Smith Baronets
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There have been a number of creations of baronets with the surname Smith (as distinct from Smyth
and Smythe
).
(extinct on his death)
Created in the Baronetage of England.
(Extinct on his death)
Created in the Baronetage of England.
(Extinct on his death)
, Somerset from 1547.
The Baronetcy was created in the Baronetage of England on 16 May 1661 following the English Restoration
, in recognition of the family's loyalty to the Crown for Hugh Smith of Ashton Court
.
Although the Baronetcy was extinct on the death of the third Baronet it was recreated in 1763 for the husband of his daughter and heiress Florence – see below for further details..
(Extinct on his death)
The first Baronet was succeeded by his son and subsequently by two nephews. Lack of male issue resulted in the extinction of the Baronetcy in 1849.
The family estates at Ashton Court
and in Bristol and Gloucestershire passed in 1849 to Florence Smith, sister of the third and fourth Baronets. She had married John Upton and on her death in 1852 the estates passed to her grandson John Henry Greville Upton for whom the Baronetcy was recreated for the second time in 1859 under the title Smyth of Ashton Court – see Smyth Baronets
for further details.
.
The Baronetcy then became dormant, not having been proved by:
(Extinct on his death)
(Extinct on his death)
.
(Extinct on his death)
. The Bracewell-Smith Family are a family dynasty of hoteliers, who also have strong links to Arsenal Football Club
. They are cousins of the Carr family.
There is no heir to the baronetcy.
Smyth Baronets
There have been six Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Smyth , two in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom...
and Smythe
Smythe Baronets
There has been one creation of Baronet with the surname Smythe . It was created in the Baronetage of England for Edward Smythe on 23 February 1661....
).
Smith of Crantock, Cornwall (27 September 1642)
Created in the Baronetage of England- Sir William Smith, 1st Baronet (died c.1661)
(extinct on his death)
Smith of Hatherton, Cheshire (16 August 1660)
Created in the Baronetage of England.
- Sir Thomas Smith, 1st BaronetSir Thomas Smith, 1st Baronet, of HathertonSir Thomas Smith, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1661 and 1675.Smith was the son of Sir Thomas Smith, of Hatherton, Cheshire and his wife Mary Smith, daughter of Sir Hugh Smith, of Long Ashton, Somerset...
, MP for Cheshire 1661-1675 (born c.1622; died 22 May 1675) - Sir Thomas Smith, 2nd Baronet (died c.May 1706)
(Extinct on his death)
Smith of Edmonthorpe, Leics (20 March 1661)
Created in the Baronetage of England.
- Sir Edward Smith, 1st BaronetSir Edward Smith, 1st BaronetSir Edward Smith, 1st Baronet was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1653.Smith was the son of Edward Smith of Cressy Hall Lincolnshire and his wife Elizabeth Heron daughter of Sir Edward Heron. His father died in 1632. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 8...
, MP for Leicestershire 1653 (born c.1630; died 6 September 1707) High Sheriff of LeicestershireHigh Sheriff of LeicestershireThis is a list of High Sheriffs of Leicestershire. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred...
, 1666 - Sir Edward Smith, 2nd Baronet (born c.1655; died 15 February 1721)
(Extinct on his death)
Smith (or Smyth) of Long Ashton, Somerset ( 1661)
The Smiths were resident at Long AshtonLong Ashton
Long Ashton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It falls within the Unitary Authority of North Somerset, a few miles south west of the city of Bristol. The parish has a population of 4,981...
, Somerset from 1547.
The Baronetcy was created in the Baronetage of England on 16 May 1661 following the English Restoration
English Restoration
The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms...
, in recognition of the family's loyalty to the Crown for Hugh Smith of Ashton Court
Ashton Court
Ashton Court is a mansion house and estate to the west of Bristol in England. Although the estate lies mainly in North Somerset, it is owned by the City of Bristol. The estate has been a venue for a variety of leisure activities, including the now-defunct Ashton Court festival, Bristol...
.
- Sir Hugh Smith, 1st BaronetSir Hugh Smith, 1st BaronetSir Hugh Smith, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660 and 1679.Smith was the son of Thomas Smith of Long Ashton, Somerset and his wife Florence Poulett, daughter of John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett of Hinton St George, Somerset.In 1660, Smith was elected...
(died 28 July 1680) - Sir John Smith, 2nd Baronet (born c.1655; died 26 May 1726)
- Sir John Smith, 3rd Baronet (died July 1741)
Although the Baronetcy was extinct on the death of the third Baronet it was recreated in 1763 for the husband of his daughter and heiress Florence – see below for further details..
