


CELEBRITIES   OF   THE  NAME      247 

"Decameron."  George  II.  bought  his  library  for 
£10,000,  now  in  the  British  Museum ;  George  III. 
bought  his  art  collection ;  and  Lord  Dundas  and  he 
his  MSS.  for  Blenheim.  In  1758  he  married  a  sister 
of  Murray,  Ambassador  to  the  Porte. 

William  Smith  (1730-1819),  actor,  known  as 
"  Gentleman  Smith,"  son  of  William  Smith,  grocer, 
of  the  City.  Educated  at  Eton  and  St  John's, 
Cambridge,  where  he  fired  an  unloaded  pistol  at 
the  Proctor.  A  pupil  of  Spranger  Barry,  he  ap- 
peared with  Mrs  Cibber  in  the  title-role  of  Lee's 
"Theodosius."  Played  Polydore  in  "The  Orphan," 
and  was  the  original  Southampton  in  Jones'  "Earl  of 
Essex."  Played  Dollabella  in  "All  for  Love,"  and 
Abredah  in  "The  Siege  of  Damascus."  In  the  same 
year  (1753)  made  his  first  appearance  in  comedy  as 
Orlando  in  "As  you  like  it."  Spoke  the  prologue  to 
"The  Distrest  Mother."  He  enacted  numerous  other 
parts,  remaining  at  Covent  Garden  till  the  close  of  the 
1774  season.  During  his  career  he  played  Anthony, 
Henry  V.,  Borneo,  Comus,  Hotspur,  Lothario,  Hamlet, 
Coriolanus,  Lord  Foppington,  Sir  Harry  Wildair, 
Richard  III.,  Iago,  and  Macbeth.  He  told  Garrick 
he  could  play  at  a  day's  notice  fifty- two  parts,  and 
quarrelled  with  Colman  as  to  whether  he  should 
draw  twelve  pounds  or  twelve  guineas  per  week. 
In  1774  he  played  at  Drury  Lane  under  Garrick  a 
variety  of  great  parts,  his  last  being  Charles  Surface 
in  1788.  Died  at  Bury  St  Edmund's,  leaving  £18,000 
to  his  widow.  He  married,  in  1754,  Elizabeth, 
widow  of  Kelland  Courtenay,  and  second  daughter 
of  Lord  Hinchingbroke.  The  Montagu  family  ob- 
jecting to  the  stage,  he  offered  to  retire  if  they  would 
give  him  his  stage  income.  This  was  declined,  and 
on  his  wife's  decease  he  married  a  woman  of  humble 
origin,  to  whom  he  proved  unfaithful,  levanting  with 
Mrs  Hartley,  who   had  played  Lady  Macbeth  with 


248  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

him,  but  he  left  his  widow  his  fortune.  He  was 
a  great  rider,  and  refused  to  play  on  a  Monday  in 
the  hunting  season.  He  is  known  to  have  ridden 
eighteen  miles  an  hour  in  order  to  appear  on  the 
boards.  Portraits  in  the  Garrick  Club  and  National 
Portrait  Gallery,  the  latter  by  Hoppner. 

Pleasance,  Lady  Smith  *  (1773-1877),  daughter  of 
Robert  Reeve  of  Lowestoft.  She  married,  in  1796, 
Sir  James  E.  Smith,  whom  she  survived  forty-nine 
years.  Her  chief  distinction  consists  in  having  been 
painted  by  Opie  as  a  gipsy,  and  in  her  extraordinary 
longevity;  but  she  was  a  woman  of  parts,  and  enjoyed 
the  friendship  of  Whewell,  Sedgwick,  and  Dean 
Stanley.  Buried  at  St  Margaret's,  Lowestoft,  where 
is  a  memorial  window  to  her. 

George  Townshend  Smith  (1813-77),  brother  of 
Samuel,  organist  at  Windsor  and  of  Montem,  Vicar- 
Choral  of  Westminster  Abbey,  tenor  singer  and  com- 
poser. A  man  universally  respected  alike  for  his 
sterling  musical  qualifications  as  organist  of  Hereford 
Cathedral  and  conductor  of  the  Festival  of  the  Three 
Choirs.  Author  of  several  anthems  and  of  some  few 
songs,  the  best  known  whereof  is  "The  Bonny  OwL" 

Charlotte  Smith  (1749-1806),  novelist,  daughter 
of  Nicholas  Turner,  Esq.  of  Stoke  House,  Surrey. 
Married  Benjamin,  son  of  Richard  Smith,  West  India 
merchant  and  director  of  the  East  India  Company. 
Her  husband  served  as  High  Sheriff  for  Hants,  as 
of  Lys,  but  eventually  became  bankrupt.  In  conse- 
quence she  published  "Elegiac  Sonnets,"  which  ran 
through  eleven  editions,  and,  after  an  unsettled  life, 
obtained  a  separation  from  her  husband.  Her  first 
novel.  "Emmeline,"  proved  a  pecuniary  success,  and 
was  followed  by  "Celestina,"  "Desmond,"  and  "The 
Old  Manor  House."  She  died  at  Tetford,  Surrey, 
and  was  buried  at  Stoke  Church.     ML 

John  Smith  (1797-1861),  Musician,  born  at  Cam- 


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bridge,  and  educated  in  a  college  choir.  In  1815 
Lay  Clerk  of  Christ  Church,  Dublin,  and  in  1819 
Vicar-Choral  of  St  Patrick's.  Appointed  composer 
to  the  Chapel  Royal,  Dublin,  and  Professor.  Author 
of  various  services  and  anthems. 

John  Stafford  Smith  (1750-1836),  composer,  son 
of  Martin  Smith,  organist,  of  Gloucester.  A  pupil 
of  Dr  Boyce,  and  one  of  the  children  of  the  Chapel 
Royal  under  Nares.  In  1784  Gentleman  of  the 
Chapel  Royal,  and  in  1785  Lay  Clerk  of  Westminster. 
In  1802  organist  of  the  Chapel  Royal,  and  from  1805 
to  1817  Master  of  the  children.  A  beautiful  glee- 
writer,  his  chef  domrres  being  "  Return,  blest  days  " 
and  "Blest  pair  of  sirens."  In  1793  he  issued  a 
volume  of  anthems,  and  1812  an  erudite  antiquarian 
work,  styled  "Musica  Antiqua,"  being  a  collection  of 
old  music  from  the  twelfth  to  the  eighteenth  century. 
Stafford  Smith  was  not  the  least  of  the  band  of  com- 
posers who  created  the  glee,  a  musical  form  indigenous 
to  England,  and  distinct  altogether  from  its  modern 
and  German  successor,  the  part-song.  The  Rev. 
Martin  Stafford  Smith  was  chaplain  to  Bishop  War- 
burton  of  Gloucester,  and  married  the  Bishop's  widow. 
The  Bishop  died  1779,  and  it  would  appear  that 
the  Rev.  Martin  was  a  son  or  nephew  of  ,the  im- 
mortal glee  writer.  Mrs  Warburton  may  have  been 
the  Rev.  Martin  Stafford  Smith's  second  wife. 

Horace  Smith  (1779-1849),  younger  brother  of 
James  Smith,  and,  with  him,  author  of  "Rejected 
Addresses."  His  father,  Robert  Smith,  was  son  of 
Samuel  Smith,  Custom-house  officer,  of  Bridgewater. 
After  leaving  Mr  Barford's  school  at  Chigwell,  he  was 
relegated  to  a  merchant's  counting-house.  He  was 
patronised  by  Cumberland,  dramatic  author,  who 
introduced  him  to  literary  circles.  After  publishing 
three  novels — "The  Runaway,"  "Trevanion,"  and 
"  Horatio," — he  wrote  prefaces  for  plays,  and  it  was 


250  THE   SMITH  FAMILY 

owing  to  having  been  one  of  the  "  rejected  "  at  Drury 
Lane,  when  a  prize  was  offered  for  a  prologue  on  the 
re-opening  of  the  house,  which  had  been  burnt,  that 
he  and  his  brother  projected  "Rejected  Addresses." 
After  the  impressive  triumph  of  this  splendid  jeu 
desprit,  Horace  Smith  joined  the  Stock  Exchange, 
where  he  amassed  money  so  rapidly  that  in  1820  he 
was  able  to  retire.  A  personal  friend  of  Shelley,  for 
whom  he  strove  to  intercede  with  Sir  Timothy,  and 
of  Leigh  Hunt.  Next  to  his  collaboration  in  "Re- 
jected Addresses  "  with  his  brother  James,  his  best 
work  was  "Brambletie  House."  He  wrote,  however, 
continuously,  and  it  is  alleged  that  Thackeray 
named  Laura  of  "  Pendennis "  from  his  youngest 
daughter,  who  married  Mr  Round  of  West  Bergholt. 
His  portrait  by  Harlow  is  owned  by  John  Murray. 
That  by  Masquerier  remains  in  his  family.  It  may 
be  safely  affirmed  that  the  chef  d'ceuvre  of  the  two 
brothers  is  more  popular  to-day  than  ever.  He 
died  at  Tunbridge  Wells. 

James  Smith  (1775-1839),  humorist,  elder  brother 
of  Horace  Smith.  Educated  at  ChigwelL  Solicitor 
to  the  Board  of  Ordnance.  He  contributed  to 
"  Rejected  Addresses  "  (1812),  Nos.  2,  5,  7,  13,  14, 
16,  17,  18.  "James  Smith,"  said  Charles  Mathews, 
"is  the  only  man  who  can  write  clever  nonsense." 
This  was  inappreciative.  He  and  his  brother  Horace 
were  the  greatest  of  all  parodists,  and  their  works 
must  remain  so  long  as  the  English  language  lasts. 
Died  in  Craven  Street.  Buried  at  St  Martin's  in  the 
Fields. 

Sydney  Smith*  (1771-1845),  wit,  born  at  Wood- 
ford. His  father,  Robert  Smith,  must  have  been 
eccentric,  for  he  left  his  bride,  Maria  Olier,  at  the 
church  door,  and  after  wandering  the  world  in  search 
of  fortune  eventually  settled  at  Bishops  Lydiard, 
where  he  died  in  1827,  aet.  88.     Mrs  Smith  was  said 


CELEBRITIES   OF   THE   NAME      251 

to  have  resembled  Mrs  Siddons.  They  had  four 
children,  of  whom  Robert  Percy  (Bobus)  went  with 
his  brother  Cecil  to  Eton,  while  Sydney  and  Courtenay 
were  sent  to  "Winchester.  In  1789  Sydney  became 
Scholar  of  New  College,  Oxford,  and  in  1791  Fellow. 
Ordained  in  1794  to  the  curacy  of  Netheravon. 
Tutor  to  Michael — grandfather  of  Sir  M.  Hicks  Beach 
— whom  he  took  to  Edinburgh  in  1798.  There  he 
formed  a  friendship  with  Jeffrey,  Brougham,  Francis, 
and  Horner,  and  became  a  member  of  the  Friday 
Club  with  Dugald  Stewart,  Playfair,  Alison,  and  Sir 
Walter  Scott.  In  1800  he  married  Catherine  Amelia, 
daughter  of  J.  Pybus  of  Cheam.  Assisted  in  the 
formation  of  The  Edinburyh  Review,  to  which  he 
was  a  constant  contributor.  Preacher  of  the  Found- 
ling Chapel,  and  Lecturer  at  the  Royal  Institution. 
Non-resident  Rector  of  Foston  le  Clay  1806.  In 
1807  he  published  his  "  Peter  Plymley  Letters  "  to 
support  Catholic  emancipation.  Sixteen  editions 
were  issued  in  that  year.  In  1808  he  moved  to 
Foston,  where  he  built  a  parsonage.  Vicar  of 
Londesborough  1820.  Prebendary  of  Bristol  1828. 
Exchanged  Foston  for  Combe  Florey  in  1829.  In 
1831  fired  off  his  immortal  "  Mrs  Partington  "  speech 
at  Taunton,  and  Earl  Grey  made  him  Canon  of  St 
Paul's.  In  1839,  having  inherited  £50,000,  resided 
at  56  Green  Street,  Grosveaor  Square,  where  he 
died,  and  was  buried  at  Kensal  Green.  Of  his  issue, 
Saba  married  Sir  H  Holland,  and  wrote  her  father's 
biography ;  Douglas — Westminster  and  Christ  Church 
— died  young;  Emily  married  N.  Hibbert,  Esq.,  of 
Munden  Furnyvale,  and  Windham.  His  portrait  by 
Eddis  belongs  to  Miss  Holland. 

Charles  Smith  (1786-1856),  singer,  grandson  of 
Edward  Smith,  page  to  the  Princess  Amelia,  and  son 
of  Felton  Smith,  a  chorister  of  Christ  Church,  Ox- 
ford.    Chorister  of  the  Chapel  Royal  and  solo  singer. 


252  THE    SMITH   FAMILY 

Deputy-organist  at  the  Chapel  Royal  for  Knyvett  and 
John  Stafford  Smith.  He  wrote  the  music  for  the 
farces  "Yes  or  No"  (1808),  "Hit  or  Miss"  (1810), 
"Anything  New"  (1811).  In  1818  he  was  bass 
soloist  at  the  Oratorio  Concerts.  His  best  known 
work  is  a  setting  of  Campbell's  "  Hohenlinden." 

