Background
He was the eighth child but eldest son of Samuel Smith, also a Member of Parliament, and nephew of Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington.
He was the eighth child but eldest son of Samuel Smith, also a Member of Parliament, and nephew of Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington.
The family had grown wealthy through banking in Nottingham. He and his father were Wendover"s last MPs, as they sat together as its members for the last two years before the borough"s abolition. Three years after the Reform Acting, he was elected for Hertfordshire, and served another twelve years as its Member of Parliament. He was High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1849.
Smith married Frances Anne Calvert, the daughter of General Sir Harry Calvert.
Their son Abel Smith also became Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire.
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