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Last updated 19/01/2012 |
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Names of baronets shown in blue |
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have not yet proved succession and, as a |
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result, their name has not yet been placed on |
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the Official Roll of the Baronetage. |
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SMITH of Crantock,Cornwall |
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| 27 Sep 1642 |
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William Smith |
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c 1661 |
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SMITH of Hatherton,Cheshire |
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| 16 Aug 1660 |
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Thomas Smith |
c 1622 |
22 May 1675 |
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MP for Chester 1661-1675 |
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| 22 May 1675 |
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Thomas Smith |
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c May 1706 |
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| c May 1706 |
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SMITH of Edmonthorpe,Leics |
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| 20 Mar 1661 |
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Edward Smith |
c 1630 |
6 Sep 1707 |
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MP for Leicestershire 1653 |
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| 6 Sep 1707 |
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Edward Smith |
c 1655 |
15 Feb 1721 |
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| 15 Feb 1721 |
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SMITH of Long Ashton,Somerset |
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| 16 May 1661 |
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Hugh Smith |
21 Apr 1632 |
26 Jul 1680 |
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MP for Somerset 1660 and Mar 1679 |
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| 26 Jul 1680 |
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John Smith |
c 1659 |
26 May 1726 |
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MP for Somerset 1685-1689 and 1695-1698 |
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| 26 May 1726 |
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John Smith |
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Jul 1741 |
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| Jul 1741 |
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SMITH of Isleworth,Middlesex |
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| 20 Apr 1694 |
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John Smith |
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16 Aug 1726 |
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| 16 Aug 1726 |
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John Smith |
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11 Oct 1760 |
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| 11 Oct 1760 |
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SMITH of East Stoke,Notts |
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| 31 Oct 1757 |
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SMITH of Long Ashton,Somerset |
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| 27 Jan 1763 |
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Jarrit Smith |
c 1692 |
24 Jan 1783 |
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MP for Bristol 1756-1768 |
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| 24 Jan 1783 |
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John Hugh Smith |
c 1735 |
30 Mar 1802 |
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| 30 Mar 1802 |
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Hugh Smyth |
3 Jul 1772 |
28 Jan 1824 |
51 |
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| 28 Jan 1824 |
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John Smyth |
9 Feb 1776 |
19 May 1849 |
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| 19 May 1849 |
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imposture of "Sir Richard Hugh Smyth" see |
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the note at the foot of this page. |
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SMITH of Tuam,King's Co. |
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| 28 Aug 1799 |
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SMITH of Hadley,Middlesex |
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| 22 Dec 1802 |
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SMITH of Tring Park,Herts |
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| 11 Jun 1804 |
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See "Hamilton-Spencer-Smith" |
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SMITH of Eardiston,Worcs |
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| 23 Sep 1809 |
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William Smith |
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Christopher Sidney Smith |
14 May 1798 |
7 Aug 1839 |
41 |
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| 7 Aug 1839 |
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William Smith |
5 Oct 1823 |
4 Jan 1893 |
69 |
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| 4 Jan 1893 |
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William Sydney Winwood Smith |
1 Apr 1879 |
27 Jun 1953 |
74 |
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| 27 Jun 1953 |
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Christopher Sydney Winwood Smith |
20 Sep 1906 |
3 Dec 2000 |
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| 3 Dec 2000 |
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Robert Christopher Sydney Winwood Smith |
1939 |
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SMITH of Pickering,Canada |
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| 30 Aug 1821 |
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David Smith |
4 Sep 1764 |
9 May 1837 |
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| 9 May 1837 |
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SMITH of Aliwal, Punjab |
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| 1846 |
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Harry George Wakelyn Smith |
28 Jun 1787 |
12 Oct 1860 |
73 |
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Governor of the Cape of Good Hope 1847-1852 |
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| 12 Oct 1860 |
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Extinct on his death |
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SMITH of Stratford Place,London |
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| 6 Sep 1897 |
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Thomas Smith |
23 Mar 1833 |
1 Oct 1909 |
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| 1 Oct 1909 |
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Thomas Rudolph Hampden Smith |
24 Jan 1869 |
25 Jun 1958 |
89 |
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| 25 Jun 1958 |
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Thomas Turner Smith |
28 Jun 1903 |
11 May 1961 |
57 |
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| 11 May 1961 |
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Thomas Gilbert Smith |
2 Jul 1937 |
13 Feb 2003 |
65 |
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| 13 Feb 2003 |
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Andrew Thomas Smith |
