Charles Culling Smith

Charles Culling Smith, sometimes called Culling Charles Smith (c. 1775[1] 26 May 1853[2]) was a British politician and courtier.

Family

He was the son of Charles Smith, Governor of Madras, and nephew of Sir Culling Smith, 1st Baronet.[3]

On 2 August 1799 he married Lady Anne Fitzroy (13 March 1768[4] 16 December 1844), widow of the Hon. 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.[5] By this marriage he gained two stepdaughters:

His marriage to Lady Anne produced a further two children, a daughter and a son:

Charles Culling Smith and Lady Anne lived in a grace-and-favour residence at Apartment 8, Hampton Court Palace.[15]

Life

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,[16] serving until 27 February 1812.[17] On 1 June 1812 he was one of the Esquires to his brother-in-law the Earl of Wellington at the latter's installation (by proxy) as a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath.[18]

Culling Smith served as an equerry to the Duke of York, and was present in that capacity at the funeral of Queen Charlotte on 8 December 1818,[19] while his son was there as Page of Honour.[20] On 14 August 1820 Culling Smith and his wife, son, daughter and step-daughters were among the mourners at the funeral of the Duchess of York.[21] His last service as equerry was at the Duke of York's funeral on 20 January 1827.[22]

On 13 March 1827 Culling Smith was made one of the Commissioners of the Board of Customs,[23] but he continued to attend state occasions including the funeral of the Duke of Gloucester on 11 December 1834[24] and the Duke of Wellington on 18 November 1852.[25][26]

References

  1. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=P26447
  2. http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/compton-reade/the-smith-family--being-a-popular-account-of-most-branches-of-the-name--however-ala/page-13-the-smith-family--being-a-popular-account-of-most-branches-of-the-name--however-ala.shtml
  3. Arthur Collins, The Baronetage of England, London 1808, p.508
  4. William Jesse, The Life of George Brummell, Esq., commonly called Beau Brummell, London 1844, vol. I, p. 289
  5. Patrick Cracroft-Brennan, Cracroft's Peerage: Mornington, Earl of (I, 1760). Accessed 12 June 2011.
  6. Paul Theroff, An Online Gotha, Part II: Grafton. Accessed 12 June 2011.
  7. 1 2 Patrick Cracroft-Brennan, Cracroft's Peerage: Beaufort, Duke of (E, 1682). Accessed 12 June 2011.
  8. http://www.thepeerage.com/p10719.htm#i107183
  9. 1 2 3 Jesse, p. 290
  10. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/16582/pages/470
  11. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/17473/pages/755
  12. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/17886/pages/43
  13. The London Gazette: no. 18273. p. 1895. 1 August 1826.
  14. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/18441/pages/288
  15. Sarah E. Parker, Grace & Favour: A handbook of who lived where in Hampton Court Palace 1750 to 1950, Historic Royal Palaces 2005, p.30
  16. Joseph Haydn and Horace Ockerby, The Book of Dignities, London 1894, reprinted Bath 1969, p. 229
  17. 'Alphabetical list of officials', Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 8: Foreign Office Officials 1782-1870 (1979), pp. 58-82. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=16902 Date accessed: 25 June 2011.
  18. The London Gazette: no. 16609. p. 1055. 2 June 1812.
  19. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/17429/pages/2200
  20. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/17429/pages/2199
  21. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/17625/pages/1585
  22. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/18328/pages/179
  23. Haydn and Ockerby, p. 277
  24. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/19221/pages/2265
  25. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/21388/pages/3559
  26. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/21388/pages/3562
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