Richard  John  Smith,  known  as  "0.  Smith" 
(1786-1855),  actor.  An  Irishman.  He  began  as  a 
solicitor's  clerk,  but  bolted  to  New  Guinea,  where 
he  met  with  exciting  adventures.  He  obtained  his 
nickname  by  taking  the  part  of  Obi  in  "Three- 
fingered  Jack"  After  enacting  a  number  of  parts, 
mostly  villains,  he  played  Newman  Noggs  in  "  Nicholas 
Nickleby,"  Fagin  in  "  Oliver  Twist,"  and  (1843)  Hugh 
in  "Barnaby  Rudge."  His  last  and  not  least  part 
was  Musgrave  in  Charles  Reade's  "  Two  Loves  and 
a  Life,"  at  the  Adelphi  Theatre,  April  1854.  He 
was  buried  at  Norwood  Cemetery. 

Aquila  Smith,  MD.  (1806-90),  Irish  antiquary,  son 
of  William  Smith  of  Nenagh,  Tipperary.  Educated 
at  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  receiving  the  degree  M.D. 
him.  caiusd  in  1839.  Member  of  the  Royal  Irish 
Academy,  and  a  learned  numismatist.  He  repre- 
sented the  Irish  College  of  Physicians  on  the  Council 
of  Medical  Education. 

Charles  Roach  Smith*  (1807-90),  antiquary,  son 
of  a  farmer  at  Shanklin.  Began  life  as  a  chemist. 
A  great  collector  of  antiquities,  he  amassed  from 
London  excavations  the  nucleus  of  the  collection  of 
the  Romano-British  antiquities  now  in  the  British 
Museum.  Elected  F.S.A  December  22,  1836; 
Honorary  Secretary  of  the  Numismatic  Society.  He 
intervened  with  Napoleon  on  behalf  of  the  Roman 
Walls  at  Dax,  and  a  medal  (1858)  was  struck  to  com- 
memorate the  event  in  France.  A  marble  medallion 
of  him  by  Fontana  is  in  the  possession  of  the  Society 
of  Antiquaries.     Unmarried. 


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William  Henry  Smith  (1808-72),  philosopher 
and  poet,  son  of  Richard  Smith,  barrister.  Born 
at  North  End,  Fulham.  Educated  at  Radley  and 
Glasgow.  On  his  father's  death  he  was  placed  with 
Sharon  Turner  to  study  law,  and  was  called  to  the 
Bar,  but  did  not  practise.  A  friend  of  Maurice,  Mill, 
and  Sterling.  His  poems  "  Guidone  "  and  "  Solitude  " 
appeared  in  1836.  He  contributed  one  hundred 
and  twenty-six  articles  to  Blackwood.  Macready 
produced  his  tragedy,  "  Athelwold,"  in  1843,  a  succes 
destine.  In  1857  he  published  "Thorndale,  a  Con- 
flict of  Opinions,"  another  succes  destine;  as  also 
"  Gravenhurst."  He  married  in  1861,  Lucy  Caroline, 
daughter  of  Dr  George  Gumming— a  lady  whose 
monograph  has  helped  to  preserve  his  memory. 
M.  Joseph  Milrand,  "  Litterature  Anglaise  et  Philo- 
sophic," has  both  described  and  analysed  the  peculiar 
views  expressed  by  dialogue  in  "  Gravenhurst."  In 
his  dramas  he  appears  to  have  taken  Sir  H.  Taylor 
as  a  model.  He  died  at  Brighton,  and  his  widow 
survived  him  nine  years. 

Robert  H.  Soden  Smith  (1822-90),  librarian.  South 
Kensington,  son  of  Captain  Smith  of  Dirleton, 
N.B.,  who  was  Athlone  Pursuivant-at-Arms  under 
Sir  Bernard  Burke.  Educated  at  Trinity  College, 
Dublin.  Tutor  to  the  third  Marquess  Camden.  1857, 
assistant  of  the  South  Kensington  Art  Museum  ; 
Keeper,  1868.  Unmarried.  Author  of  "  Flower  and 
Bird  Posies." 

Robert  A  Smith  (1780-1829),  son  of  a  weaver. 
Born  at  Reading  of  Scotch  parents.  In  1807  pre- 
centor at  Paisley.  1822,  musical  conductor  of  St 
George's,  Edinburgh.  Author  of  "  Jessie,  the  Flow'r 
of  Dunblane." 

Albert  Smith  (1816-60)  was  son  of  Richard  Smith, 
surgeon,  of  Chertsey,  and  educated  at  Merchant 
Taylors.     In  1838  he  became  a  member  of  the  Col- 


254  THE   SMITH  FAMILY 

lege  of  Surgeons,  and  practised  with  his  father  at 
Chertsey.  In  1841  he  commenced  a  London  practice 
at  14  Percy  Street,  "W.,  but  soon  deserted  medicine 
for  literature.  He  began  by  contributing  to  Bentley's 
Miscellany,  and  this  led  to  his  joining  the  staff 
of  Punch.  His  first  drama,  "Blanche  Heriot,"  was 
produced  at  the  Surrey  Theatre,  September  26,  1842. 
To  Bentley  he  contributed  "The  Adventures  of  Mr 
Ledbury,"  and  for  the  Lyceum  he  wrote  a  series  of 
extravaganzas.  For  the  Adelphi  he  wrote  "Esmer- 
alda," a  highly  popular  burlesque,  and  for  the 
Princess'  "The  Alhambra."  His  serial  "Christo- 
pher Tadpole,"  1848,  had  an  immense  sale,  and  there 
were  those  who  ranked  it  on  a  level  with  "  Pickwick." 
In  1850  he  commenced  as  lecturer  with  "The  Over- 
land Mail,"  followed  in  1852-8  by  "Mont  Blanc." 
He  was  then  in  the  zenith  of  his  popularity,  but 
shortly  after  commencing  a  new  entertainment  at  the 
Egyptian  Hall,  called  "  China,"  he  died  of  bronchitis, 
and  was  buried  at  Brompton  Cemetery,  May  23, 
1860.  He  married,  August  1,  1859,  Mary  Lucy, 
elder  daughter  of  Keeley,  the  comedian,  who  died 
March  19,  1870.  His  geniality  and  good  humour 
rendered  him  a  prime  favourite  with  the  public,  but 
his  presence  was  more  powerful  than  his  pen. 

Alexander  Smith  (1830-67),  Scotch  poet,  son  of 
Peter  Smith  by  Helen  Murray,  said  to  have  been  a 
lady.  His  father  was  a  mechanic,  and  he  was  em- 
ployed as  a  lace-pattern  designer  at  Paisley.  His 
first  work,  "A  Life  Drama,"  was  supported  by 
Lewes,  and  won  some  recognition.  He  became 
editor  of  the  Glasgow  Miscellany,  and  in  1854 
was  appointed  secretary  to  Edinburgh  University, 
and  later  registrar.  He  collaborated  with  Sydney 
Dobell  in  a  series  of  sonnets  on  the  Crimean  War, 
which  Blackwood  ridiculed  as  spasmodic.  Professor 
Aytoun  published  a  parody  of  these  sonnets  in  May 


CELEBRITIES    OF  THE  NAME      255 

1854,  entitled  "  Firmilian,"  and  when  in  1857  "  City 
Poems "  appeared,  evidences  of  plagiarism  were 
adduced,  and  the  poet's  reputation  suffered.  He 
married  in  that  year  Flora,  daughter  of  Macdonald 
of  Ordin,  Skye. 

Alexander  Smith  commanded  attention  as  a 
Glasgow  Alton  Locke,  and  found  admirers  both  in 
London  and  in  Oxford.  His  work,  however,  though 
on  its  first  appearance  welcomed  effusively,  has  not 
survived. 

Eminent  Dissenters 

Samuel  Smith  (1584-1662),  the  son  of  a  clergyman. 
Entered  St  Mary's  Hall,  Oxford,  as  bateller,  but  did 
not  graduate.  Presented  to  Prittlewell,  Essex,  by 
Lord  Rich,  where  he  identified  himself  with  the  Pres- 
byterians. In  1648  appointed  by  Parliament  rector 
of  Cressage,  the  actual  rector  having  been  ejected, 
but  at  the  Restoration  was  himself  ejected  for  non- 
conformity. His  best  known  work  was  "  The 
Christian's  Guide,  with  Rules  and  Directions  for  an 
Holy  Life." 

Henry  Smith*  (1620-1668),  regicide.  Son  of 
H.  Smith  of  Withcote,  Leicestershire,  descended 
from  the  family  of  Smith  alias  Harris  of  Notts., 
whence  Erasmus  and  Henry  Smith.  His  mother  was 
a  daughter  of  Skipwith  of  Cotes.  In  1623,  owing  to 
his  father's  death,  a  ward  in  Chancery.  Entered 
Magdalen  Hall,  1638.  B.A.,  St  Mary's  Hall,  1640. 
M.P.  for  Leicestershire,  1640.  One  of  the  Committee 
for  compounding,  and  one  of  the  six  Clerks  of  Parlia- 
ment, 1648.  One  of  the  judges  at  the  King's  trial, 
and  signed  the  Death  Warrant.  Although  attainted 
as  a  regicide  and  imprisoned  in  the  Tower,  he  escaped 
execution,  and  was  incarcerated  in  Jersey.  He 
married  a  daughter  of  Cornelius  Holland,  the  regi- 


256  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

cide,  and  by  her  left  an  only  daughter.  He  probably 
died  in  the  Old  Castle,  Jersey.  Heath  defines  him 
as  a  lawyer,  but  a  mean  one.  He  is  said  to  have 
been  called  to  the  Bar  at  Lincoln's  Inn,  but  this 
appears  to  be  erroneous. 

Stephen  Smith  (1623-78),  Quaker,  resided  at  Pir- 
bright.  He  was  imprisoned  in  1668  for  holding  a 
meeting  at  Elsted,  and  in  1670  fined  £24  for  preaching 
at  Guildford.  Afterwards  he  was  remitted  to  New- 
gate for  six  months,  and  in  1673  he  went  to  the 
Marshalsea  for  non-payment  of  tithe  to  the  Vicar  of 
Worplesdon.  Buried  at  Worplesdon.  Author  of 
various  treatises  in  connection  with  his  sect. 

Humphrey  Smith,  Quaker  (d.  1663),  son  of  a  farmer 
at  Cowarne.  In  1654,  having  become  a  convert  to 
Quakerism,  he  was  arrested  at  a  meeting  near 
Evesham,  and  George  Fox  visited  him  when  in 
prison.  In  1658  committed  to  Winchester  Gaol, 
where  he  wrote  several  books.  In  May  1660,  he 
prophesied  the  great  fire  of  London,  which  occurred 
in  1666.  In  1661  he  was  again  in  Winchester  Gaol, 
dying  of  gaol-fever. 

William  Smith,  Quaker  (d.  1673),  imprisoned  by 
Cromwell  in  1658  for  non-payment  of  tithes.  He 
was  a  native  of  Besthorpe,  Notts.,  and  in  1661  was 
arrested  while  preaching  at  Worcester  for  refusing 
to  take  the  oath  of  allegiance.  He  was  imprisoned 
in  Nottingham  Gaol  from  1661  to  1665.  Author 
of  a  number  of  religious  and  controversial  tracts, 
some  written  in  gaol.  He  married  twice,  his  second 
wife,  Elizabeth  Newton  of  Nottingham,  surviving 
him.  He  must  not  be  confounded  with  another 
Quaker  of  the  same  name,  also  a  controversialist,  who 
was  of  Sileby  and  Market  Harborough,  at  whose 
house  in  Sileby  George  Fox  held  several  meetings. 

John  Smith  (1790-1824),  missionary,  born  at 
Rothwell,    Northants,   served    in    the   West    Indies 


CELEBRITIES   OF  THE   NAME      257 

under  the  London  Missionary  Society.  Tried  by 
court-martial,  1823,  for  inciting  the  blacks  to  revolt, 
and  sentenced  to  be  hanged.  Died  in  prison.  Lord 
Brougham  espoused  his  case  with  warmth,  but  un- 
successfully. 

James  Elimalet  Smith,  dissenting  preacher,  nick- 
named "Shepherd"  (1801-57),  was  a  brother  of 
Eobert  Angus  Smith.  Educated  at  Glasgow.  A 
mystical  Universalist,  and  associated  with  the 
Socialist,  Robert  Owen.  Founder  of  The  Family 
Herald.  Author  of  "  The  Divine  Drama  of  History  " 
and  of  "The  Coming  Man." 

George  Smith  of  Coalville  (.1831-95),  born  at 
TunstaL  Son  of  a  brickmaker.  A  philanthropist. 
His  brochure,  "The  Cry  of  the  Children,"  attracted 
the  notice  of  Lord  Shaftesbury.  He  had  become 
manager  of  the  clay  works  at  Coalville,  and  his 
championship  of  the  children  lost  him  his  post  in 
1872.  He  secured  reforms  for  the  children  of  persons 
employed  on  canals,  and  endeavoured  to  upraise  the 
gipsies.  From  1872  to  1885  he  lived  in  great  poverty, 
but  in  the  latter  year  received  a  grant  from  the  Royal 
Bounty  Fund.     Died  at  Crick,  near  Rugby. 

Medical  and  Scientific  Smiths 

John  Smith  (1630-1679),  physician.  A  native  of 
Bucks.  Educated  at  B.N.C.  B.A,  1651 ;  M.A, 
1653 ;  M.D.,  1652 ;  Fellow  of  the  College  of 
Physicians,  1672.  Died  in  the  parish  of  St  Helen's, 
Bishopsgate,  and  was  there  buried.  Author  of  a 
tractate  to  prove  that  King  Solomon  was  acquainted 
with  the  circulation,  of  the  blood. 