Smith of Isleworth, Middlesex (20 April 1694)
Created in the Baronetage of England.- Sir John Smith, 1st Baronet (died 16 August 1726)
- Sir John Smith, 2nd Baronet (died 11 October 1760)
(Extinct on his death)
Smith (or Smyth) of Long Ashton, Somerset (1763)
This was a recreation of the 1661 Baronetcy, this time in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 27 January 1763 for Jarrit Smyth MP, husband of Florence Smith, daughter and heiress of the deceased third Baronet (see above).The first Baronet was succeeded by his son and subsequently by two nephews. Lack of male issue resulted in the extinction of the Baronetcy in 1849.
- Sir Jarrit Smith, 1st Baronet, MP for Bristol (born c.1692; died 24 January 1783)
- Sir John Hugh Smith, 2nd Baronet (born c.1735; died 30 March 1802)
- Sir Hugh Smyth, 3rd Baronet (born 3 July 1772; died 28 January 1824)
- Sir John Smyth, 4th Baronet (born 9 February 1776; died 19 May 1849)
The family estates at Ashton Court
Ashton Court
Ashton Court is a mansion house and estate to the west of Bristol in England. Although the estate lies mainly in North Somerset, it is owned by the City of Bristol. The estate has been a venue for a variety of leisure activities, including the now-defunct Ashton Court festival, Bristol...
and in Bristol and Gloucestershire passed in 1849 to Florence Smith, sister of the third and fourth Baronets. She had married John Upton and on her death in 1852 the estates passed to her grandson John Henry Greville Upton for whom the Baronetcy was recreated for the second time in 1859 under the title Smyth of Ashton Court – see Smyth Baronets
Smyth Baronets
There have been six Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Smyth , two in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom...
for further details.
Smith (sometime Wyldebore-Smith), later Smith-Marriott Baronets of Sydling St Nicholas, Dorset (1774)
- see Smith-Marriott BaronetsSmith-Marriott BaronetsThe Smith, later Smith-Marriott Baronetcy, of Sydling St Nicholas in the County of Dorset, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 1 June 1774 for John Smith, High Sheriff of Dorset in 1772. The second Baronet married Elizabeth Anne, daughter of Reverend James Merriott. The...
Smith, later Eardley Baronets, of Hadley (1802)
The Smith, later Eardley Baronetcy, of Hadley in the County of Middlesex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 December 1802. For more information on this creation, see Eardley BaronetsEardley Baronets
The Smith, later Eardley Baronetcy, of Hadley in the County of Middlesex, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 22 December 1802 for Culling Smith. He was the son of Thomas Smith, a London merchant. The second Baronet married the Honourable Charlotte Elizabeth,...
.
Smith of Eardiston, Worcs (23 September 1809)
Created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.- Sir William Smith, 1st Baronet (died 1821)
- Sir Christopher Sidney Smith, 2nd Baronet (born 14 May 1798; died 7 August 1839)
- Sir William Smith, 3rd Baronet (born 5 October 1823; died 4 January 1893)
- Sir William Sydney Winwood Smith, 4th Baronet (born 1 April 1879; died 27 June 1953)
- Sir Christopher Sydney Winwood Smith, 5th Baronet (born 20 September 1906; died 3 December 2000)
The Baronetcy then became dormant, not having been proved by:
- Robert Christopher Sydney Winwood Smith (born 1939)
Smith of Pickering, Canada 30 August 1821)
Created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.- Sir David William Smith, 1st Baronet (born 4 September 1764; died 9 May 1837)
(Extinct on his death)
Smith of Aliwal, Punjab ( 1846)
Created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.- Sir Harry George Wakelyn Smith, 1st Baronet,Governor of the Cape of Good Hope 1847-1852 (born 28 June 1787; died 12 October 1860)
(Extinct on his death)
Smith of Stratford Place, London (6 September 1897)
Created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.- Sir Thomas Smith, 1st Baronet (born 23 March 1833; died 1 October 1909)
- Sir Thomas Rudolph Hampden Smith, 2nd Baronet (born 24 January 1869; died 25 June 1958)
- Sir Thomas Turner Smith, 3rd Baronet (born 28 June 1903; died 11 May 1961)
- Sir Thomas Gilbert Smith, 4th Baronet (born 2 July 1937; died 13 February 2003)
- Sir Andrew Thomas Smith, 5th Baronet (born 17 October 1965)
Smith, later Prince-Smith Baronets, of Hillbrook (1911)
The Smith, later Prince-Smith Baronetcy, of Hillbrook in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 11 February 1911. For more information on this creation, see Prince-Smith BaronetsPrince-Smith Baronets
The Smith, later Prince-Smith Baronetcy, of Hillbrook in the County of York, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 February 1911 for Prince Smith, head of Prince-Smith and Stells, textile engineers, of Keighley, West Yorkshire. The second Baronet assumed the...