17 Oct 1965 |
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SMITH of Hillbrook,Yorks |
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| 11 Feb 1911 |
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SMITH of Colwyn Bay,Denbigh |
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| 9 Jul 1912 |
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Frederick Henry Smith |
24 Jan 1859 |
26 Jan 1946 |
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Colwyn (qv) in 1917 with which title the |
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baronetcy then merged |
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SMITH of Charlton Park,Gloucs |
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| 10 Jul 1917 |
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SMITH of Birkenhead,Cheshire |
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| 24 Jan 1918 |
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Frederick Edwin Smith |
12 Jul 1872 |
30 Sep 1930 |
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He was subsequently created Baron |
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Birkenhead (qv) in 1919 with which title |
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the baronetcy then merged until its |
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extinction in 1985 |
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SMITH of Kidderminster,Worcs |
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| 30 Jun 1920 |
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Herbert Smith |
22 Jun 1872 |
14 Jul 1943 |
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| 14 Jul 1943 |
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Herbert Smith |
26 Sep 1903 |
12 Jul 1961 |
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| 12 Jul 1961 |
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SMITH of Appledore,Devon |
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| 1 Jul 1920 |
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SMITH of Totteridge,Herts |
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| 1 Dec 1944 |
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SMITH of Crowmallie,Aberdeen |
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| 21 Jun 1945 |
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Robert Workman Smith |
7 Dec 1880 |
6 Dec 1957 |
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MP for Aberdeen and Kincardine Central |
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| 6 Dec 1957 |
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William Gordon Smith |
30 Jan 1916 |
20 May 1983 |
67 |
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| 20 May 1983 |
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Robert Hill Smith |
15 Apr 1958 |
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MP for Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine 1997- |
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SMITH of Keighley,Yorks |
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| 28 Nov 1947 |
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Bracewell Smith |
29 Jun 1884 |
12 Jan 1966 |
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| 12 Jan 1966 |
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George Bracewell Smith |
5 Nov 1912 |
18 Sep 1976 |
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| 18 Sep 1976 |
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Guy Bracewell Smith |
12 Dec 1952 |
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Charles Bracewell Smith |
13 Oct 1955 |
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SMITH of Broxbourne,Herts |
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| 18 Jul 1960 |
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SMITH-BURGES of East Ham,Essex |
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| 4 May 1793 |
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John Smith-Burges |
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24 Apr 1803 |
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| 24 Apr 1803 |
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SMITH-DODSWORTH of Newland,Yorks |
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John Silvester Smith |
1734 |
15 Jun 1789 |
54 |
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| 15 Jun 1789 |
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Edward Smith (Dodsworth from 21 May 1821) |
13 Aug 1768 |
31 Dec 1845 |
77 |
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| 31 Dec 1845 |
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Charles Smith (Smith-Dodsworth from 1846) |
22 Aug 1775 |
28 Jul 1857 |
81 |
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| 28 Jul 1857 |
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Matthew Smith-Dodsworth |
6 Feb 1819 |
30 Apr 1858 |
39 |
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| 30 Apr 1858 |
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Charles Edward Smith-Dodsworth |
27 Jun 1853 |
5 Aug 1891 |
38 |
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| 5 Aug 1891 |
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Matthew Blayney Smith-Dodsworth |
26 Oct 1856 |
8 Dec 1931 |
75 |
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| 8 Dec 1931 |
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Claude Matthew Smith-Dodsworth |
12 Aug 1888 |
18 May 1940 |
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| 18 May 1940 |
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John Christopher Smith-Dodsworth |
4 Mar 1935 |
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SMITH-GORDON of Jamaica,West Indies |
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| 19 Jul 1838 |
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Lionel Smith |
9 Oct 1778 |
2 Jan 1842 |
63 |
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Governor of Jamaica and Mauritius |
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| 2 Jan 1842 |
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Lionel Eldred Smith (Smith-Gordon from |
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5 Feb 1868) |
2 Apr 1833 |
1 Dec 1905 |
72 |
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| 1 Dec 1905 |
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Lionel Eldred Pottinger Smith-Gordon |
22 Mar 1857 |
10 Jan 1933 |
75 |
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| 10 Jan 1933 |
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Lionel Eldred Pottinger Smith-Gordon |
25 Nov 1889 |
6 Dec 1976 |
87 |
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Lionel Eldred Peter Smith-Gordon |
7 May 1935 |
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SMITH-MARRIOTT |
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of Sydling St Nicholas,Dorset |
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John Smith |
10 Apr 1744 |
13 Nov 1807 |
63 |
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John Wyldbore Smith |
19 May 1770 |
19 Feb 1852 |
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John James Smith |
10 Apr 1800 |
2 Sep 1862 |
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William Marriott Smith-Marriott |
31 Aug 1801 |
4 Oct 1864 |
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William Henry Smith-Marriott |
7 Aug 1835 |
30 Nov 1924 |
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William John Smith-Marriott |
6 Nov 1870 |
24 May 1941 |
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John Richard Wyldbore Smith-Marriott |
7 Dec 1875 |
5 Feb 1942 |
66 |
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William Smith-Marriott |
5 Aug 1865 |
21 Dec 1943 |
78 |
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Hugh Randolph Cavendish Smith-Marriott |