Hugh  Smith  (d.  1790),  medical  author.  Born  at 
Hemel  Hampstead.  M.D.  Edinburgh,  1755.  Physician 
to  the  Middlesex  Hospital,  1765.  An  advocate  of 
venesection.  Died  at  Stratford.  Buried  at  West 
Ham. 


258  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

Hugh  Smith,  said  to  be  son  of  the  above  (1736-89), 
M.D.  Leyden.  Married  a  daughter  of  A.  Maclean  of 
Trevor  Park,  East  Barnet.     Also  a  medical  author. 

Sir  James  Edward  Smith,  botanist  (1759-1828), 
son  of  a  nonconformist  merchant  of  Norwich. 
Educated  at  Edinburgh;  F.R.S.,  1785  ;  MD.  Leyden, 
1786.  Founder  of  the  Linnsean  Society.  Lecturer  at 
Guy's  Hospital,  1789.  Knighted  in  1818  on  the 
occasion  of  the  Prince  Regent  becoming  patron  of  the 
Linnsean  Society.  The  Linnsean  Society  possesses  his 
bust  by  Chantrey.  Author  of  thirty  botanical  works, 
and  of  some  dissenting  hymns.  He  married  in  1796, 
Pleasance,  daughter  of  Robert  Reeve  of  Lowestoft, 
who  is  separately  noticed  among  "  literary  celebrities." 

William  Smith  (1769-1839),  geologist,  son  of 
John  Smith  of  Churchill,  Chipping  Norton,  Oxon., 
by  Anne  Smith  of  Long  Compton,  Gloucestershire. 
Educated  at  the  village  school,  where  he  acquired  a 
passion  for  collecting  fossils.  Under  Edward  Webb 
of  Stow  he  learnt  surveying,  and  was  employed  on 
the  Somerset  Canal  Blending  business  with  scientific 
research,  by  1796  he  had  already  sketched  in  outline 
the  strata  of  Great  Britain.  In  1806,  having  enjoyed 
the  friendly  aid  of  two  Dukes  of  Bedford,  and  of 
Arthur  Young,  he  published  a  volume  on  water 
meadows.  His  magnum  opus  was  a  geological  map 
published  in  1815,  for  which  he  received  a  premium 
of  £50  from  the  Society  of  Arts  !  To  create  this  map 
he  had  sacrificed  his  small  patrimony,  and  to  crown 
his  misfortunes,  his  wife  became  insane.  At  this 
time  he  seems  to  have  been  helped  by  his .  nephew, 
Professor  Phillips.  In  1831  he  was  styled  "The 
Father  of  Geology,"  and  at  the  instance  of  the  repre- 
sentatives of  science  in  Great  Britain,  Government 
granted  him  a  pension  of  £100  a  year.  LL.D.,  Dublin. 
He  died  at  Northampton  and  was  buried  at  St 
Peter's.     ML 


CELEBRITIES   OF   THE   NAME      259 

John  Gordon  Smith  (1792-1833),  Professor  of 
Medical  Jurisprudence.  Educated  at  Edinburgh. 
M.B.  in  honours,  1810.  Army  surgeon.  Present  at 
"Waterloo,  where  he  saved  the  life  of  Colonel  Ponsonby. 
Physician  to  the  Duke  of  Sutherland.  Surgeon  to 
the  Royal  Ophthalmic  Hospital.  Lecturer  on  Medical 
Jurisprudence  at  the  Royal  Institution,  1825-26. 
Professor  at  the  London  University.  Died  in  a 
debtors'  prison  after  fifteen  months'  incarceration. 
Author  of  numerous  medical  works. 

Thomas  Southwood  Smith  (1788  - 1861),  born 
at  Martock,  and  in  early  life  a  dissenting  minister. 
Entered  as  medical  student  at  Edinburgh,  and  simul- 
taneously became  a  Unitarian  preacher.  Published, 
in  1816,  a  book  called  "Illustrations  of  Divine 
Government,"  to  prove  that  pain  is  a  corrective, 
which  won  the  admiration  of  Byron,  Moore,  and 
"Wordsworth.  M.D.,  1816.  Moved  in  the  same  year 
to  Yeovil,  where  he  practised  as  physician,  serving 
also  the  Unitarian  Chapel.  Licentiate  of  the  College 
of  Physicians,  1821,  and  Fellow,  1847.  One  of  the 
founders  of  the  Westminster  Review.  In  1824  Physi- 
cian to  the  London  Fever  Hospital.  The  treatment 
of  fever  led  to  his  becoming  a  sanitary  reformer. 
Jeremy  Bentham  bequeathed  him  his  body  for  dis- 
section, and  this  he  performed  in  the  presence  of 
Brougham,  Mill,  and  Grote.  In  1832  Smith  espoused 
the  cause  of  the  factory  children,  and  was  precursor 
of  Lord  Shaftesbury's  Factory  Acts.  He  retired  on  a 
pension  in  1856,  and  in  1861  died  of  bronchitis  at 
Florence,  and  was  buried  in  the  Protestant  Cemetery. 
His  bust  by  Hart  is  in  the  National  Portrait  Gallery. 
Married  (1)  Miss  Reade,*  by  whom  he  had  two 
daughters ;  and  (2)  Miss  Christie  of  Hackney,  by 
whom  he  left  a  son,  Herman. 

Sir  Andrew  Smith  (1797-1872),  graduated  M.D.  at 

*  I  have  been  onabla  to  identify  thia  lady.  '  She  waa  not  of  our  blood. 


260  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

Edinburgh,  1819,  being  a  son  of  T.  P.  Smith,  Esq.  of 
Heron  Hall,  Roxburgh.  Entering  the  army  as  hos- 
pital mate  in  1815,  be  became  staff-surgeon  in  1837, 
and  in  1834  pioneered  an  expedition  to  Central 
Africa,  receiving  the  thanks  of  Government.  It  was 
due  to  his  representation  that  Natal  became  a  colony 
under  the  Crown.  In  1852,  just  before  his  death, 
the  Duke  of  Wellington  appointed  him  Director- 
General  of  the  Army  Medical  Department.  He 
resigned  in  1858,  and  was  created  K.C.B. 

Gerard  Edward  Smith  (1804-81),  botanist,  born 
at  Camberwell,  was  sixth  son  of  Henry  Smith. 
Educated  at  Merchant  Taylors  and  St  John's, 
Oxford.  B.A,  1829.  Vicar  of  St  Peter's,  Chichester, 
1835 ;  Rector  of  North  Marden,  Sussex,  1836-43  ; 
Vicar  of  Cantley,  near  Doncaster,  1844-46 ;  Vicar  of 
Ashton,  Cheshire,  1849-53;  Vicar  of  Osmaston, 
Derby,  1854-71.  Died  at  Ockbrook,  Derby.  His 
herbarium  is  in  University  College,  Nottingham. 

James  Smith  (1805-72),  a  Liverpool  merchant.  He 
is  known  by  his  work,  published  1859,  "  The  Problem 
of  Squaring  the  Circle  solved." 

James  Smith  *  (1782-1867),  "  Smith  of  Jordanhill," 
geologist,  son  of  a  West  India  merchant.  Educated 
at  Edinburgh  and  Glasgow.  F.G.S.,  1836 ;  F.R.S., 
1830.  Author  of  sixteen  papers  on  geology,  and  of 
"The  Shipwreck  of  St  Paul."  He  also  wrote  a 
Diatessaron.  In  1809  he  married  Mary  (d.  1847), 
daughter  of  Alexander,  and  grand-daughter  of  Pro- 
fessor A.  Wilson,  of  Glasgow.  Archibald  Smith  was 
their  son. 

Robert  Angus  Smith  (1817-84),  chemist,  son  of 
John  Smith  of  Loudoun.  Educated  at  Glasgow.  In 
1842  assistant  to  Dr  Playfair.  President  of  the  Man- 
chester Philosophical  Society,  1845 ;  F.R.S.,  1857 ; 
chief  inspector  of  alkali  works,  1872  ;  LL.D.  Glasgow, 
1881,  and  of  Edinburgh,  1882.     His  special  line  was 


CELEBRITIES   OF   THE   NAME      261 

sanitary  science,  of  which  he  was  a  pioneer.  A  bust 
of  him  is  in  Owen's  College,  Manchester. 

Willoughby  Smith  (1828-91),  electrical  engineer, 
born  at  Great  Yarmouth.  In  1848  entered  the  ser- 
vice of  the  Gutta-Percha  Company.  Invented  the 
method  of  covering  iron  or  copper  with  gutta-percha. 
In  1849  laid  the  wire  from  Dover  to  Calais,  and  in 
1854  laid  the  first  Mediterranean  cable,  between 
Spezzia  and  Corsica.  Associated  with  Wheatstone 
in  his  experiments  on  the  retardation  of  signals.  In 
1865  he  assisted  in  laying  the  cable  from  Ireland  to 
Newfoundland,  and  later  took  charge  of  the  French 
Atlantic  cable  expedition.  Died  at  Eastbourne,  and 
was  buried  at  Highgate  Cemetery,  July  21,  1891. 

William  Tyler  Smith  (1815-73),  obstetrician, 
born  near  Bristol.  B.M.  London,  1840  ;  M.D.,  1848  ; 
Licentiate  of  the  College  of  Physicians,  1850  ;  Fellow, 
1859.  Appointed  Obstetric  Physician  at  St  Mary's 
Hospital.  Examiner  in  Obstetrics  in  London  Uni- 
versity. Sub -editor  of  The  Lancet.  Author  of 
"Parturition"  and  "The  Principles  and  Practice  of 
Obstetrics"  (1849).  Founder  of  the  Obstetrical 
Society  of  London.  President,  1860.  Deputy-chair- 
man of  the  Briton  Insurance  Company.  Founded  a 
convalescent  hospital  on  his  estate  at  Seaford,  of 
which  township  he  was  bailiff  for  five  years.  Magis- 
trate of  Seaford  from  1861  to  1873.  He  married 
Tryphena,  daughter  of  J.  Yearsley  of  Southwick  Park, 
Tewkesbury,  and  left  five  surviving  children.  His 
portrait  is  in  St  Mary's  Hospital  and  in  the  Obstetrical 
Society  of  London. 

Archibald  Smith  (1813  -  72),  mathematician. 
Educated  at  Trinity  College,  Cambridge.'  B.A.,  1836  ; 
M.A.,  1839.  Senior  Wrangler  and  Smith's  Prizeman. 
Fellow  of  Trinity.  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society,  1856. 
Barrister-at-law  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  1841.  LL.D.  Glas- 
gow.   Author  of  numerous  scientific  works,  including 


262  THE   SMITH   FAMILY 

especially,  "  An  Admiralty  Manual  for  applying  the 
Deviations  of  the  Compass  caused  by  Iron  in  a 
Ship."  A  corresponding  member  of  the  Scientific 
Committee  of  the  Russian  Navy.  He  married, 
in  1853,  Susan  E.,  daughter  of  Sir  James  Parker 
of  Rothley  Temple,  and  their  eldest  son,  James 
Parker  Smith,  represents'  the  Partick  division  in 
the  House  of  Commons. 

Sir  Francis  P.  Smith  (1808-74),  inventor  of  the 
screw-propeller,  son  of  Charles  Smith,  postmaster  of 
Hythe,  by  Sarah,  daughter  of  Francis  PettiL  He 
tried  his  model  on  a  pond  at  Hendon,  and  patented 
it  in  1835,  and  in  1837  a  fresh  and  improved  patent, 
which  in  1844  was  adopted  by  the  Admiralty.  Ad- 
viser to  the  Admiralty  1844-50.  In  1860  appointed 
Curator  of  the  Patent  Office,  and  in  1871  he  was 
knighted.  He  married  (1)  Ann,  daughter  of  W.  Buck 
of  Folkestone,  by  whom  he  had  two  sons ;  and  (2) 
Susannah,  daughter  of  John  Wallis  of  Boxley. 

Edward  Smith  (1818-74),  physician,  born  at 
Heanor.  Educated  at  Queen's  College,  Birmingham, 
and  London  University.  M.B.,  1841 ;  M.D.,  1843 ; 
B.A.  and  LL.B.,  1848.  In  1863  Fellow  of  the  Royal 
College  of  Physicians.  Lecturer  and  Demonstrator 
at  Charing  Cross  Hospital,  1853.  Assistant  Physi- 
cian at  the  Brompton  Hospital,  1861.  A  distin- 
guished physiological  chemist.  Appointed  medical 
officer  for  Poor  Law  purposes  under  the  Local 
Government  Board.     An  able  writer  on  dietetics. 

Henry  Lilley  Smith,*  surgeon,  philanthropist,  and 
originator  of  provident  dispensaries  (1788-1859),  only 
son  of  William  L  Smith  of  Southam,  by  Sophia, 
daughter  of  Henry  Chambers,  of  the  family  of  that 
name  settled  at  Tamworth,  1450.  On  his  father's 
side,  first  cousin  of  Sir  Fortunatus  W.  Lilley  Dwarris, 
F.R.S.  (ride  Diet.  Nat.  Biography),  and  related  to 
Miss    Elizabeth    Carter,    minor   poetess   (vide  Diet. 