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Smith of Birkenhead, Cheshire (24 January 1918)
Created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.- See Baron Birkenhead
Smith of Kidderminster, Worcs (30 June 1920)
Created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.- Sir Herbert Smith, 1st BaronetSir Herbert Smith, 1st BaronetSir Herbert Smith, 1st Baronet was an English carpet manufacturer.Smith's business was based in Kidderminster. During the First World War he was chairman of the Carpet Trade Rationing Committee and the Man-Power and Protection Committee and was a member of the Board of Control of the Wool and...
(born 22 June 1872; died 14 July 1943) - Sir Herbert Smith, 2nd Baronet (born 26 September1903; died 12 July 1961)
(Extinct on his death)
Smith of Crowmallie, Aberdeen (22 June 1945)
Created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.- Sir Robert Workman Smith, 1st Baronet (7 December 1880-6 December 1957)
- Sir William Gordon Smith, 2nd Baronet (30 January 1916-20 May 1983)
- Sir Robert Hill Smith, 3rd BaronetSir Robert Smith, 3rd BaronetSir Robert Hill Smith, 3rd Baronet is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine since 1997.-Early life:...
(b. 15 April 1958)
Smith Baronets, of Keighley, Yorks (28 June 1947)
Created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB5.htm for Bracewell SmithBracewell Smith
Sir Bracewell Smith, Bt was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician.-Biography:Born in Keighley, Yorkshire, he attended Wesley Place Primary School in the town. He started as a pupil teacher and attended Leeds University before entering business...
. The Bracewell-Smith Family are a family dynasty of hoteliers, who also have strong links to Arsenal Football Club
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
. They are cousins of the Carr family.
- Sir Bracewell Smith, 1st BaronetBracewell SmithSir Bracewell Smith, Bt was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician.-Biography:Born in Keighley, Yorkshire, he attended Wesley Place Primary School in the town. He started as a pupil teacher and attended Leeds University before entering business...
(29 June 1884-12 January 1966) - Sir George Bracewell-Smith, 2nd Baronet MBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(5 November 1912-18 September 1976). Bracewell-Smith was the son of Sir Bracewell Smith, 1st Baronet. He was educated at Wrekin CollegeWrekin CollegeWrekin College is a co-educational independent school located in Wellington, Shropshire, England. It was founded by Sir John Bayley in 1880 and was known as ‘The School in the Garden’ owing to its extensive gardens and playing fields...
and Emmanuel College, CambridgeEmmanuel College, CambridgeEmmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay on the site of a Dominican friary...
. He married Helene Marie Hydock from Philadelphia in 1951. They had two children, Guy Bracewell Smith and Charles Bracewell-Smith. He was Chairman of Park Lane Hotel Ltd and Ritz Hotel Ltd before retiring in 1966. He died the same year and was succeeded by his eldest son, Guy. - Sir Guy Bracewell-Smith, 3rd Baronet (12 December 1952-1983). Bracewell-Smith was educated at Harrow SchoolHarrow SchoolHarrow School, commonly known simply as "Harrow", is an English independent school for boys situated in the town of Harrow, in north-west London.. The school is of worldwide renown. There is some evidence that there has been a school on the site since 1243 but the Harrow School we know today was...
. He died in 1983 and was succeeded by his younger brother, Charles. - Sir Charles Bracewell-SmithCharles Bracewell-SmithSir Charles Bracewell-Smith was born in October 1955 and educated at Harrow School. He is the founder of the Homestead Charitable Trust and author of "The Song of the Saints". He is grandson of Bracewell Smith and son of George Bracewell Smith. He succeeded to the baronetcy after the death of his...
, 4th Baronet (b. 13 October 1955). Bracewell-Smith educated at Harrow SchoolHarrow SchoolHarrow School, commonly known simply as "Harrow", is an English independent school for boys situated in the town of Harrow, in north-west London.. The school is of worldwide renown. There is some evidence that there has been a school on the site since 1243 but the Harrow School we know today was...
. He is the founder of the Homestead Charitable Trust and author of "The Song of the Saints". He succeeded to the baronetcy after the death of his brother Guy Bracewell Smith in 1983 at the age of 30. In 1977 He married Carol Hough, who died in 1994 of Cancer. He subsequently re-married, in 1996, Nina KakkarNina Bracewell-SmithNina, Lady Bracewell-Smith is an Indian-born, United Kingdom-based businesswoman. She was a major shareholder and former non-executive director of the English Premier League football club Arsenal.-Background:...
. Sir Charles is cousin of Richard Carr and Clive CarrClive CarrClive Carr is a former Vice-President of Arsenal Football Club and a former hotelier.He is the grandson of former Arsenal Chairman Sir Bracewell Smith, alongside his brother Richard, through their late mother Eileen...
, who with his wife are directors of Arsenal FC. He has no children.
There is no heir to the baronetcy.