4 Oct 1868 |
21 Mar 1944 |
75 |
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Ralph George Cavendish Smith-Marriott |
16 Dec 1900 |
16 Oct 1987 |
86 |
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Hugh Cavendish Smith-Marriott |
22 Mar 1925 |
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SMITHSON of Stanwick,Yorks |
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c 1598 |
21 Oct 1670 |
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Jerome Smithson |
c 1630 |
1684 |
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Hugh Smithson |
1657 |
2 Mar 1733 |
75 |
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Hugh Smithson |
c 1714 |
6 Jun 1786 |
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title the baronetcy remains merged |
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SMYTH of Redcliff,Bucks |
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William Smyth |
c 1616 |
1697 |
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Thomas Smyth |
after 1657 |
20 Jun 1732 |
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SMYTH of Hill Hall,Essex |
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| 28 Nov 1661 |
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SMYTH of Upton,Essex |
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Robert Smyth |
c 1594 |
12 Jun 1669 |
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Robert Smyth |
c 1630 |
by 1695 |
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Robert Smyth |
c 1659 |
27 Jan 1745 |
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MP for Andover 1695-1698 |
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Trafford Smyth |
c 1720 |
8 Dec 1765 |
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Robert Smyth |
10 Jan 1744 |
12 Apr 1802 |
58 |
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MP for Cardigan 1774-1775 and Colchester |
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1780-1784 and 1784-1790 |
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George Henry Smyth |
30 Jan 1784 |
11 Jul 1852 |
68 |
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SMYTH of Isfield,Sussex |
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James Smyth |
c 1686 |
28 Feb 1717 |
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Robert Smyth |
c 1709 |
10 Dec 1783 |
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Hervey Smyth |
1734 |
2 Oct 1811 |
77 |
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SMYTH of Tinny Park,Wicklow |
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Skeffington Edward Smyth |
May 1745 |
9 Sep 1797 |
52 |
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SMYTH of Nutwood,Surrey |
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SMYTH of Ashton Court,Somerset |
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| 25 Apr 1859 |
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1 |
John Henry Greville Smyth |
2 Jan 1836 |
27 Sep 1901 |
65 |
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SMYTH of Teignmouth,Devon |
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| 23 Jan 1956 |
UK |
1 |
John George Smyth VC |
24 Oct 1893 |
26 Apr 1983 |
89 |
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MP for Norwood 1950-1966.
PC 1962 |
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winner,see the note at the foot of this page |
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| 26 Apr 1983 |
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Timothy John Smyth |
16 Apr 1953 |
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SMYTHE of Eske Hall,Durham |
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| 23 Feb 1661 |
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Edward Smith |
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Richard Smythe |
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Dec 1736 |
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John Smythe |
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17 Sep 1737 |
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Edward Smythe |
21 Oct 1719 |
2 Nov 1784 |
65 |
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Edward Smythe |
21 May 1758 |
11 Apr 1811 |
52 |
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Edward Joseph Smythe |
3 Aug 1787 |
11 Mar 1856 |
68 |
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Charles Frederick Joseph Smythe |
16 Mar 1819 |
14 Nov 1897 |
78 |
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John Walter Smythe |
7 Nov 1827 |
5 Mar 1919 |
91 |
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Edward Walter Joseph Patrick Herbert |
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20 Mar 1869 |
9 Mar 1942 |
72 |
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SNADDEN of Coldock,Perth |
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| 13 Jul 1955 |
UK |
1 |
William McNair Snadden |
15 Jan 1896 |
23 Nov 1959 |
63 |
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SNOW of Salesbury,Hants |
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| 25 Jun 1679 |
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Jeremy Snow |
c 1629 |
16 Nov 1702 |
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SOAME of Thurlow,Suffolk |
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| 5 Feb 1685 |
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William Soame |
c 1645 |
1686 |
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Peter Soame |
1634 |
c 1693 |
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Peter Soame |
c 1675 |
early 1709 |
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Peter Soame |
c 1707 |
7 Sep 1798 |
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SOMERVILLE of Somerville,Meath |
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James Somerville |
by 1693 |
16 Aug 1748 |
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Quaile Somerville |
14 Mar 1714 |
5 Dec 1772 |
58 |
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James Quaile Somerville |
c 1742 |
c Dec 1800 |
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Marcus Somerville |
1772 |
11 Jul 1831 |
59 |
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MP for Meath 1800-1831 |
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| 11 Jul 1831 |
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William Meredyth Somerville |
1802 |
7 Dec 1873 |
71 |
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Athlumney (qv) in 1863 with which title |
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dormant in 1929 |
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SOUTHBY of Burford,Oxon |
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| 12 Jun 1937 |
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1 |
Archibald Richard James Southby |
8 Jul 1886 |
30 Oct 1969 |
83 |
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Archibald Richard Charles Southby |
18 Jun 1910 |
4 Apr 1988 |
77 |
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John Richard Bilbe Southby |
2 Apr 1948 |
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SOUTHCOTE of Blighborough,Lincs |
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George Southcote |
1664 |
c 1680 |
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SOUTHWELL of Castlemattress,Limerick |
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Thomas Southwell |
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Thomas Southwell |
1665 |
4 Aug 1720 |
55 |
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SPEARMAN of Hanwell,Middlesex |
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| 28 Apr 1840 |
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1 |
Alexander Young Spearman |
13 Sep 1793 |
20 Nov 1874 |
81 |
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PC 1869 |
