Background
He was the son of John Smith who preceded him as Member of Parliament for Midhurst. He married Anne Jervoise, the daughter of Sir Samuel Clarke Jervoise on 26 December 1827.
He was the son of John Smith who preceded him as Member of Parliament for Midhurst. He married Anne Jervoise, the daughter of Sir Samuel Clarke Jervoise on 26 December 1827.
He was the father of Hugh Colin Smith. On 26 July 1858 Abel Smith and Lord John Russell, presented Lionel de Rothschild to the House of Commons. The Commons then voted to allow Rothschild, as a Jew, to take the oath on the Old Testament only.
Abel Smith Street, in central Wellington, New Zealand, was named after him.
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