CELEBRITIES   OF   THE   NAME      263 

Nat.  Biography).  Educated  at  Guy's.  Served  as 
assistant -surgeon  in  the  45  th  Regiment.  In  1810 
commenced  practice  at  Southam.  An  eye-witness 
of  the  evils  environing  the  old  Poor-Law  system,  he 
was  the  pioneer  of  co-operation  among  the  labouring 
classes.  In  1823,  started  the  first  provident  dispen- 
sary on  mutual  lines  at  Southam,  following  this 
initial  success  by  similar  institutions  at  Coventry, 
Northampton,  Leamington,  Burton-on-Trent,  Derby, 
etc., "until  the  movement  became  general,  there  being 
forty-five  such  dispensaries  in  London  alone.  In 
1818,  established  an  eye  infirmary  at  Southam,  which, 
before  his  death,  had  treated  over  eleven  thousand 
cases;  and  is  stated  to  have  been  founder  of  the 
allotment 'system,  in  the  teeth  of  virulent  opposition 
from  the  farmers,  but  with  the  support  of  Sir  Robert 
Peel,  the  Premier.  He  married,  in  1819,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Bicknell  of  Southam,  and  by 
her  left  a  son,  in  holy  orders,  and  a  daughter  (vide 
Encyclopaedia  Americana). 


INDEX  (1)  TO  PEDIGEEES 


Smith  of 

Acre  (Sir  Sidney),  164 
Aldenham,  132-135 
Aspley,  120-122 
Assheton  Smith,  96 
Ashatead,  63 
Astley,  162 

Balby,  126 

Barking  (Berry),  17 

Battle  Flatt,  158 

Baxtergate,  124 

Bideford,  157 

Belfast,  191 

Blackmore,  14 

Bleansley,  159 

Als.  Bowden  Smith,  59 

Brockhole,  125 

Als.  Bromley,  Barts.    (see  West 

Country  Smiths) 
Broxted,  14 

Buckland  Prope  Maidstone,  23 
Buckton  Park,  159 

Cambdek,  42 

Camborne,  158 

Cazner,  59.     (Smith  Masters) 

Camno  (Berry),  17 

Als.  Carington,  13,  41,  85-91 

Carrington,      Earl,      Carington, 

Vi3count,  66-72 
Cavendish,  33 
Cawood,  44-64 
Christ  Church  (Dean),  173 
Church  Lawford,  30 
Corballis,  190 
Craigend,  179 
Crantock,  Barts.,  108 
Credenhill,  20 
Cropwell  Boteler,  72-85 
Cuerdley,  115 
Als.  Cusac-Smith,  Barts.,  182-183 

Als.    Dorrien-Smith  (see  West 

Country  Smiths) 
Als.  Dods worth,  Barts.,  119 
Durham,  12 

Eardiston,  Barts.,  109 
Ala.  Eardley,  Barts.,  172 
Edmonthorpe,  Barts.,  98,  99,  100 
Edwalton,  75,  76 
Ellingham,  145 

Ala.  Faber,  146-151 
265 


Smith  of 

Gadsby,  73 

Great  Fenton,  104 

Glastonbury,  156 

Gloucester,  164 

Goldicote,  162 

Ala.  Gordon,  Barts.,  112 

Gorleston,  38 

Greenwich,  23 

The  Grove  in  Cropwell,  166 

Halesowen,  114 

Hambledon    (Viscountess),    142, 

143 
Hampden  Manor,  169 
HarnhillandFannington,  151-154 
Harwich,  14 
Helmshore,  161 
Horsham,  166 

Als.  Horton-Smith  (see  Mansfield) 
Hough,  10,  108 

Ilminster,  56,  57,  62 

Isle  of  Wight  and  Parndon,  174, 

175 
Isle  worth,  Barts.,  98 

Kest,  23 

Kidlington  and  Ilfley,  144 

Languard,  164 
Leeds,  123,  129 
Leominster.  167 
Limerick,  als.  Smyth,  196 
London,  29 

Long  Ashton,  als.  Smyth,  37,  97 
Als.    Lumley- Smith    (see   Mans- 
field) 

Maine,  197 

Smith- Marriott,  Barts.,  60,  61 
Monaghan,  195,  196 
Morville,  36 

Newark,  44 
Non-jurors,  101 
Nottingham,  155 
Nottingham  and  Mansfield,  105- 
107 

Oldhadoh,  11 
Old  Windsor,  113 
Orcheston,  165 
Ostenhanger,  25 


266 

Smith  of 

Outwood,  145 
Overton,  37 

Paisley,  181,  182 
Pauncefote,  Lord,  76-77 
Pickering,  Bart.,  139 
Potterspury,  35 
Preston  Court,  76 

Qtoen's_  College  (Provost  of), 

Restalbig,  180,  181 
Ryhope,  151 

Gbeat  Saling,  136,  137 
Selsdon,  SO 
Shopwyke,  138,  139 
Shortgrove,  118 
Southneld,  131,  132 
Southam,  173 
South  Shields,  165 
Ala.  Stanydge,  70 
Stoke  Doyle,  170 
Stratford-on-Avon,  116,  117 
Suttons,  Barts.,  58 
Sydling    (ate    Smith    Marriott 
Barts.) 

Texbitbt,  166 
Thinghill  Court,  163,  164 
Toddington,  166 
Twyford,  164,  165 

Ala.  Vereses  (Viscount  Gort), 

Ala.  Vemon  (Lyveden),  139-142 

Ala.  Wakefield,  43 
Waterford,  192-195 
West  Country,  52-65 
West  Ham,  13 
Bishop  Wilton,  127 
Withcote,  27 
WoodhaU,  79 
Wribbenhall,  168 
Wyghton,  34 

Smyth  of 

Abingdon,  9 
Annables,  22,  46-52 
Athernie,  178 

Ballygowan,  198,  199 
BaUynatray    and   Headborough, 

Ballynegall,  185 

Campden,  19 

Castle  Widenham,  188,  189 


INDEX  TO   PEDIGREES 


Smyth  of 

Cavendish,  33 

Colkirk,  45 

Copcote,  42 

Crossing      Temple,      etc.      (alt 

Carington),  66-72,  85-91 
Cuddesdon,  113 

Dartmouth,  12 
Drumcree,  184,  185 
Durpark,  189 

Elkinoton,  46-52 
Exeter,  ala.  Smith,  12 

Gaybbook,  183,  184 
Glananea,  185,  186 
Gloucester  (Bishop  of),  19 

Hackthobpe    (Elkineton)      2S 
46-52  s  ' 

Holborne,  30 
Ala.  Hovel,  42 

Isfield,  Barts.,  109 

Kelmabsh,  35 

Ala.  Smith  of  Limerick,  106 
Long  Ashton,  a&.  Smith,  Barts., 

London,  31 

Masonbbook,  196 

Merrow,  40 

Mitcham,  39 

Myreshaw  and  Heath  Hall,  130 

Nedginoe,  31 
Ala.  Neville,  14 
Nibley,  20 
Northants,  29 

Ostenhangeb,  30  (see  Smith) 
Oxford,  36 

Pepebhabow,     38     (ate    Hack- 
thorpe) 

READING,  110,  111 

Redcliffe,  Barts.,  100 
Rivenhall,  34 
Rochdale,  30 

Ala.  Smltth,  15 
Southwark,  39 
Stoke  Prior,  29,  4<> 
Suffolk,  32 

Tbeoonake,  11 

Upton,  Barts.  (Berry),  16 


INDEX  TO   PEDIGREES 


267 


SsfYTHof 

Waisham,  32 
Warlingfield,  Much,  24 
Woburn,  10 


Smythe  of 

Acton  Bumtell,  Barts.,  92-95 

Babba  villa,  186 

Hilton,  154 

Mxtbtss  Castli,  116,  777 


Smtthjs  of 

Withcock  {see  Smith),  31 


Smijth 

Basts.,  15,  102,  103 


of  Nobbobkx,  29 


Smithes  of 

Wbenton',  38 


INDEX  (2)   OF    PRINCIPAL   NAMES  AND 
PLACES 


The  following  Index  does  not  pretend  to  be  exhaustive.  To  have  given 
references  to  every  name  would  have  been  to  reprint  the  entire  work  in 
kaleidoscopic  form ;  moreover,  a  multitude  of  entries  appended  to  such  a 
name  as,  e.g.,  John  Smith,  which  recurs  about  two  hundred  times,  would  have 
proved  a  source  of  embarrassment,  rather  than  of  aid  to  the  reader.  As  it  is, 
the  two  Indexes — the  latter,  as  is  admitted,  condensed — are  out  of  proportion 
to  the  size  if  not  to  the  scope  of  the  volume,  and  ought,  therefore,  to  prove 
amply  sufficient  for  all  practical  purposes. 


Abbot  op  Reading,  7 

Abingdon,  Richard  of,  10 

Abinger,  Lord,  63 

Ackworthe  of  Wolwiche,  23 

Acton  Bunnell,  72 

Addington,  Thos.,  35 

Adeane  of  Babraharo,  H.,  81 

Agar,  J.,  198 

Agar-Robartes,  Hon.  T.  C,  79 

Ailward,  Oliver,  39 

Aldworth,  Rev.  J.,  74 

Alexander,   Right  Rev.    Dr,  Bishop 

of  Meath,  184 
Alfred,  King,  87 
Allayne,  Richard  of  Derby,  20 
Alles,  Mary,  27 
Alresford,  skirmish  at,  38 
Alstenteig  of  Nuremberg,  11 
Altham,  Sir  G.,  15 
American  Smiths,  63 
Anderson,  Sir  Edmund,  22,  44,  64 
Anderson,  Edward  Miles,  2S 
Anketell  Jones,  Edward,  185 
Acnables,  22,  47 

Annals  of  Indian  Administration,  181 
Annas  in  Lincolnshire,  23 
Anstey,  Anne,  40 
Anthonie  of  Exeter,  12 
Antigua,  Bishop  of,  183 
Ap  Gwillim,  22 
Ap  Harry,  21,  22 
Ap  Harry,  George,  21 
Ap  Harry,  Lewis,  22 
Appulderneld,  30 
Archaeologia  Kantiana,  26 
Arderne  of  Alvanley,  Sir  P.,  86 
Arlington,  Earl  of,  135 
Arran,  5th  Earl  of,  142 
Arundell  of  Trevize,  12 
Ashby  Folville,  68 


Ashridge,  51 

Ashmole,  158 

Ash  ton,  44 

Aspley  House,  122 

Assheton  Smith,  Thomas,  sportsman, 

208 
Assheton  Smith  of  Vaynol,  93 
Atkyns,  Gloucestershire,  152 
Auber  Leach,  142 
Auckland,  Lord,  79 
Austen  Leigh  of  Scarletts,  18 
Austin,  Rev.  W.  G.  G.,  183 
Auvranches,  30 
A' Wood,  Anthony,  113 
Ayliffe,  John,  30 

BaBBINQTON'     OF     ROTHLIY    T£3fPLE, 

179 

Badwell,  40 

Raiard,  35 

Bailey,  C,  SI 

Bailey,  John,  Q.C.,  106 

Baines,  merchant,  29 

Baker,  Sir  Henry,  of  Sissinghurst,  25 

Balby,  126 

Ball  of  Hadley,  Thos.,  39 

Balliol  (Scott,  alias),  26 

Balthrop,  Richard,  10 

Baptist  cemetery,  Nottingham,  155 

Barff  of  Carlton,  Wm.,  44 

Bargrave,  Dean  of  Canterbury,  24 

Barlow,  John  of  Mansfield,  107 

Barnard,  33 

Barnard,  Alf.,  43 

Barnard,  L.  B.,  77 

Barnesdale  of  Barwyk,  John,  34 

Barnett  of  Downshill,  38 

Barony  of  Dudley,  co-heiresses  of,  1 15 

Barrington,  Sir  Thomas,  51 

Barroll,  Sybil,  21 

268 


PRINCIPAL   NAMES   AND   PLACES     269 


,13 


Barry,  Hon.  John,  100 

Barrymore,  Lord,  100 

Barton,  Dr,  142 

Baskerville,  James,  21 

Battle  Abbey,  150 

Battle  Flatt,  157 

Bawton,  33 

Baxter  of  King's  Lynn,  Win.,  34 

Baxter  of  Stannow,  Robt.,  34 

Baxtergate,  124 

Baydon,  Smith  of,  41 

Baynard,  34 

Baynham  of  Westbere,  20 

Beaumont  of  Warton,  75 

Beaven  of  Monkland,  163 

Bechinoe,  Captain,  R.N.,  61 

Beds  Visitation.  1634,  10 

Bellasys,  Anne  Margaret,  43 

Bell-ringing  at  Leeds,  129 

Bendish  of  Bumstead,  Thos.,  33 

Bendysh,  Thos.,  45 

"  Benedictines  of  Ghent,"  93 

Bennet,  Alderman,  14 

Bennett,  Alderman,  29 

Bennett,  Elizabeth,  44 

Bennetts  of  Wilts,  132 

Berks  Visitation,  1634,  9 

Berks  Visitation,  1664,  10 

Berry's  Essex  Pedigrees,  15, 16,  1 

Bery,  Gilbert,  27 

Besthorpe,  Notts,  35 

Betham,  Sir  W.,  68 

Bettenham  of  Pluckley,  John,  23 

Biggleswade,  10 

Bird  of  Barton,  77 

Birkett,  Herbert,  M.I.M.E.,  10/ 

Berkett,  John,  Pres.  R.C.S.,  107 

Bishop  Smith,  Churton's  Life  of,  169 

Bishop  Wilton,  127 

Bisset  of  Batcomb,  33 

Blackbourton,  Oxon,  152 

Blacknall-Carter,  Mrs,  144 

Black  Prince,  the,  86 

Blake,  Charlotte  S.,  16 

Blakesley,  Lawrance,  10 

Blakiston,  Sir  P.,  83  -.,,,_ 

Blayney,  Cadwallader,  ninth  Lord,  119 

Blood,  Thos.,  39 

Blount,  Richard.  31 

Blount,  Sarah,  "26 

Blount  of  Sodington,  94 

Blunt,  Sir  W.,  25 

Blythswood,  Lord,  73 

"Bobus"  Smith,  140 

Bonevyle,  Nich. ,  22 

Bonner,  Bishop,  104 

Boone,  Thomas,  81 

Borage,  55 

Bosanquet,  George,  79 

Bostock  of  >Torcroft,.ll 

Bosworth,  35 

Bosworth,  Battle  of,  157 

Bosville,  Sir  Robert,  23 


Boughton  Monchelsey,  23 
Boughton  of  Plumstead,  Edw. ,  23 
Bourne,  Dr  Gilbert,  39 
Bowden  Smiths,  59,  60 
Boys,  David,  21 

