John Smith (Wendover MP)

John Smith
Born 6 September 1767
Died 20 January 1842
Occupation Banker
Politician
Parent(s) Abel Smith

John Smith (6 September 1767 – 20 January 1842) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1806 to 1835 and a banker.

Biography

Early life

John Smith was born on 6 September 1767. He was the sixth son of Abel Smith, a Nottingham banker who was a Member of Parliament for Aldborough, St Ives, and St Germans, and the brother of Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington. He lived at Blendon Hall in Kent and finally at Dale Park in Sussex. There is a fine memorial to him in Chichester Cathedral.

Career

He served as a Tory Member of Parliament for Wendover from 1802 to 1806 and later represented Nottingham from 1806 to 1818, Midhurst from 1818 to 1830, Chichester from 1830 to 1831, and Buckinghamshire from 1831 to 1835. (He was also elected for Midhurst in 1806, but preferred to sit for Nottingham on that occasion. Both Wendover and Midhurst were pocket boroughs controlled by his brother Lord Carrington, but the competitive Nottingham constituency was considerably more prestigious.) Between 1800 and 1831 when pocket boroughs were abolished 12 members of the Smith family sat for the Midhurst parliamentary seat alone. In 1806, Smith served as a Manager of the newly formed London Institution.

Personal life and death

He married three times. By his second wife, Elizabeth Tucker (1773–1809), he had two sons, John Abel Smith (1802–1871), who succeeded him as MP for Midhurst, and Martin Tucker Smith (1803–1890), who became MP for Wycombe; and he had two daughters by his third wife, Emma Leigh.

He died on 20 January 1842. His great-grandson Vivian Hugh Smith was created Baron Bicester in 1938.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Hiley Addington
George Canning
Member of Parliament for Wendover
1802–1806
With: Charles Long
Succeeded by
Viscount Mahon
George Smith
Preceded by
Sir John Borlase Warren
Daniel Parker Coke
Member of Parliament for Nottingham
1806–1818
With: Daniel Parker Coke 1806–1812
The Lord Rancliffe 1812–1818
Succeeded by
The Lord Rancliffe
Joseph Birch
Preceded by
Thomas Thompson
Sir Oswald Mosley
Member of Parliament for Midhurst
1818–1830
With: Samuel Smith 1818–1820
Abel Smith 1820–1830
Succeeded by
John Abel Smith
George Smith
Preceded by
William Stephen Poyntz
Lord John Lennox
Member of Parliament for Chichester
1830–1831
With: Lord John Lennox
Succeeded by
John Abel Smith
Lord Arthur Lennox
Preceded by
The Marquess of Chandos
Robert Smith
Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire
1831–1835
With: The Marquess of Chandos 1831–1835
George Dashwood 1832–1835
Succeeded by
The Marquess of Chandos
Sir William Young
James Backwell Praed


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