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Joseph Layton Elmes Spearman |
22 Sep 1857 |
11 Feb 1922 |
64 |
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Alexander Young Spearman |
19 Jun 1881 |
11 Feb 1959 |
77 |
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Alexander Bowyer Spearman |
15 Feb 1917 |
27 May 1977 |
60 |
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Alexander Young Richard Mainwaring |
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3 Feb 1969 |
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| 30 Jun 1953 |
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1 |
Edward Louis Spears |
7 Aug 1886 |
27 Jan 1974 |
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Debora Speelman |
c 1655 |
25 Sep 1695 |
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Cornelis Speelman |
19 Jan 1684 |
30 Apr 1746 |
62 |
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Cornelis Speelman |
5 Oct 1722 |
19 Sep 1787 |
64 |
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| 19 Sep 1787 |
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3 |
Cornelis Speelman |
26 May 1747 |
14 Jun 1825 |
78 |
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| 14 Jun 1825 |
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Abraham Florentius Speelman |
3 Sep 1784 |
25 Aug 1840 |
65 |
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Cornelis Jacob Abraham Speelman |
5 Jan 1823 |
18 Jan 1898 |
75 |
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Helenus Marinus Speelman |
27 Jul 1852 |
17 May 1907 |
54 |
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Cornelis Jacob Speelman |
22 Sep 1881 |
3 Feb 1949 |
67 |
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Cornelis Jacob Speelman |
17 Mar 1917 |
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SPEKE of Hamilbury,Wilts |
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Hugh Speke |
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5 Jul 1661 |
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MP for Chippenham 1661 |
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George Speke |
1 Oct 1653 |
14 Jan 1683 |
29 |
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SPENCER of Yarnton,Oxon |
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| 29 Jun 1611 |
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Thomas Spencer |
c 1585 |
7 Aug 1622 |
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MP for Woodstock 1604-1611 |
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William Spencer |
c 1608 |
May 1647 |
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Thomas Spencer |
1 Jan 1639 |
6 Mar 1685 |
46 |
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MP for Woodstock 1660-1679 |
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Thomas Spencer |
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c 1722 |
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5 |
Henry Spencer |
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1726 |
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6 |
William Spencer |
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c 1735 |
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7 |
Charles Spencer |
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by 1771 |
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SPENCER of Offley,Herts |
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| 14 Mar 1627 |
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John Spencer |
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Aug 1633 |
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SPENCER of Offley,Herts |
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| 26 Sep 1642 |
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Brockett Spencer |
c 1605 |
3 Jul 1668 |
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Richard Spencer |
c 1647 |
21 Feb 1688 |
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John Spencer |
27 Feb 1678 |
6 Aug 1699 |
21 |
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| 6 Aug 1699 |
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4 |
John Spencer |
c 1650 |
16 Nov 1712 |
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| 16 Nov 1712 |
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SPENCER-NAIRN of Monimail,Fife |
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| 20 Jan 1933 |
UK |
1 |
Robert Spencer-Nairn |
11 Jul 1880 |
20 Oct 1960 |
80 |
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| 20 Oct 1960 |
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2 |
Douglas Leslie Spencer-Nairn |
24 Dec 1906 |
8 Nov 1970 |
63 |
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MP for Ayrshire Central 1955-1959 |
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| 8 Nov 1970 |
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Robert Arnold Spencer-Nairn |
11 Oct 1933 |
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SPENCER-SMITH of Tring Park,Herts |
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| 11 Jun 1804 |
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1 |
Drummond Smith |
1740 |
22 Jan 1816 |
75 |
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Charles Joshua Smith |
31 May 1800 |
14 Jan 1831 |
30 |
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| 14 Jan 1831 |
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3 |
Charles Cunliffe Smith |
15 Sep 1827 |
1 Aug 1905 |
77 |
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| 1 Aug 1905 |
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Drummond Cunliffe Smith |
23 Feb 1861 |
8 May 1947 |
86 |
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| 8 May 1947 |
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Drummond Cospatric Hamilton- |
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Spencer-Smith |
4 Nov 1876 |
18 Dec 1955 |
79 |
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| 18 Dec 1955 |
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Thomas Cospatric Hamilton-Spencer-Smith |
8 Dec 1917 |
14 Oct 1959 |
41 |
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| 14 Oct 1959 |
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John Hamilton Spencer-Smith |
18 Mar 1947 |
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SPEYER of Grosvenor Street,London |
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| 25 Jul 1906 |
UK |
1 |
Edgar Speyer |
7 Sep 1862 |
16 Feb 1932 |
69 |
| to |
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PC 1909 (struck off 1921) |
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| 16 Feb 1932 |
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Extinct on his death |
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For further information on this baronet,see |
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the note at the foot of this page |
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SPICER of Lancaster Gate,London |
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| 17 Jul 1906 |
UK |
1 |
Albert Spicer |
16 Mar 1847 |
20 Dec 1934 |
87 |
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MP for Monmouth 1892-1900 and Hackney |
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Central 1906-1918 |
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| 20 Dec 1934 |
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2 |
Albert Dykes Spicer |
27 Nov 1880 |
27 Oct 1966 |
85 |
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| 27 Oct 1966 |
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3 |
Stewart Dykes Spicer |
2 Nov 1888 |
11 Jan 1968 |
79 |
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| 11 Jan 1968 |
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4 |
Peter James Spicer |
20 May 1921 |