Braintree  Union,  chairman  of,  137 
Brampton,  Walter,  40 
Brand,  Sir  Joseph,  135 
Branker,  Joan,  25 
Brecknok  of  Bucks,  33 
Brereton,  Sir  Andrew,  10,  1 1 
Breynton  of  Stratton,  21 
Briscoe,  Mrs,  115 
Brocket,  Sir  John,  49,  51 
Brockhole  in  Cantley,  125 
Brodie  Gurney,  W.,  131 
Bromfeld,  Lord  Mayor,  Sir  E. ,  20 
Bromley,  Sir  George,  75  ■ 

Bromley,  Sir  Henry,  72 

Brompton  Oratory,  150 

Brompton,  W.,  34 

Browne,  Sir  Hugh,  36 

Browne- Willis,  122 

Brownlow,  Lord,  33 

Browning  of  Cowley,  John,  20 

Brymore,  73 

Broxted,  14 

Brynkle,  Smith,  parson  of,  2 

Buckland  Prope  Maidstone,  23 

Buckle,  Stephen,  44 

Buckner  of  Botley,  William,  36 

Bunny,  Major,  R.A.,  76 

Burgess,  Elizabeth,  15 

Burgh,  John,  39 

Burgh,  Oliffe,  39 

Burghley,  Lord,  27 

Burnley  factory  hands,  123 

Burrell  of  Cockneld,  Ninian,  33 

Burridge  of  Crimchard,  57 

Byerly  of  Belgrave,  89 

Cadogax  H.  Cajjoga*,  30 

Calvert,  Francis  A. ,  79 

Cambridge,  1 

Camden,  42 

Cambden,  Clarencieux,  24 

Capua,  Prince  of,  1S7 

Carey,  Dr,  Biography  of,  181 

Carey,  General,  79 

Carmichael,  Baron,  dormant,  ITS 

Carmichael,  Sir  James,  ^178 

Carington  alt.  Smith,  13 

Carington  ais.  Smyth  (Warwick  \  .), 

Carington,  Baron  of  Wootton  Wawon. 

71 
Carington,  Edmond,  13 
Carington,  Sir  E.,  13 
Carington,  Sir  Francis,  37 
Carington,  Sir  John,  38 
Carington,  John,  3,  13 
Carington,  Sir  Michael,  67,  71 
Carington,  Thomas,  of  Broxton,  38 


270 


INDEX   OF 


Carington,  Viscount,  of  Barreford,  71 

Carington,  Sir  W.,  13 

Carrington,  Earl,  78 
Carrington,  Eric,  80 

Carrington,  Robert,  3 

Carrington,  first  Lord,  69 

Carringtons  and  Caringtons,  Chapter 
V.,  66 

Carlton  Rode,  33 

Carswell,  Dorothy,  62 

Caryll,  Sir  John,  "88 

Case,  Alice,  31 

Castle  Eaton,  Wilts,  153 

Castien&u,  Richard,  29 

Castletown,  Lord,  140 

Cave,  Dorothy,  27 

Cave,  Right  Hon.  Stephen,  50 

Cave  of  Stanford,  R.,  31 

Cavendish,  33 

Cavendish,  Hon.  J.  G.,  Admiral,  81 

Cavendish,  Hon.  R.,  60 

Cavendish  of  Lingford,  Thomas,  33 

Caulfield,  Rev.  Dr,  79 

Cawood.  44 

Cecill,  Richard,  35 

Celebrities  of  the  name,  Chapter  X., 
200 

Cely,  Mary,  39 

"  Cerberus  of  the  Treasury,''  143 

Chamberlayne  of  Maugersbury,  73 

Chambers,  Anne,  44 

Chambers,  R.,  of  Whitbourn  Court, 
1S3 

Charles  L,  71 

Charles  Edward,  Prince,  194 

Charnock,  Agnes,  15 

Chart,  juxta  button,  23 

Chernocke  Barts,  122 

Cheshire  Visitation,  1580,  10 

Chester  of  Rovston,  Sir  Robert,  33 

Chesterfield,  Lord,  194 

Chicheley,  30 

Chichester  Cathedral,  Smith  monu- 
ments, 138 

Chichester,  Earl  of,  79 

Childersof  Cantley,  172 

Chipping-Norton,  William  Smith  of,  3 

Church  Lawford,  30 

Chute  of  the  Vine,  William,  17 

"  Citizen  Smith"  of  Paisley,  181 

Clapton  of  Kentwell,  William,  31 

Clark,  Francis,   29 

Clarke,  Bart.,  39 

Clifden,  Viscount,  79 

Clysby,  Agnes,  43 

Colchester,  siege  of,  133 

Coldingham,  >X. ,  76 

Colebrooke  Row,  Islington,  132 

Colkirk,  45 

Collin,  Fortune,  72 

Colville  of  Culross,  Lord,  78 

Colville,  John,  31 

Colt,  34 


Comberbatch  family,  106 

Compton,  7 

Compton  of  Hartbury,  Elizabeth,  42 

Conder  of  Colwall,  89 

Conway,    Baron    of    Ragley,    Helli- 

gaurth,  daughter  of,  15 
Coo  of  Coxall,  31 
Cooke,  Clarencieux,  163 
Coote,  Sir  Charles,  Bart.,  186 
Copcote,  42 
Cooper,  Alary,  142    ■ 
Cordall,  Thomas,  34 
Cork,  Richard,  first  Earl  of,  186 
Cornwall  Visitation,  1620,  11 
Cossam,  Wilts,  30 
Cotton,  John,  101 
Coupland,  Eleanor,  44 
Couthop  of  Cambrook,  38 
Coventry,  Earl  of,  171 
Coventry,  Robert,  41 
Covert  of  Slaugham,  Sir  Walter,  38 
Cox  of  Beeston,  89 
Crane  of  Chilton,  Robert,  32 
Creagh,  John,  188 
CTedenhili,  21 

Credenhill,  John  Smith  of,  4 
Creed,  Anthony,  30 
Creneure,  30 

Cresset  of  Upton  Cresset,  36 
Creasing  Temple,  14,  41,  71 
Cressy  of  Oldcotes,  Henry,  36 
Crewe,  Colonel,  77 
Criall,  30 

Croft  of  Hertford,  15 
Cromwell,  Elizabeth,  186 
Cromwell,  Oliver,  45 
Cropwell  Boteler,  68,  69,  70,  105 
Crowder,  CoL,  C.B.,  119 
Cubitt,  Major,  76 
Culfe,  Anne,  14 
Calverwell,  Richard,  25 
Cumberland,  Duke  of,  194 
Cunliffe,  Sir  Ellis,  17 
Curdesley,  36 
Currie,  Arthur,  18 
Curtys,  William,  33 
Curzon,  Abbot,  86 
Curzon,  Sir  John,  86 
Curzon,  Gen.  Hon.  Leicester,  185 
Curzon,  Viscount,  75 
Cusac,  Sir  T.,  High  Lord  Chancellor, 
183 

D alton,  J.,  of  Fillingham,  119 

Daly- White,  H,  C.B.,  81 

Dance,  George,  R.A.,  63 

Dansey  of  Bnnsop,  Roger,  21 

Danvers,  J.,  142 

Davies,  de  la  Marche,  Reginald,  37 

Davies  of  Richards  Castle,  John,  37 

Dawkins,  H.,  of  Standlynch,  119 

DayreU,  Pawle,  9 

Dean  of  Christ  Church,  descent  of,  173 


PRINCIPAL   NAMES  AND   PLACES     271 


Dearie,  George,  of  Stepney,  9 

De  Capell  Brookes,  Bart 3.",  187 

De  Carinton,  So 

De  Clarendon,  104 

De  Clarendon,  Sir  Roger,  15 

De  Derndell,  William,  37 

Deedes,  Rev.  Cecil,  81 

Deedes,  Rev.  Lewis,  81 

De  la  Chambre,  John,  192 

De  la  Weare,  Anne,  22 

De  Leon,  Juana  M.  De  Los  Dolores, 

64 
De  Montacute,  Sir  W.,  86 
Dene  of  Great  Missenden,  Edward,  29 
Denston,  38 

Denton  of  Am  broaden,  36,  42 
De  Otelev,  Sir  Ralph,  48 
Derby,  Earl  of,  Premier,  100 
Dering,  John,  24 
De  Rixton,  Alan,  86 
De  Roos,  Sir  R.,  86 
De  Scacario,  Richard,  37 
De  Stifford  of  Essex,  Richard,  23 
De  Toft,  William,  85 
Devel,  Susanna,  18 
Des  Voeux,  Marquis,  156 
Devon  Visitation,  1620,  12 
Dickenson  of  King's  Weston,  F.,  80 
Dickenson  of  King's  Weston,  W.,  79 
Digbv,  Earl,  61 
Digby  of  Welby,  Thomas,  33 
Dixon,  Emily  P.,  192 
Dodsworth  Baits.,  119 
Dodsworth,  J.,  of  Thornton  Watlass, 

119 
Doneraile,  second  Lord,  187 
Donne,  Alice,  31 
Donoughmore,  Lord,  73 
Dorington,  Joane,  38 
Dormer,  Anthony,  S8 
Dormer,  first  Lord,  88 
Dorrien,  Thomas,  74 
Dorset  Visitation,  1623,  12 
Doveton  College,  Calcutta,  181 
Downes,  Joane,  39 
Drever,  Dr,  74 
Du  Cane,  Peter,  62 
Dudley  and  Ward,  Baron,  114 
Dudley  Ryder,  142 
Dugdale's  Notes,  6 
Dnnraven,  Earl  of,  60 
Dunsany,  Randall,  Lord,  17 
Duppa,  Bishop  of  Sarum,  23 
Duppa,  Walter,  of  Greenwich,  23 
Durham  Visitation,  1615,  12 
Duttons,  the,  85 
Dyer  of  Barnstaple,  Richard,  12 
Dvke-Ackland,  142 
Dysart,  Earl,  61 

Eakyjjs,  Robert,  10 
Eardlev,  Lord,  172 
Eardley,  Sir  Culling,  172 


Easthaugh,  Anne,  142 

Eaton  Bishop,  170 

Ecroyd  Smith,  H.,  123 

Ecroyd,  W.  Farrer,  MP.,  123 

Edgar,  Nicholas,  of  Ashe,  32 

Edgehill,  Battle  of,  88 

Erilin  of  Pinner,  Richard,  30 

Edward  IV.,  53 

Edward,  C,  43 

Edwards,  Chancellor,  9 

Egerton,  Hon.  A.,  31 

Egleton,  whence  the  Kent 3,  Barts., 

72 
Eldon,  Countess  of,  107 
Eliot,  Katherine,  122 
Eliot,  Sir  John,  122 
Elizabeth,  Queen,  51 
Elkington,  John  Smith  of,  3,  4 
Elkington  Line,  Chapter  III.,  46 
Ellesmere,  Earl,  81 
Ellis  of  Long  Melford,  33 
Elmore  of  Panton,  George,  16 
Elphinston,  Sir  H,  59 
Elston,  Hugh,  19,  42 
Emott,  20 

Engleneld,  Mary,  88 
English  Pedigrees,  Chapter  VL,  96 
English  Pedigrees,  continued.  Chapter 

VTL,  123 
Erdeswick,  Jane,  90 
Essex  Visitation,  1634,  14 
Essex  Visitation,  1664,  13,  14 
Evangelical  Magazine,  132 
Eyre  of  Hodloke,  Robert,  36 
Eyres  of  Bath,  William,  44 

Fabeb,  Rev.  Canon  Arthur,  150 

Faber,  Father,  150 

Faber,  Rev.  G.  S.,  B.D.,  150 

Faber  pedigree,  146,  147,    148,   149, 

150 
Faber,  Sir  W.,  150 
"  Familiae   Minorum    Gentium,"    43, 

44,  45 
Fanshaw,  Henry,  25 
Farington,  Sir  N.,  36 
Farnell,  Sir  E.,  86 
Farwell,  Edmond,  13 
Farwell,  Sir  Edmond,  41 
Farwig,  Adelaide,  131 
Farwy  of  Brockley,  38 
Fawley,  Edward  Sliles,  23 
Fitzakerley,  John,  M.P.,  140 
Felstead,  Society  of  Friends  of,  137 
Ferrer,    Honoria,    of    Weobley    and 

Dilwyn,  163 
Ferrers,  Sir  J.,  13,  36 
Field,  44 

Fineld,  Anne  of  Farmington,  152 
Fish,  Oliver,  10 
Fineox  of  Heme,  John,  25 
Fitzgerald,  Selina,  76 
Fitzgerald,  T.  W.,  135 


