Background
He was born at Newfield Hall, Tunstall, Staffordshire the son of John George Child and the grandson of Admiral Smith Child (1730–1813).
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
He was born at Newfield Hall, Tunstall, Staffordshire the son of John George Child and the grandson of Admiral Smith Child (1730–1813).
They had issue, beside one daughter, two sons:
Smith Hill Child, born 25 August 1837, died 20 January 1867. John George Child, born 25 August 1847, died in 1895. He was appointed High Sheriff of Staffordshire for 1865.
He was made a baronet on 7 December 1868, of Newfield and of Stallington in the county of Staffordshire, and of Dunlosset, Islay, the county of Argyll.
Tunstall clock tower was erected in his honour in 1893.
15th United Kingdom Parliament. 16th United Kingdom Parliament. 17th United Kingdom Parliament.
18th United Kingdom Parliament.
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He was Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Staffordshire North from 1851 to 1859, and for Staffordshire West from 1868 to 1874.