Family and Education
b. 22 Sept. 1756, o.s. of Samuel Smith, wholesale grocer, of Cannon Street, London and Clapham Common, Surr. and Martha, da. of William Adams of London, coh. of her cos. Anne, Viscountess Cobham. educ. French’s sch., Ware, Herts. 1764-9; Daventry acad. Northants 1769-72. m. 12 Jan. 1781, Frances, da. of John Coape of Oxton, Notts., 5s. 5da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. uncle James Adams 1779; fa. 1798; uncle Benjamin Smith 1803. d. 31 May 1835.
Offices Held
Dir. London Assurance 1803, Albion Insurance Co. 1811, British Herring Fishing Co. 1812; dep. gov. Soc. for British Fisheries 1817.
Commr. Highland roads and bridges 1803 – 18.
Chairman of Dissenting deputies 1805 – 32.
Main residences: Parndon, Essex; 6 Park Street, Mdx.
Notes
Smith’s life is reviewed in the unpublished recollections of his daughter Julia Smith (1799-1883) in CUL, William Smith mss Add. 7621/15. See also R.W. Davis, Dissent in Politics, 1780-1830 (1971).
Volume
Commons 1820-1832
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SMITH, William (1756-1835)
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