30 Sep 1993 |
72 |
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| 30 Sep 1993 |
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5 |
Nicholas Adrian Albert Spicer |
28 Oct 1953 |
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SPRIGNELL of Coppenthorp,Yorks |
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| 14 Aug 1641 |
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1 |
Richard Sprignell |
c 1599 |
19 Jan 1659 |
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| 19 Jan 1659 |
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2 |
Robert Sprignell |
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c 1680 |
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3 |
William Sprignell |
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6 Sep 1691 |
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| 6 Sep 1691 |
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SPRING of Pakenham,Suffolk |
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| 11 Aug 1641 |
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1 |
William Spring |
13 Mar 1613 |
17 Dec 1654 |
41 |
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MP for Bury St.Edmunds 1646-1648 and |
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Suffolk 1654 |
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| 17 Dec 1654 |
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2 |
William Spring |
May 1642 |
30 Apr 1684 |
41 |
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MP for Suffolk 1679-1685 |
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| 30 Apr 1684 |
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3 |
Thomas Spring |
1 Dec 1672 |
5 Apr 1704 |
31 |
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| 5 Apr 1704 |
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4 |
William Spring |
Jan 1697 |
22 Mar 1736 |
39 |
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| 22 Mar 1736 |
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5 |
John Spring |
14 Jan 1674 |
30 May 1740 |
66 |
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| 30 May 1740 |
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6 |
John Spring |
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17 Aug 1769 |
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| 17 Aug 1769 |
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SPRINGET of Broyle Place,Sussex |
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| 8 Jan 1661 |
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1 |
Herbert Springet |
c 1615 |
5 Jan 1662 |
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MP for New Shoreham 1646-1648 and 1660- |
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| 5 Jan 1662 |
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1662 and Sussex 1654-1655 |
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Extinct on his death |
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SPROT of Garnkirk,Lanark |
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| 1 Feb 1918 |
UK |
1 |
Alexander Sprot |
24 Apr 1853 |
8 Feb 1929 |
75 |
| to |
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MP for Fife East 1918-1922 and |
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| 8 Feb 1929 |
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Lanarkshire North 1924-1929 |
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Extinct on his death |
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STAFFORD-KING-HARMAN |
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of Rockingham,Roscommon |
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| 21 Jan 1914 |
UK |
1 |
Thomas Stafford |
3 May 1857 |
11 May 1935 |
78 |
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PC [I] 1918 |
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| 11 May 1935 |
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2 |
Cecil William Francis Stafford-King-Harman |
6 Jan 1895 |
5 Feb 1987 |
92 |
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| 5 Feb 1987 |
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STAMER of Beauchamp,Dublin |
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| 15 Dec 1809 |
UK |
1 |
William Stamer |
1765 |
14 Jan 1838 |
72 |
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| 14 Jan 1838 |
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2 |
Lovelace Stamer |
29 Apr 1797 |
5 Mar 1860 |
62 |
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| 5 Mar 1860 |
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3 |
Lovelace Tomlinson Stamer |
18 Oct 1829 |
29 Oct 1908 |
79 |
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| 29 Oct 1908 |
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4 |
Lovelace Stamer |
4 Apr 1859 |
1 Oct 1941 |
82 |
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| 1 Oct 1941 |
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Lovelace Anthony Stamer |
28 Feb 1917 |
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STANDISH of Duxbury,Lancs |
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| 8 Feb 1677 |
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1 |
Richard Standish |
21 Jan 1653 |
5 Dec 1693 |
40 |
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MP for Wigan 1690-1693 |
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| 5 Dec 1693 |
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2 |
Thomas Standish |
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21 Dec 1756 |
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| 21 Dec 1756 |
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3 |
Frank Standish |
c 1746 |
18 May 1812 |
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| 18 May 1812 |
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STANFORD of Brighton,Sussex |
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| 7 May 1929 |
UK |
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See "Thomas-Stanford" |
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STANHOPE of Stanwell,Middlesex |
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| 13 Nov 1807 |
UK |
1 |
Henry Edwyn Stanhope |
1754 |
20 Dec 1814 |
60 |
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| 20 Dec 1814 |
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2 |
Edwyn Francis Stanhope |
15 Dec 1793 |
8 Feb 1874 |
80 |
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| 8 Feb 1874 |
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3 |
Henry Edwyn Stanhope |
8 Apr 1821 |
21 Jan 1887 |
65 |
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of Chesterfield (qv) in 1883 with which |
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title the baronetcy then merged until its |
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extinction in 1952 |
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STANIER of Peplow Hall,Salop |
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| 16 Jul 1917 |
UK |
1 |
Beville Stanier |
12 Jun 1867 |
15 Dec 1921 |
54 |
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MP for Newport 1908-1918 and |
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Ludlow 1918-1921 |
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| 15 Dec 1921 |
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2 |
Alexander Beville Gibbons Stanier |
31 Jan 1899 |
1995 |
96 |
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| 1995 |
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3 |
Beville Douglas Stanier |
20 Apr 1934 |
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STANLEY of Bickerstaff,Lancs |
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| 26 Jun 1627 |
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1 |
Edward Stanley |
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May 1640 |
