Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
He was re-elected in Tynemouth and North Shields at the 1874 and 1880 elections, and retired from the House of Commons when the constituency was abolished at the 1885 general election. His father William Smith of Benton was a ropemaker. Thomas Eustace Smith married Martha Mary Dalrymple, known as an art patron, in 1855.
20th United Kingdom Parliament. 21st United Kingdom Parliament. 22nd United Kingdom Parliament]
He was elected at the 1868 general election as the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Tynemouth and North Shields, having stood unsuccessfully in Dover at the 1865 general election.