272 


INDEX  OF 


Fitzherbert,  Eustace,  87  , 

Fortescue,  Sir  John,  51 
Fitzwilliam,  Charles  W.,   fifth  Earl, 

141 
Fleetwood  of  the  Vache,  Bridget,  15 
Fletchamstead,  7 
Fly,  Rev.  Dr,  193 
Folville,  Ashby,  41 
Ford  of  Harting,  Sir  John,  88 
Ford  of  Keldon,  29 
Forester,  Lord,  78 
Forster  of  Aldermaston,  62 
Fortescue  of  Salden,  Sir  J.,  22,  23 
Foster,  Mary,  26 

Foster  of  Little  Baddow,  Wm.,  13 
Fothergill,  Dr  M.,  137 
Foulshurst,  Sir  T.,  10 
Fountains  and  Kirk  stall  Abbeys,  150 
Fowen  of  Bristol,  38 
Fox,  George,  Quaker,  So 
Foxley,  37 

Franklin  of  Maidstone,  James,  38 
Freeman  of  Beverlev,  Samuel,  45 
Fulford,  Sir  John,  11 

Gabriel,  Sir  T.,  Bart.,  106 

Galway,  William,  Viscount,  17 

Gamlingay,  Smith  of,  2 

Garbesham,  31 

Gardner,  second  Lord,  77 

Gardner,  Maria,  50 

Gardiner,    Captain   Allen,  F.,  R.N., 

143 
Gardiner,  Kath.  of  Southwark,  49 
Gascoigne,  General,  82 
Gaytonthorpe,  Thos.,  34 
Gernon,  34 
Gery,  Mary,  36 
Gideon,  Sir  Sampson,  172 
Giffard  of  Chillington,  Sir  T.,  41,  68, 

87 
Giffard  of  Salop,  37 
Gilbert,  Sarah,  17 

Gilby  of  Bath  and  London,  Thos.,  44 
Gilby,  uxor  to,  2S 
Giles,  G.  E.  of  Bonchurch,  89 
Glastonbury,  Baron,  49 
Gloucester  Visitation,  1683,  20 
Gloucestershire  Visitation,  1624,  19 
Goddard  of  Overton,  Thomas,  34 
Godden,  John,  of  S.  Petherton,  156 
Godden-Smith  of  Wick,  Alfred  S.,  156 
Godwyn  of  Owkey,  38 
Goldbrooke,  Belinda,  17 
Goldsmith,  Oliver,  189 
Gordon,  James  E.,  R.N.,  80 
Goodman  of  London,   Ann,  daughter 

of,  35 
Gore,  Ladv  Esther  C.  G.,  142 
Gore,  Sir  John,  29 
Gorge,  Sir  Thos. ,  37 
Gorge,  Lord.  37 
Gorleston,  38 


Gort,  Viscount,  198 
Gosling,  Charles,  17 
Gower,  Earl  of,  140 
Grainger  &  Smith,  firm  if,  168 
Grant,  Maximilian,  189 
Grenville,  Sir  Barnard,  12 
Grenville,  Sir  Bevil,  12,  56 
Grenville,  Hon.  James,  49 
Grey  of  Norton,  149 
Grey  of  Backworth,  83 
Grice,  Richard,  187 
Griffin  of  Dingley,  27 
Grimblys,  grocers  of  Oxford,  113 
Gunton,  32 

Haceett,  Bishop  of  Down,  16 

Hackthorpe,  28 

Hagthorpe,  38 

Hales,  Sir  Philip,  73 

Hales  of  Tenterden,  Wm.,  23 

Halsted,  Rev.  R. ,  44 

Halys,  Alice,  32 

Halysworth,  32 

Hambledon,  Viscountess,  142 

Hambledon  Line,  142,  143 

Hames,  Margt.,  30 

Hamilton,  J.,  of  Belfast,  185 

Hamond,  13,  41 

Hampden,  Sir  John,  87 

Hamper  Paper  Mill,  Watford,  132 

Hanbury  of  Bridganorth,  89 

Handford,  Alderman,  Sir  Humphrev, 
39 

Hares,  John,  31 

Harewell,  67,  68,  87 

Harewell,  Agnes,  42 

Harington,  Sir  James,  45 

Hemminge  of  Poxwell,  12 

Hende,  Lord  Mayor,  13,  87 

Henry  Martyn,  Life  of,  181 

Henslow.  George  of,  10 

Heralds'  Visitations,  Chapter  IL,  9 

Herbert,  Lord,  71 

Hereford  Visitation,  1569,  20 
Heritage,  Hannah,  106 
Heron,  Sir  Edward,  35 
Herriett,  Sir  Thos.,  13 
Herts  Visitation,  22 
Hervey  of  Bradwell  Grove,  82 
Hervev,  Lady  Arabella,  82 
Hervey,  Rev.  E.,  122 
Hervey,  Wm.,  115 
Hervye  of  Clare,  Thos.,  31 
Herwood,  Thos.,  40 
Hewlev,  Sir  John,  44 
Hewley,  Thos.,  44 
Hevingham,  Sir  Anthonv,  34 
Hibbins  de  Weo,  Chas.,"36 
Hide,  John,  28 
Harris,  Smith  ais.,  27 
Harris  of  Woodhay,  25 
Harrington,  eighth  Earl,  78 
Hart,  Robert,  38 


PRINCIPAL   NAMES   AND   PLACES     273 


Hartley,  Lieut. -CoL,  106 

Harvey,  Sir  D.,  101 

Harwell  of  Wootton,  John,  41 

Haaelrigge  of  Leicester,  Ellinor,  39 

Hasted's  Kent,  26 

Hasting,  Catherine,  34 

Hawes,  Sir  John,  31 

Hawkes,  34 

Hawkins  of  Sugwas,  Francis,  J. P., 
C.C.,  163 

Hawkins  of  Cardiff,  Maria,  19 

Hawley,  Clarencieux,  37 

Hawkesworth,  Sir  R.,  183 

Hayward,  Sir  Rowland,  25 

Haywood,  S.,  44 

Havard,  W.,  21 

Heathcote  of  Raleigh,  189 

Heber,  Bishop,  Life  of,  181 

Higgins  family,  164 

Higham,  31 

High  Legh,  3 

Hilkiah  Bedford,  Bishop,  101 

Hodge,  Right  Hon.  Sir  C,  15 

Hodgson,  Christopher,  of  Westerton, 
119 

Hodgson,  Br,  Dean  of  Carlisle,  SO 

Holborne,  30 

Holdich  in  Thorncomb,  55 

Holforda,  the,  93,  94 

Holme,  Lieut. -Col.,  89 

Holrovde,  Captain,  188 

Holte'of  Ashton,  EL,  88 

Hondon,  31 

Hopwood,  Maud,  21 

Horsey,  Sir  Ralph,  12 

Horsfall,  J.,  78 

Horspoole,  25 

Horton  of  Mowsley,  106 

Horton-Smith  arms,  105 

Horton  -  Smith,   Lionel,   M.A.,   etc., 
106 

Horton-Smith,  Percival,  M.D.,  106 

Horton-Smith,    Raymond  J.,    M.B., 
106 

Horton-Smith,  Richard,  K.C.,  106 

Houghton,      Toby,      of      Houghton 
Towers,  14 

Howard,  Lady  Isabella,  186 

Howard,  the  Philanthropist,  132 

Bowarth,  Captain,  R.N.,  43 

Sowe  of  Farnham,  W.,  14 

lowell,  W.,  32 
lowlett,  40 
lood.  ais.  Smith,  40 
ludson,  J.,  of  Basingby,  77 
(ulcote  Manor,  122 
Lume,  J.  S.,  of  Mallow,  196 
rurstley  in  Kynnersley,  163 
utchinson,  Van.  Archdeacon,  184 
yndford.  Earl,  dormant,  178 
yde  of  Albury,  48 
yde,  John,  22 
/ston,  Smith  of,  2,  4 

S 


Tr.r.Tvr.,  W.,  35 

Inglisberry,  and  Nemphiar,  Viscount, 

dormant,  178 
Ingoldsby,  Sir  G.,  186 
Ireton,  Henry,  45 
Irish  Pedigrees,  Chapter  IX.,  182 
Isacke,  History  of  Exeter,  54 

James  HL  of  Scotland,  176 
James,  Rev.  John,  ejected  minister, 

131 
Jeflreys,  Judge,  57 
Jennor  of  Bigotts,  Andrew,  19 
Jennor,  Sir  Kenelm,  19 
Jervois,  J.,  188 
Jervoise,  Sir  S.  C,  Bart.,  81 
Joyce  of  Grundisboro',  Robert,  34 
Jones,  General,  75 
Jordan,  Mrs,  115 
Jud,  Agnes,  23 
Judde,  Sir  Andrew,  Lord  Mayor,  25, 

26 

Kctj.t,  Sir  Fitzroy,  75 
Kelmarsh,  35 

Kelpos  of  Watergate,  John,  38 
Kemp,  Alfred  Bray,  Chancellor,  107 
Kenchester  Church,  assault  therein, 

21 
Kent,  alt.  Smith,  35 
Kent,  Earl  of,  55 
Kent  Visitation,  1619,  23 
Kidderminster      Congregationalism, 

168 
Kinderley,  Frances,  43 
King  Dr.,  Archbishop  of  Dublin,  184 
King-Smith,  Charles,  131 
Kingston  of  Bandon,  S.,  188 
Kinwarton,  Rector  of,  18 
Kippington,  Kent,  83 
Kirke  White,  unpublished  poems  of, 

155 
Knatchbull,  John,  26 
Knevett,  Lady,  40 
Kyllachy,  Lord,  181 

Lachmann,  Herr,  76 

Lainham,  Robert,  13 

Lancaster,  Duchy  of,  30 

Langdale,  Marmaduke,  94 

Larkbeare,  12 

Last-Smith,  Dr  E.,  192 

Lathbury,  History  of  the  Non-jurors, 

101 
Layham,  39 

Laynham,  Robert,  34,  87 
Lawson,  Dillon,  195 
Lea,  Ferdinando,  114 
Lea,  William,  114 
Leadam's  Domesday.  6,  7,  3 
Leader- Williams  of  Diglifl,  89 
Lee  of  Langley,  93 
Leeke  of  Hallom,  Adam,  36 


274 


INDEX  OF 


Le  Faber,  48 

Lefevre,  Isaac,  18,  58 

Leggatt,  William,  32 

Leicester,  Earl  of,  25 

Leicester  Visitation,  1624,  27 

Leigh,  Egerton,  32 

Leigh,  Sir  John,  39 

Leigh,  Lord,  7 

Le  Maistre,  Rev.  Dr,  119 

Le  Marchant,  Denis,  18 

Le.Marchant,  Sir  D.,  58 

Lenthall  of  Latchford,  11 

Lepard,  William,  131 

Le  Smythe,  John,  53 

Leven,  ninth  Earl,  79 

Lilborne,  William,  22 

Lilboarn,  Eleanor,  48 

Lincoln,  Bishop  of,  36 

Lincoln  Visitation,  1562,  28 

Lisburae,  Viscount,  135 

Lister,  Leonard,  10 

"  Little  Blenheim,"  134 

Littlemore,  144 

Llewellin,  Dean,  76 

Lloyds  of  Arnagowan,  189 

Lloyd,  Dorothy,  16 

Llovd,  Sir  John,  15 

Lloyd,  Charles,  LL.D.,  43 

Loftus,  Right  Hon.  T.,  185 

Long  of  Great  Leverraere,  John,  33 

Longfield.  Richard,  29 

London  Visitation,  1568,  30,  31 

London  Visitation,  1633,  29 

Lound  of  Essex,  34 

Lovedav,  Xpofer,  30 

Lowe,  George,  25 

Ludgershall,  7 

Lnmlev  of  Dalbv,  Leicester,  106 

Lumle'y-Smith,  K.C.,  Judge,  106 

Lumley-Smith  Arms,  105 

Lushington,  Judge,  SI 

Lyanby,  uxor  to,  28 

Lygon  of  Madresfield,  Richard,  19 

Lyght  of  Lvghtslary,  Henry,  34 

Lylbourne,"  William,  28 

Lynford,  Ann,  26 

Lyster,  Captain,  R.A.,  186 

Lyttelton  of  Frankley,  Sir  John,  43 

Lytton,  Helen,  Lady  Reade,  49 

Lvtton,  Judith,  49 

Lytton,  Sir  Rowland,  22,  49 

Lyveden  Line,  139,  140,  141.  142 

Lyveden  of  Lyveden,  Baron,  140 

Mabeblet,  J.,  M.P.,  80 

Macadam  -  Smith,   W.,    of    Wivelis- 

combe,  181 
Mackintosh  of  Geddes,  E.,  61 
Mackintosh  of  Inverness,  181 
Macmahons,  196 

Magrath,  Dr,  Provost  of  Queen's,  171 
Malvern  College,  150 
Manby,  uxor  to,  28 


