Spencer-Smith Baronets
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The Smith, later Hamilton-Spencer-Smith, later Spencer-Smith Baronetcy, of Tring Park in the County of Hertford, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 June 1804 for Drummond Smith, with remainder to the heirs male of his niece Augusta (daughter of his eldest brother Joshua Smith
, of Stoke Park, Wiltshire
), wife of Charles Smith
, MP, of Suttons, Essex
. The latter was a descendant of Robert Smith, of Ilminster, from whom the Smith-Marriott Baronets
are also descended. The fifth Baronet (whose father Reverend Spencer Compton Hamilton-Spencer-Smith had assumed the additional surnames of Hamilton and Spencer in 1872, having married Mary, daughter of Admiral Cospatric Baillie-Hamilton, a descendant of Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington
), was a member of the Military Inter-Allied Commission of Control from 1920 to 1924. The sixth Baronet discontinued the use of the surname of Hamilton.
Tring Park
was acquired by the first Baronet in 1786. It was sold in 1823.
Joshua Smith (English politician)
Joshua Smith was an English politician. He was Member of Parliament for Devizes in Wiltshire from 1788 to 1818.- References :...
, of Stoke Park, Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
), wife of Charles Smith
Charles Smith (MP)
Charles Smith was a British politician. He sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1796 until its abolition in 1800, and then in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1806....
, MP, of Suttons, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
. The latter was a descendant of Robert Smith, of Ilminster, from whom the Smith-Marriott Baronets
Smith-Marriott Baronets
The 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...
are also descended. The fifth Baronet (whose father Reverend Spencer Compton Hamilton-Spencer-Smith had assumed the additional surnames of Hamilton and Spencer in 1872, having married Mary, daughter of Admiral Cospatric Baillie-Hamilton, a descendant of Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington
Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington
Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington KT was a Scottish politician.The son of Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Haddington and Margaret Leslie, 8th Countess of Rothes, he was christened on 5 September 1680...
), was a member of the Military Inter-Allied Commission of Control from 1920 to 1924. The sixth Baronet discontinued the use of the surname of Hamilton.
Tring Park
Tring Park
Tring Park is a large country house near Tring, Hertfordshire.The Manor of Tring is first mentioned in the Domesday Book where it is referred to as "Treunge" and was owned by Eustace III, Count of Boulogne, a countryman of William the Conqueror...
was acquired by the first Baronet in 1786. It was sold in 1823.
Smith, later Hamilton-Spencer-Smith, later Spencer-Smith Baronets, of Tring Park (1804)
- Sir Drummond Smith, 1st Baronet (1740–1816)
- Sir Charles Joshua Smith, 2nd Baronet (1800–1831)
- Sir Charles Cunliffe Smith, 3rd Baronet (1827–1905)
- Sir Drummond Cunliffe Smith, 4th Baronet (1861–1947)
- Sir Drummond Cospatric Hamilton-Spencer-Smith, 5th Baronet (1876–1955)
- Sir John Hamilton Spencer-Smith, 6th Baronet (b. 1947)
External links
- History of Tring Park (A Guide to Old Hertfordshire)
- Two Teens in the Time of Austen http://smithandgosling.wordpress.com is a research blog based on letters and diaries of the wife and sister of Sir Charles Joshua Smith, the 2nd baronet.