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| May 1640 |
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2 |
Thomas Stanley |
22 Oct 1616 |
May 1653 |
36 |
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| May 1653 |
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3 |
Edward Stanley |
1643 |
16 Oct 1671 |
28 |
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| 16 Oct 1671 |
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4 |
Thomas Stanley |
27 Sep 1670 |
7 May 1714 |
43 |
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MP for Preston 1695-1698 |
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| 7 May 1714 |
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5 |
Edward Stanley |
17 Sep 1689 |
22 Feb 1776 |
86 |
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He subsequently succeeded to the Earldom |
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of Derby (qv) in 1736 with which title the |
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baronetcy remains merged |
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STANLEY of Alderley,Cheshire |
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| 25 Jun 1660 |
E |
1 |
Thomas Stanley |
31 May 1597 |
31 Aug 1672 |
75 |
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| 31 Aug 1672 |
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2 |
Peter Stanley |
29 May 1626 |
4 Oct 1683 |
57 |
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| 4 Oct 1683 |
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3 |
Thomas Stanley |
25 Mar 1652 |
1721 |
69 |
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| 1721 |
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4 |
James Stanley |
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17 Mar 1747 |
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| 17 Mar 1747 |
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5 |
Edward Stanley |
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28 Aug 1755 |
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| 28 Aug 1755 |
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6 |
John Thomas Stanley |
26 Mar 1735 |
29 Nov 1807 |
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John Thomas Stanley |
26 Nov 1766 |
23 Oct 1850 |
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STANLEY of Hooton,Cheshire |
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STANLEY of Grange Gorman,Dublin |
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1663 |
30 Nov 1744 |
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STANLEY-MASSEY-STANLEY |
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of Hooton,Cheshire |
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STAPLES of Lissone,Tyrone |
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Baptist Staples |
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Alexander Staples |
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early 1673 |
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Robert Staples |
c May 1643 |
21 Nov 1714 |
71 |
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John Staples |
22 Sep 1684 |
1730 |
45 |
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Alexander Staples |
11 Jun 1693 |
6 Jul 1741 |
48 |
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Robert Staples |
1 Aug 1740 |
1816 |
75 |
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Robert Staples |
13 Feb 1772 |
24 Jun 1832 |
60 |
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Thomas Staples |
31 Jul 1775 |
14 May 1865 |
89 |
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Nathaniel Alexander Staples |
1 May 1817 |
12 Mar 1899 |
81 |
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John Molesworth Staples |
29 Dec 1848 |
Feb 1933 |
84 |
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Robert Ponsonby Staples |
30 Jun 1853 |
18 Oct 1943 |
90 |
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Robert George Alexander Staples |
21 Sep 1894 |
9 Dec 1970 |
77 |
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John Richard Staples |
5 Apr 1906 |
10 Mar 1989 |
82 |
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Thomas Staples |
9 Feb 1905 |
19 Dec 1997 |
92 |
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Gerald James Arland Staples |
2 Dec 1909 |
22 Sep 1999 |
89 |
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Richard Molesworth Staples |
11 Jun 1914 |
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STAPLETON of Leeward Islands,West Indies |
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James Stapleton |
24 Sep 1672 |
29 Jul 1690 |
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William Stapleton |
14 Nov 1674 |
7 Dec 1699 |
25 |
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William Stapleton |
1698 |
12 Jan 1740 |
41 |
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Thomas Stapleton |
24 Feb 1727 |
1 Jan 1781 |
53 |
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MP for Oxford 1759-1768 |
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Thomas Stapleton,Lord le Despencer |
10 Nov 1766 |
3 Oct 1831 |
64 |
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Francis Joseph Stapleton |
Aug 1807 |
11 Feb 1874 |
66 |
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Francis George Stapleton |
19 Mar 1831 |
30 Oct 1899 |
68 |
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Miles Talbot Stapleton |
26 May 1893 |
4 Apr 1977 |
83 |
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Henry Alfred Stapleton |
2 May 1913 |
5 Jan 1995 |
81 |
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STAPLEY of Patcham,Sussex |
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| 28 Jul 1660 |
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John Stapley |
29 Jun 1628 |
22 Aug 1701 |
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MP for Sussex 1654-1655 and 1656-1658 |
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and Lewes 1660-1679 |
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STAPYLTON of Myton,Yorks |
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| 22 Jun 1660 |
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Henry Stapleton |
c 1617 |
26 Mar 1679 |
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MP for Boroughbridge 1647-1648 and 1660 |
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Brian Stapylton |
c 1657 |
23 Nov 1727 |
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MP for Aldborough 1679-1681 and |
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Boroughbridge 1690-1695,1698-1705 |
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and 1708-1715 |
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John Stapylton |
c 1683 |
24 Oct 1733 |
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MP for Boroughbridge 1705-1708 |
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| 24 Oct 1733 |
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Miles Stapylton |
c 1708 |
14 May 1752 |
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MP for Yorkshire 1734-1750 |
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Brian Stapylton |
c 1712 |
27 Jun 1772 |
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John Stapylton |
c 1718 |
10 Feb 1785 |
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Martin Stapylton |
c 1723 |
21 Jan 1801 |
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Martin Stapylton |
14 Sep 1751 |
2 Jan 1817 |
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STAPYLTON of Carlton,Yorks |
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| 20 Mar 1662 |
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Miles Stapylton |
19 Oct 1626 |
19 Feb 1707 |
80 |
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STARKEY of Norwood Park,Notts |
