Rowland Smith was an English Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1874.

Smith was the son of Samuel George Smith, of Goldings, Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

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 and his wife Eugenia Chatfield.

At the 1868 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1868

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, Smith was elected as a Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for South Derbyshire

South Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and he held the seat until his defeat at the 1874 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1874

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. He was resident at Duffield Hall

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. Smith was High Sheriff of Derbyshire

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 in 1877 a Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

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 and J.P.

Justice of the Peace

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.

Smith married Constance Henrietta Sophia Louisa, daughter of Lord Granville Somerset

Lord Granville Somerset

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 MP on 20 August 1857. His brothers were also members of parliament. Samuel George Smith

Samuel George Smith

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 represented Aylesbury

Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and Frederick Chatfield Smith

Frederick Chatfield Smith

Frederick Chatfield Smith was a British Conservative Party politician.Smith entered the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire North when he was elected unopposed at the 1868 general election. He was re-elected unopposed in 1874, and stood down at the 1880.- External links :...

 represented North Nottinghamshire

North Nottinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He died in Belper

Belper

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aged 74.

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