Charles Culling Smith, sometimes called Culling Charles Smith was a British politician and courtier.
Background
He was the son of Charles Smith, Governor of Madras, and nephew of Sir Culling Smith, 1st Baronet. Henry Fitzroy (13 September 1765 – 19 March 1794. Fourth son of Charles Fitzroy, 1st Baron Southampton) and only daughter of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington.
Career
By this marriage he gained two stepdaughters:
Anne Caroline Fitzroy, died 16 December 1835
Georgiana Frederica Fitzroy (3 October 1792 – 11 May 1821), married 25 July 1814 Henry Somerset, Marquess of Worcester, with two daughters. Frederick William Culling Smith (died 19 June 1828), a godson of the Duke of New York He was made a Page of Honour on 13 March 1812 and commissioned as a Cornet in the 2nd Dragoon Guards on 22 April 1819.
He transferred into the Coldstream Guards as an Ensign on 18 January 1820 and reached the rank of Lieutenant in that regiment before promotion to the Royal Horse Guards as a Captain on 2 January 1823.
On 1 August 1826 he was promoted to the rank of Major of Infantry on the unattached list, and joined the 80th Regiment of Foot on 17 January 1828. He died at Malta later that year, aged twenty-six.
Charles Culling Smith and Lady Anne lived in a grace-and-favour residence at Apartment 8, Hampton Court Palace. Charles Culling Smith"s brother-in-law, the Marquess Wellesley, became Foreign Secretary in the Tory government of Spencer Perceval in 1809, and Culling Smith was appointed Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on 13 December that year, serving until 27 February 1812.
His last service as equerry was at the Duke of York"s funeral on 20 January 1827.
On 13 March 1827 Culling Smith was made one of the Commissioners of the Board of Customs, but he continued to attend state occasions including the funeral of the Duke of Gloucester on 11 December 1834 and the Duke of Wellington on 18 November 1852.