Background
Samuel Smith the fourth son of Abel Smith, a wealthy Nottingham banker and Member of Parliament.
Samuel Smith the fourth son of Abel Smith, a wealthy Nottingham banker and Member of Parliament.
Smith entered Parliament in 1788 as member for Street Germans, and was an Member of Parliament for the next 44 years, also representing Leicester (1790–1818), Midhurst (1818–1820) and Wendover (1820–1832). He did not return to Parliament after the 1832 Great Reform Acting, dying two years later. In 1801 Smith bought Woodhall Park in Hertfordshire, which still belongs to his descendents.
Smith married Elizabeth Turnor on 2 December 1783.
The eldest son, Abel Smith, married Lady Marianne Leslie-Melville, youngest daughter of Alexander Leslie-Melville, 9th Earl of Leven, on 28 August 1822. The third son, Henry Smith, married Lady Lucy Leslie-Melville, eldest daughter of the 9th Earl of Leven, on 14 July 1824.
The youngest daughter, Charlotte Smith, married the Honorary Alexander Leslie-Melville, fifth son of the 9th Earl of Leven, on 19 October 1825.
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A portion of the family wealth was devoted to buying control of two pocket boroughs, Wendover and Midhurst, and Carrington kept the seats here almost exclusively for use by various members of the Smith family until his power was ended by the Great Reform Acting.