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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,"
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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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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 ;
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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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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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(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
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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
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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
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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
THE SMITH FAMILY
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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.
Arms:— Sa. a crass dory or on a chief engrailed erm., a demilion UsuaiU
between 2 cross crossltts gu.
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.
110
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ENGLISH PEDIGREES 113
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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ENGLISH PEDIGREES
117
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THE SMITH FAMILY
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.
ColL, Camb. s.p. 1791.)
= (2) Mary (1773-
1847), co-heir-
ess of Joseph
Cocks, brother
of Cha3., first
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.
120
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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
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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.
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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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THE SMITH FAMILY
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.
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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.
. .»■
144
THE SMITH FAMILY
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.
J
ohn =
= Elizabeth Richard = Nancy John. Anne Thomas M
iry Others
(1777-
Blay(1775- of
(1763-
(b. 1763) (1754- (1759-
1833),
1861),M.L Little-
1818).
M.I. 1809), 1824).
of
Kidling- more
Kid- ML
Iffley,
ton. (1768-
lington Iffley.
ML
1821).
= Black-
Kid-
nail
ling-
Carter
ton.
of Kid-
lington.
1
John = Mary Pike Mary
1 1
Elizabeth Alice M.
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.
146
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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
(b.lS55)
dau. of
jamin
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.
156
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THE SMITH FAMILY
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.
160
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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.
L
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.
'oo1
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
John= ...
(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.
r — z i , i
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.
168
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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.
Margaret Katherine
= Eliz., =Sir T. =Camp.
dau. of Mon- bell of
CoLStras- creiffe. Glenlyon.
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.
178
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THE SMITH FAMILY
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 =
IRISH PEDIGREES
189
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.
1 1 1
John William Thomas
(b. 1836). Henry (b. 1847).
(1842-
70), s. p.
= 1873, Sarah,
dau. of
William
Henry
Monro, by
Sarah
Eales
Alexander.
Catherine = John Cullam.
1
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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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.
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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).
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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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THE SMITH FAMILY
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
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Rangers
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Castle.
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Robert H.
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Edgar
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Harold
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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.
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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-
CELEBRITIES OF THE NAME 213
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.
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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-
\
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.
CELEBRITIES OF THE NAME 221
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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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-
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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-
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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
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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;
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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-
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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
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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
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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).
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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
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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
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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
CELEBRITIES OF THE NAME 239
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.
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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
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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
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"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 ;
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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 (!)
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— 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,
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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
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"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
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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
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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
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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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