Manchester,  Union  Bank  of,  145 

Manning,  Cardinal,  77 

Mansfield  Estate.  105 

Man wanng,  Sir  R. ,  10 

Markham,  68 

Markham  of  Alberton,  Anne,  36 

Markham  of  Allerton,  Sir  T.,  71,  87 

Markham  of  Notts,  41 

Marten,  30 

Marlborough,  Duke  of,  134 

Marsey  of  Berwood,  Mary,  35 

Marsh,  Sarah,  43 

Marriner,  Captain,  18 

Marriott,  Rev.  Dr,  of  Horsmonden, 
60 

Martin,  Lord  Mayor,  Sir  R.,  19,  42 

Martin,  J.,  43 

Maryon  Wilson,  Sir  S.,  Bart.,  192 

Mascall,  Thomas,  37 

Masters,  George,  of  Camer,  59 

Matthewes  of  Radnor,  37 

Maunsell  of  Plassv,  Major,  192 

Maxwell  of  Finnabrogue,  188 

Maydwell,  Colonel,  64 

Mayne,  Rev.  C.  0.,  81 

Meadows -White,  Judge,  107 

Meadows  -White,  Alice,  nit  Smith,107 

Meller  of  Came,  12 

Mellington,  John  Smith  De,  3 

Melville,  Hon.  Alexander  L.,  80 

Melville,  Lady  Lucv,  80 

Melville,  Lady  Mary  A,  79 

"  Meninensis  Cancellarius,"  37 

Merrow,  40 

Meux,  SirH.,  Bart.,  15 

Middlesex  Visitation,  1663,  28 

Milward,  Anne,  14 

Minshall,,  W.,  11 

Mitcbam,  39  ;  also  Mycham 

Monck,  Lady  Emily,  186 

Monke  of  Powderidge,  Sir  T.,  12 

Montague  of  Samm,  William,  41,  55 

Montrose,  Duke  of,  179 

Montrose,  Grisel,  daughter  of  Mar- 
quess of,  177 

Montrose,  first  Marquess,  106 

Moore,  Hon.  C.  W.,  188 

Moore,  Rev.  Minor  Canon,  64 

Morant's  "Essex,"  132 

Mordaunt,  George,  10 

Moreton  of  Ashlev,  John,  41 

Moreton  of  Ashby  FolviUe,  63,  87 

Morton,  Cardinal,  87 

Morton,  Lady,  169 

Morgan  of  Llanterner,  37 

Morley,  William,  29 

Morris,  40 

Morrall  of  Downside,  Rev.  Father 
O.S.B.,  90 

Morvill,  36 

Morvs,  John,  7 

Moslev,  Sir  John,  80 

Mosley,  Rev.  R.,  30 


PRINCIPAL   NAMES   AND   PLACES    275 


Motham,  Thomas,  30 
Moantcashell,  third  Earl,  137 
Mouncacute,  Catherin,  13 
Muttleberie,  55 
Mattleberrie,  Alice,  12 
Mynors  of  Balshall,  John,  32 

Neave,  Sir  Arundel,  Bart.,  187 

Neave,  Sir  T.  L.,  Bart.,  187 

Nedginge,  31 

Novell,  Thomas,  13 

Nevile  o£  Holte,  Sir  T.,  14,  87 

Nevile,  Sir  N.,  36 

Neville  of  Billingbeare,  Sir  H.,  25 

Newark,  44 

Newman's  "Apologia,"  150 

Newman,  Sir  R.,  31 

Newaam,  Thomas,  10 

Newton,  11 

Newton,  Sir  Isaac,  142 

Newton,  Elizabeth,  85 

Nicholls,  Leicestershire,  69 

Nicholson  of  Cawood,  44 

Noble's  "  History  of  Cromwell,"  45 

Non-juror  Smiths,  pedigree  of,  101 

Norborne,  29 

Norfolk  Visitation,  1612,  31 

Northampton,  Charles,  Marquess  of, 

17 
Northants  Visitation,  1616,  35 
Norwich,  Earl  of,  Earl  Marshall,  153 
Notts  Visitations,  1569,  1614,  36 
Nugent,  Thomas,  184 

"  OBITUARY  "  OP  RlCHABD  SmTTH,  113 

O'Donnells,    Princes    of    Tyrconnell, 

196 
Offley  of  Maresley,  40,  45 
Ogle,  W.  M.,  M.P.,  186 
Oldhaugh,  John  of,  11 
"Old  Morality,"  143 
Olier,  M.,  refugee,  142  . 
Orlebar  family,  122 
Ormerod,  pedigreeof  Cuerdley  Smiths, 

115 
Osborne,  Mary,  21 
Ostenhanger,  25,  30 
Oteley,  John,  23 
Otwell  of  Shawcross,  11 
Overdinsdale  Hall,  149 
Owen,  Judge  Thomas,  25 
Owen,  Sergeant,  30 
Owlde  Buckenham,  32 
Oxford  Visitation,  36 
Oxwick,  45 

Pags  of  Alpbam,  11 

Page,  John,  31 

Painters,  William,  George,  and  John 

Smith,  138 
Palgrave,  Sir  John,  45 
Palmer,  Archdale,  29 
Panfote,  John,  76 


Pannefort,  76 

Parish  Church,  Leeds,  129 

Parkyns,  Sir  Thomas,  75 

Parratt,  Thomas,  10 

Parry,  Dame,  22 

Parry,  Richard,  22 

Paske,  John,  32 

Pate,  Sir  J.,  88 

Paulet,  Sir—.,  87 

Pauncefote,  Baron,  76 

Pauncefote  of  Carrswells,  75 

Payne,  Peter,  of  Rowdham,  33 

Peake,  Sir  W.,  13 

Pechell,  Augustus,  54 

Peede  of  Berry  Richard,  31 

Peiham,  Lady  Susan,  79 

Pelsham,  Robert,  23 

Peperharow,  38 

Percival  of  Kingsale,  49 

Percy,  Chief-Justice,  Sir  John,  183 

Peter  the  Great,  165 

Pigott  of  Chetwyn,  Robert,  36 

Pitt  of  Colkirk,  John,  45 

Pitt  of  Trimley,  Thomas,  14 

Pitt,  William,  77 

Pleasaunce,  daughter  of  Reeve,  43 

Plumptre  of  Notts,  Anne,  21 

Plumtree,  Notts,  89 

Pontoise,  88 

Poole  of  Belsham,  Robert,  14 

Poole,  Sir  Henry,  35 

Popham,  Admiral,  76 

Portrait  of  Patrick  Smith  by  Gains- 
borough, 194 

Potterspury,  35 

Powis,  Marquis  of,  88 

Powtrell,  M.,  89 

Powys  of  Henley,  Salop,  21 

Powys  of  Shrewsbury  Abbey,  73 

Powys  of  Sutton,  21 

Prescot,  Lane,  36 

Prest  of  York,  E.,  44 

Preston  Court,  76 

Prickett,  G.,  119 

Prince-Smith,  John,  law  reporter,  208 

Prince  -  Smith,  John,  junior,  econ- 
omist, 208 

Pryce  of  Godmanchester,  Jasper,  33 

Pudsey  of  Barforth,  Mary,  43 

Pugin,  Welby,  193 

Purcell,  Dr,  Poor  Law  Commissioner, 
192 

Purcell,  Henry  F.,  193 

Purcell,  Sir  John  Samuel,  K.C.B.,  193 

Raolak,  Lord,  187 

Randall,  Archdeacon,  59 

Ransom,  Griffin,  17 

Ray  of  Tannington,  49 

Raymond     Horton-Smith     Prize     at 

Cambridge,  107 
Reade,  Sir  Thomas,  49 
"  Record  of  the  Redes,"  95 


276 


INDEX   OF 


Rede,  Leonard,  of  Boarstal,  67 

Reeve,  Robert,  of  Lowestoft,  43 

Reid,  "  Life  of  Svdney  Smith,"  140 

Rhodes  of  Hucknell  Torkard,  89 

Rich,  Lady  Isabella,  26 

Richard  L,  71 

Ridley,  Sir  M.  W.,  Bart.,  81 

Rivenhall,  34,  41 

Robartes,  Lord,  79 

Robarts,  Abraham  W.,  189 

Roberts,  Lord,  194 

Robinson,  John,  29 

Robinson  of  London,  Richard,  38 

Rochdale,  30 

Rochfort,  Hon.  R.,  184 

Rodney,  Sir  George,  37 

Rogers,  Sir  Francis,  37 

Roife.  Jonas,  45 

Rolleston,  Colonel,  75 

Romney,  Sir  W.,  16 

Roose,  Sir  Robert,  13,  41 

Rosebery,  Earl,  82 

Rosedale  Abbey,  183 

Rosse,  uxor  to,  28 

Rotherham,  G.,  22 

Roxburgh,  fourth  Duke  of,  61 

Royal  Descent  of  Devon  Smiths,  55 

Royal  Descent  of  Elkington,  52 

Royal  Descent  of  the  Smythes,  94,  95 

Royds,  50 

Russell  of  BythelL  21 

Ryder,  Rev.  G.  D.,  77 

Ryther,  Rector  of,  44 

Sackville,  Lady,  150 
Sager,  Nicholas,  44 
Salesberry,  Earl  of,  13 
Salisbury,  Earl  of,  55 
Salop  Visitation,  1623,  36 
Sandford  of  BakeweU,  John,  36 
Sandford,  Francis,  Rouge  Dragon,  153 
Sargent  of  Lavington,  77 
Sarsrield,  General  of  Jacobites,  195 
Saumarez-Smith,  Bishop,  81 
Saunders  of  Longmarston,  35 
Sawyer  of  Heywood,  73 
Save  and  Sele,  George  W.,  Lord,  172 
Sayer,  Rev.  Dr,  135 
Scarborough,  Earls  of,  106 
Scattergood  of  Leeds,  Bernard  P.,  165 
Schorne,  Richard  Smith  of,  4 
Scott,  Hibernicus,  188 
Scottish  Pedigrees,  Chapter  VUL,  176 
Scott  of  Scots  Hall,  John,  25 
Scott-Smith,  Percv,  188 
Selkirk,  Lord,  194" 
Selsdon,  80 
Sept  O'Gowan,  198 
Sergeant  of  the  Carriages,  40 
Sergeant,  Rev.  J.,  49 
Serocold,  Rev.  E.  S.  P.,  80 
Seymer,  Edward,  Duke  of  Somersett, 
13 


Seymour,  Queen  Jane,  87 
Seymour,  Rev.  R.,  18 
Shadwell,  Vice-chancellor,  73 
Shal cross,  Leonard,  11 
Shelley,  E.,  of  Avington,  188 
Sherburn  Hospital,  Master  of,  150 
Shuldham,  43 

Sidley  of  Morley,  Martin,  32 
Sidney,  Lady  Barbara,  26 
Simms,  Alderman,  27 
Skerne,  Widow,  37 
SkyU,  John,  34 
Sluys,  Battle  of,  86 
Smith,  however  spelt 

Aaron,  204 

Abel,  79 

Abraham,  65 

Adam,  36 

Albert,  Sir,  213 

Albert,  253 

Alithea,  35 

Alexander,  234,  254 

Ambrose,  27,  31 

Andrew,  Sir,  M.D.,  259 

Anker,  215 

Aquila,  252 

A.  L.,  Sir,  214 

Archibald,  261 

Archdeacon,  183,  195,  196 

Arthur  M.,  54 

Augustas,  66,  210 

Augusta,  17,  18 

Awdry,  32 

Aysgough,  44 

Barbara,  26 

Barnaby,  142 

Belinda,  17 

Benjamin,  218 

Bernard,  241 

Caledon,  61 

Carington,  ais.,  89 

Challoner,  J.,  219 

Chancellor,  196 

Clement,  167 

Charles,  Sir,  17,  18,  58,  59,  88, 
119,  214,  221 

Charles  Felix,  Sir,  221 

Charles,  H.,  223 

Charles,  Rev.,  73 

Charles,  52,  58,  137,  138,  145, 
162,  167,  206,  215,  216,  223, 
246,  251,  252 

Charlotte,  248 

Christopher,  Sir,  109 

Christopher,  22,  30,  38,  40,  48, 
50,  113 

Clement,  Sir,  13,  31,  34,  41,  87 

Colvin,  218 

Conway,  16 

Culling,  Sir,  175 

Cusac,  ah.,  182 

Dorrien,  ah.,  70 

Dodsworth  Barts.,  als.,  119 


PRINCIPAL  NAMES   AND   PLACES     277 


Smith,  however  spelt 

Dramatist,  244 

Drammond,  Sir,  17,  58 

D.A.,8ir,  214 

Eardley,  aU.,  172 

Edmund,  59,  245 

Edmund,  Colonel,  50 

E.  F.  N.,  Rev.,  61 

E.  A.,  Miss,  95 

Ed-ward,  168,  262 

Edward,  Bishop  of  Down,  241 

Edward,  G.,  MTP.,  107 

Edward,  0.,  193 

Edward,  Sir,  15 

Edwin  T.,  Sir,  214 

Elizabeth,  241 

Emmeline,  135 

E.  Selby,  Sir,  227 

Endymion,  26 

Erasmus,  27,  31,  35,  212 

Esther,  43 

Eva,  16 

Father,  organ-builder,  243 

Ferdinando,  D.  L.,  114 

Felicia,  24 

Francis,  Sir,  213,  214,  262 

Frances,  5,  71,  107,  143 

Frederick,  137 

Gamekeepers,  166 

George,  Sir,  5,  16,  22,  49,  51,  55, 

60,  75,  158 
George,  58,  63,  80,  133,  158,  181, 
191,  216,  235,  238,  240,  257 

George  A.,  161 

George,  Bishop,  240 

George  T.,  248 

Gerard,  260 

Gertrude,  Lady  Dinorben,  187 

Gervase,  19 

Goldwin,  242 

Gordon,  dLa.,  112 

Grace,  56 

Grisegond,  19 

Harriett,  43,  64 

Harris,  171,  242 

Harry,  Sir,  64,  225 

Helena,  37 

Henry,  166,  187,  229,  255 

Henry  Ecroyd,  123 

Henry  Wattou,  142 

H.  J.  8.,  240 

Henry   Lilley,   M.D.,    173,  262, 

263 
Hester,  13 
Horace,  249 
Horton-Smith,  ois. ,  106 
Hugh,  Sir,  37 
Hugh,  37,  257,  258 
Hugo,  5,  100 

Humphrey,  5,  152,  153,  256 
Irton,  Rev.,  159 
Jacob,  37 
James,  74,  230,  233,  250,  260 