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| 9 Jul 1935 |
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1 |
John Ralph Starkey |
1 Mar 1859 |
13 Nov 1940 |
81 |
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MP for Newark 1906-1922 |
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| 13 Nov 1940 |
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William Randle Starkey |
11 Dec 1899 |
10 Jul 1977 |
77 |
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John Philip Starkey |
8 May 1938 |
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STAUNTON of Cargins,Galway |
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| 31 Oct 1785 |
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George Leonard Staunton |
10 Apr 1737 |
14 Jan 1801 |
63 |
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| 14 Jan 1801 |
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George Thomas Staunton |
26 May 1781 |
10 Aug 1859 |
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MP for Mitchell 1818-1826, Heytesbury |
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1830-1832, Hampshire South 1832-1835 |
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STEEL of Murieston,Midcalder,Edinburgh |
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| 6 Jul 1903 |
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James Steel |
1830 |
4 Sep 1904 |
74 |
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STEEL of Philiphaugh,Selkirk |
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| 2 Jul 1938 |
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STEELE of Hampstead,Surrey |
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| 12 Feb 1768 |
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Richard Steele |
1701 |
Feb 1785 |
83 |
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Parker Steele |
c 1735 |
13 May 1787 |
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Richard Steele |
4 Aug 1775 |
2 Aug 1850 |
74 |
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John Maxwell Steele (Steele-Graves from |
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30 Jul 1862) |
4 May 1812 |
25 Sep 1872 |
60 |
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Frederick Ferdinand Armstead Steele |
25 Mar 1787 |
29 Jun 1876 |
89 |
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| 29 Jun 1876 |
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STEPHEN of Mount Stephen,Canada |
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| 3 Mar 1886 |
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George Stephen |
5 Jun 1829 |
29 Nov 1921 |
92 |
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Stephen (qv) in 1891 with which title the |
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baronetcy then merged until its extinction |
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in 1921 |
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STEPHEN of de Vere Gardens,London |
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| 29 Jun 1891 |
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James Fitzjames Stephen |
3 Mar 1829 |
11 Mar 1894 |
65 |
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| 11 Mar 1894 |
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Herbert Stephen |
25 Jun 1857 |
23 Oct 1932 |
75 |
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Harry Lushington Stephen |
2 Mar 1860 |
1 Nov 1945 |
85 |
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James Alexander Stephen |
25 Feb 1908 |
1 Jun 1987 |
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STEPHENS of Horsford,Norfolk |
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| 13 Mar 1795 |
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Philip Stephens |
11 Oct 1723 |
20 Nov 1809 |
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1768-1806 |
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STEPHENSON of Hassop Hall,Derby |
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| 16 Jul 1936 |
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1 |
Henry Kenyon Stephenson |
16 Aug 1865 |
20 Sep 1947 |
82 |
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| 20 Sep 1947 |
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Henry Francis Blake Stephenson |
3 Dec 1895 |
14 Aug 1982 |
86 |
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Henry Upton Stephenson |
26 Nov 1926 |
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STEPNEY of Prendergast,Pembroke |
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| 24 Nov 1621 |
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John Stepney |
c 1581 |
Aug 1624 |
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Alban Stepney |
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c 1628 |
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John Stepney |
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MP for Pembroke 1640 and Haverfordwest |
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John Stepney |
c 1632 |
c 1681 |
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Thomas Stepney |
c 1668 |
19 Jan 1745 |
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MP for Carmarthenshire 1717-1722 |
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| 19 Jan 1745 |
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John Stepney |
early 1693 |
14 Mar 1748 |
55 |
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| 14 Mar 1748 |
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Thomas Stepney |
12 Oct 1729 |
7 Oct 1772 |
42 |
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| 7 Oct 1772 |
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John Stepney |
19 Sep 1743 |
3 Oct 1811 |
68 |
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MP for Monmouth 1767-1788 |
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Thomas Stepney |
11 Feb 1760 |
12 Sep 1825 |
65 |
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| 12 Sep 1825 |
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STEPNEY of Llanelly,Carmarthen |
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| 22 Sep 1871 |
UK |
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STERN of Hellingley,Sussex |
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| 31 Jul 1905 |
UK |
1 |
Hubert Stern |
28 Sep 1851 |
7 Jan 1919 |
67 |
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Michelham (qv) in 1905 with which title the |
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baronetcy them merged until its extinction |
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in 1984 |
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STERN of Chertsey,Surrey |
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Edward David Stern |
18 Jul 1854 |
17 Apr 1933 |
78 |
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STEUART of Coltness,Lanark |
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| 29 Jan 1698 |
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Thomas Steuart |
1631 |
6 Apr 1698 |
66 |
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David Steuart |
1656 |
1723 |
67 |
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Thomas Steuart |
1708 |
1737 |
29 |
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Robert Steuart |
1675 |
by 1758 |
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John Steuart |
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Archibald Steuart-Denham |
20 Jul 1683 |
12 Jun 1773 |
89 |
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James Steuart-Denham |
10 Oct 1713 |
Nov 1780 |
67 |
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James Steuart-Denham |
Aug 1744 |
12 Aug 1839 |
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MP for Lanarkshire 1784-1802 |
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Henry Steuart-Barclay |
