| Constituency | Dates |
|---|---|
| Devizes | 23 Dec. 1788 – 1818 |
Family and Career Data
Family and Education
b. 1732, 1st s. of John Smith, Lambeth merchant, by Mary, da. of Griffin Ransome of Lambeth. m. Aug. 1766, Sarah, da. of Nathaniel Gilbert, a judge and member of the legislative council, Antigua, 4da., the 1st, Maria, 1787, Charles, Lord Compton.Marquess of Northampton, Hist. Comptons of Compton Wynyates, 213-14. suc. fa. 1787.
Offices Held
Director, E. I. Co. 1771–3.
Address
Main residence: Erlestoke, nr. Devizes, Wilts.
biography text
Smith was a shipowner and proprietor of East India stock; and appears in the London trade directory of 1791 as a timber merchant.1C. H. Philips, E.I. Co. 1784-1834, p. 345. In 1784 he unsuccessfully contested Penryn on the anti-Basset interest, and as a supporter of Pitt.2Laprade, 124. He was returned unopposed at Devizes in 1788; and voted with Pitt over the Regency. There is no record of his having spoken in the House before 1790.
Smith died 20 Mar. 1819.
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