Smith,  however  spelt 

James,  Sir,  56 

James  G.,  5 

Jeremiah,  236 

Jeremiah,  Sir,  229 

Jeremias,  24 

John,  Sir,  14,  15,  17,  19,  25,  26, 
30,  34,  40,  41,  60,  87,  170,  187, 
192,  203,  215,  216,  258 

John  J.,  Sir,  60,  168,  204,  210, 
217,  218,  219,  221,  224,  229, 
230,  231,  236,  238,  241,  245, 
248,  256,  257,  259 

John,  2,  3,  5,  6,  60,  71,  81,  107, 
131 

John  of  Kenchester,  163 

John  Bosworth,  60 

John  Bouchier,  171 

John  Hasley,  157 

John  Stafford,  249 

John  W.  of  Thinghill,  163 

John  Lucie,  Sir,  213 

John  Le  Smythe,  53 

Joseph,  137,  234,  246 

John  Abel,  M.P.,  72,  209 

John  William,  163 

Joshua,  58 

Joshua  Toulmin,  117,  211 

Josiah,  211 

Joyce,  35 

Ken  elm.  Rev.  H.,  162 

Laura,  33 

Laurence,  4 

Leonard,  29,  34,  87 

Leticia,  24 

Lidderdale,  Canon,  63 

LiUey-Smith,  M.D.,  262 

Lionel,  Sir,  223 

Lumley-Smith,  alt.,  106 

Mabilla,  24 

Magdalen,  22,  23,  31 

Margery,  19,  22,  33,  34 

Mariam,  19 

Mrs  Mary  Esther,  131 

Smith-Marriott,  als.,  60 

Martin,  30 

Martin  Tucker,  81 

Master  of  Pembroke,  241 

Mathew,  205 

Maud,  21 

Methven,  of,  176,  177 

Michael,  25,  224 

Milecencia,  41 

Miles,  231,  232 

Milo,  19 

Montagu,  Sir  E.,  210 
Montem,  248 

Mylecent,  34 

Nathaniel,  M.P.,  63 
Nicholas,  Sir,  54,  56 
Nicholas,  49 
Oswald,  29 

Patrick,  194 


278 


INDEX  OF 


Smith,  however  spelt 
Paulus,  42 
Percy,  Sir,  187 
Plea&aunce.  43,  248 
Priscilla,  40 

Provost  of  Queen's,  170,  171 
Prudence,  21,  37 
Ralph,  56 
Randoll,  11 
Randulfe,  Sir,  28,  30 
Of  Rathcoursey,  187 
Reginald  Bosworth,  61 
Richard,  3,  188,  226,  228,  243, 

252  253 
Richard,  Sir,  26,  30 
Robert,  1st  Lord  Carrington,  211 
Robert,  48,  51,  53,  57,  58,  185, 

234,  253,  260 
Robert  V.,  140 
Robert  Percy,  208 
Robert,  Sir,  13,  16 
Roger,  Sir,  5,  14 
Rose,  36 
Rose.  Hon.,  56 
Rowland,  22,  49 
Samuel,   73,   79,    191,    193,  194, 

230,  255 
Samuel,  C.,218 
Se-Baptist,  the,  229 
Silvanus,  19,  42 
Sir  Sebastian,  113 
Simon,  5,  15, 21,  23,  24,  25,  26,  37 
Spencer,  17,  58 
Stephen,  14,  256 
Sydnev,  250 
.  Sydney  J.,  133 
Sybil,  21 
Theodosia,  45 
Theyre,  T.,  241 
Thomazin,  29 
T.,   Rev.,   Fellow  of  Magdalen, 

191 
Thomas,   Sir,   4,  11,  14,  15,   19, 

25,  26,  30,  196,  201,  202,  203 
Thomas,  3,  5,  72,  170,  216,  219, 

220,  221,  231,  232,  259 
Trafford,  Sir,  16 
Urith,  45 
Veronica,  11 

Villiers.  Major,  of  Aspley,  121 
Waketield,  als.,  43 
Walter,  Sir,  6 
Wellstood,  &,  181 
William,   Sir,  5,  13,  15,  27,  62, 

238 
W.  H.,  Right  Hon.,  M.P.,  212, 

214 
William,  3,  7,  48,  49,  52,  54,  62, 
139,  143,  183,  185,  186,  206, 
207,  217,  218,  227,  235,  242, 
243,  244,  245,  247,  253,  256, 
258 
William  Tyler,  M.D.,  261 


Smith,  however  spelt 

Willoughby,  261 

Wilmot,  11 

W.  Robertson,  239 

W.  Sidney,  Sir,  222 
Somerset,  Lord  Granville,  77,  79 
Somerset  Visitation,  1623,  37 
Somerville,  Admiral  Lord,  184 
Sparrow  of  Lavenham,  Sain,  45 
Stafford,  Kath.,  26 
Staffs  Visitation,  1583, 1614,  1663,  38 
St  Aldate's,  Oxford,  36 
Stallard  of  Worcester,  89 
Standard,  Alice,  151 
Stanford,  43 

Stanhope,  fourth  Earl,  77 
Stanydge  or  Standish,  70 
Stapleton,  Hon.  Mrs  Bryan,  152 
Staunton-on-Arrow,  163 
Stavely  of  York,  44 
St  Dunstan's,  West,  153 
Steele,  Sir  Richard,  182 
"  Stemmata  Ferraria,"  83 
Stephens,  Anne,  21 
Stevens  of  Horsley,  40 
Stewart,  Lord  John,  71 
St  Frideswide  Convent,  86 
St  Mary's,  Nottingham,  Registers  of, 

105 
Stoaks,  Sarah,  105 
Stoke,  Prior,  29,  42 
St  Osyth's  Abbey,  86 
Stowe,  W;Uiam,  Archdeacon  of,  36 
St  Peter's,  Nottingham,  Rector  of,  155- 
Strange,  Lord,  100 
Strangford,  Viscount,  26 
Strathallan,   Margaret,  Viscountess, 

Strathmore,  Earl,  80 

Streatfield,  H.  D.,  80 

Stretton-super-Street,  6 

Stroud  of  Clewer,  89 

Strutt,  Sir  Denver,  132 

St  Toll's,  or  St  Aldate's,  Register,  169 

Studley,  Warw.,  71 

Sudbury,  14 

Suffolk,  James,  Earl  of,  153 

Suffolk   Visitation,  1561,  1577,  1612, 

38 
Supple,  W.  F.,  186 
Surrey  Visitation,  1623,  38 
Surtees,  M.,  107 
Sutton,  Chancellor,  19 
Sutton,  W.,  11 
Syday  of  Lenham,  Mary,  39 
Sydney,  Lady  Dorothy,  26 
Sykes,  Sir  Francis,  17 
Sylvester,  Priscilla,  119 
Svmon  de  Chart,  24 
Synot,  Sir  W.,  184 

T.i_vkekvllle,  Earls  of,  132 
Tavemor,  38 


PRINCIPAL  NAMES   AND  PLACES     279 


Taylor,  Hardwick,  44 

Taylor,  Stephen,  32 

Telfe  of  Penhill,  17 

Tennison,  Chancellor  and  Arch- 
bishop, 72 

Tenterden,  Charles,  first  Lord,  187 

Tetley,  J.,  Esq.,  of  Kilgram,  119 

Tipping,  Mary,  89 

Titheby  Parish,  105 

"The  Veteran,"  194 

Thompson  of  Weatherby,  Robert,  29 

Thornton,  Claude,  79 

Throckmorton,  Sir  George,  19 

Throckmorton,  Robert,  41 

Tolfte  of  Little  Baddow,  Henry,  34, 
41 

Throgmorton,  Sir  George,  42 

Thwaites,  Audrey,  32 

Toft,  W.,  of  Little  Baddow,  87 

Torre  of  Sydal,  James,  44 

Toulmin,  Dr,  descendant  of  a  Dutch 
Refugee,  117 

Tracie,  Samwell,  19,  42 

Trafford,  Jane,  13 

Tremayne,  Roger,  11 

Trenchards,  the  family  of,  56 

Trewynt  in  Blysland,  11 

Tucker,  General,  81 

Turner,  Thomas,  of  Crossing,  14 

Turville,  H.,  88 

Tusser,  William,  34 

"Twelve  Indian  Statesmen,"  181 

Tyberton,  William  Smith  of,  3,  4 

Tyll,  R.,  31 

Tynte,  Sir  H..  M.P.,  187 

Tyser,  Dr.  76 

Upper  Ossort,  Earl  of,  140 
Ushaw  College,  93 
Usthwait,  William,  28 

Valestia,  Viscount,  15 

Vansittart,  A.,  80 

Vere  of  Ketton,  31 

Verney,  Sir  E.,  71 

Vernon  of  Hartington,  Thomas,  36 

Vernon  of  Hilton,  Richard,  141 

Vernou-Sinith,    R.,    Lord   Lyveden, 

politician,  209 
Vesey,    Right    Rev.  Dr,  Archbishop 

of  Tuam,  183 
Victoria,  Queen,  78 
Villiers-Downes,  Major,  122 
Viell,  William,  12 

Wade,  Marshal,  194 
Wake,  Henry,  22 
Wake,  Sir  Thomas,  86 
Wakefield,  als.  Smith,  43 
Wakelyn  of  Whittlesey,  64 
Waldy,  Mrs.  150 
Walford  in  Leintwardine,  159 
Walker,  J.,  of  Brentwood,  133 


Walter  or  Waller  of  Fawkham,  25 

Walker,  James,  12 

Walker  of  Lincoln,  Henry,  44 

Walkeringham,  36 

Wall  Sutton,  in  Mershland,  32 

Walmesly,  Chief-Justice,  16,  39 

Walmsley,  Judith,  13 

Walsam  in  the  Willows,  32,  40 

Walsh,  Anthony,  185 

Walsh  of  Hereford,  42 

Waltham,  Line,  22 

Walwyn,  John,  21 

Wansley,  Nicholas,  29 

Ward,  James,  antiquarian,  155 

Ward,    John,     trustee    of    the    B. 

Museum,  132 
Ward,  Hon.  W.,  114 
Warden,  F.,  73 
Ward- Hunt,  Right  Hon.  G.W..M.P., 

etc.,  143 
Warren  of  Great  Thurloe,  31 
Warwick,  Earl  of,  25 
Warwick  Visitation,  1619,  41 
Waterhouse  of  Berkhamstead,  22 
Waterpark,  Lord,  60 
Watkin  Wynne,  Sir  H.,  77 
Watton  at  Stone,  23 
Watts,  Sir  J.,  Lord  Mayor,  40 
Way  of  Deverston,  John,  33 
Weare  in  Kenchester,  21 
Weaver,  Jane,  36 
Welford,  Anne,  21,  37 
Welsh,  Elizabeth,  21,  37 
Wendover,  Viscount,  78 
Wenland,  Thomas,  21 
Wentworth,  Lady,  122 
Weobley,  Thomas  Smith  of,  3 
Worsop  of  Clapham,  Rose,  39 
West  Country  Smiths,  Chapter  IV. , 

53 
Western,  C,  43 
Weyland    of     Woodeaton,     Letitia, 

daughter  of,  15 
Whalley-Smythe-Gardiners,     Barts. , 

113 
Whatton,  Sir  J.,  16 
Whitfield,  Major,  24 
Whytehead,  Rev.  R.,  119 
Whytehead  of  Tytherlev,  16 
Wicklow,  third  Earl,  1S6 
Widenham,  Charles,  188 
Widenham-Smyth,  H.  J.,  188 
Wigram,  Sir  E.,  31 
Wigram,  Rev.  Ernest,  81 
Wilberforce,  Bishop  S. ,  77 
Wilder  of  Purley,  Rev.  H.  W.,  18 
Wilkenson,  Hugh,  32 
Wilkins  of  Cawood,  44 
Wilkinson,  Daniel,  24 
Willabye,  Robert,  28 
Willerby,  Joan,  48 
Willes  of  Astrop,  E.,  81 
William  the  Third,  194 


280 


INDEX 


Williams,  Elizabeth,  of  Cardiff,  19 
Willoughby  d'Eresby,  Lord,  78 
Wilson,  Alderman,  44 
Wilson  of  Walton  Tower",  75 
Wilts  Visitation,  41 
Winoet,  Eercnles,  35 
Windham  (Bowyer),  Anne,  15 
Winter,  Robert,  19,  42 
Witham,  14 
Withcote,  27,  35 
Woburne,  10 
Wood,  Edward,  14 
Wood,  Elizabeth,  15 
Wood  of  Salop,  Abigail,  15 
Wood,  W.,  44 
Woodcock,  Mrs,  115 
Woodhall,  Herts,  79 
Woodhouse,  Sir  Thomas,  of  Kimber- 
ley,  133 


Woolavington,  16 
Wootton  Wawen,  68 
Worcester  Visitation,  1620,  42 
Wordsworth,  Anne,  43 
Wordsworth,  Mary,  aunt  of  the  poet, 

160 
Worge,  Mary,  192 
Worge,  Lieutenant-Colonel,  194 
Wren,  Sir  Christopher,  122 
Wrenton,  38 

Wrey  of  Totness,  John,  11 
Wright,  Alderman,  29 
Wyghton,  33 
Wylde,  Isaac,  44 

Yntk  Buboes,  17 

York  Visitation,  43 

Yorkist,  1 

Young,  J.,  of  Westridge,  119 


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