1765 |
1851 |
86 |
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extinct or dormant |
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STEUART of Allanton,Lanark |
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| 22 May 1815 |
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See "Seton-Steuart" |
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STEUART-DENHAM of Westshield,Lanark |
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| 31 Jan 1694 |
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STEVENSON of Clevedon,Kelvinside,Glasgow |
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| 22 Jul 1914 |
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1 |
Daniel Macaulay Stevenson |
1 Aug 1851 |
11 Jul 1944 |
92 |
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STEVENSON of Walton Heath,Surrey |
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| 21 Feb 1917 |
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1 |
James Stevenson |
2 Apr 1873 |
10 Jun 1926 |
53 |
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He was subsequently created Baron |
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Stevenson (qv) in 1924 with which title the |
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baronetcy then merged until its extinction |
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in 1926 |
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The Smith baronetcy imposture |
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The most famous imposture in relation to a
baronetcy is, without doubt, that of the |
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Tichborne claimant. However, the Tichborne
imposture was not a unique case, as the |
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following note will show. |
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The Smiths of Long Ashton in Somerset descend
from a merchant who, having made a fortune, |
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became Mayor of Bristol in the years 1547 and
1554. His descendant, Hugh Smith, was created |
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a baronet soon after the Restoration. This
baronetcy became extinct on the death of the third |
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baronet in 1741, while the estates passed to
the third baronet's sister. She married a Mr. Jarrit |
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Smith, who in 1763, was also created a baronet.
On the death of the fourth baronet of the |
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second creation, in 1849, the baronetcy again
became extinct, the estates being inherited by |
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the fourth baronet's sister, a Mrs. Upton. She
died two years later when the estates passed to |
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her grandson (her son having predeceased her).
Because he was a minor at the time, the |
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estates were managed by his uncle, a Mr. Way. |
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The following account of the imposture is taken
from a series entitled "Romances of High Life" |
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by the splendidly-named Dalrymple Belgrave,
which was published in the 'Manchester Times' |
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during October, November and December 1898. |
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'A few months after the death of Mrs. Upton, a
letter arrived one morning at breakfast time |
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directed to Mr. Way, informing him that
"Sir Richard Smyth, Bart., of Ashton Court, Sommersett |
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[sic] had that day taken possession of Heath
House (the other family place), and giving him |
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notice not to interfere in any way, directly or
indirectly, with the property. |
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'Shortly afterwards an old servant arrived from
Heath House, who had something more to tell |
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about "Sir Richard." The day before,
two men had asked to see the house. They had been |
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shown over it, and, on seeing the portrait of
Sir Hugh Smyth [the third baronet], one of them |
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prostrated himself before it, crying out:
"Oh my father, my beloved father!" and then he said |
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he was Sir Richard Smyth. The old retainer said
he had known the family for fifty years, but he |
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had never seen the like of him, and if he
didn't clear out he would kick him out. The next person |
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to arrive at Ashton Court was Sir Richard Smyth
himself, with his lawyer. Sir Richard was a tall |
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man of about sixty, with grey hair carefully
curled, and an ugly sallow face. The lawyer, he |
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said, would tell his story. |
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'It was to the effect that he was the son of
Sir Hugh Smyth, by an earlier and secret marriage. |
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"I would wish you to discharge the
household," said Sir Richard, who spoke with the vulgar |
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pomposity of the half educated, "as my own
servants are coming here, and I request you to |
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hand me the keys of the mansion; but you need
not hurry, sir. I will allow you two hours to |
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take your departure." Mr. Way replied by
allowing the others two minutes to take theirs, and, |
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on their staying, called the men servants who,
with little ceremony, bundled them out of the |
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house. After this for six months no more was
heard of Sir Richard. His lawyer had given up |
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his case. After some months, however, he found
another gentleman to act for him, a well |
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known thieves' lawyer, whose practice lay for
the most part in getting up "alibis" and defending |
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prisoners, and who lived under the shadow of
the Old Bailey. He, in June 1853, served Mr. Way |
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with a writ of ejectment. Mr. Way prepared to
defend the case, and one of the first steps he |
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took was to employ Inspector Field, of Scotland
Yard - the famous detective from whom |
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Dickens drew Inspector Bucket - to keep a watch
on the lawyer's office and learn what he |
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could of that gentleman's client, Sir Richard.
In August 1853, the case was tried at Gloucester |
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Assizes. Needless to say the court was crowded,
as it was the event which everyone in the |
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county of Gloucester was discussing, and the
matter in dispute concerned estates worth |
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£20,000 a year. For the plaintiff [Sir Richard
Smyth] appeared Mr. Bovill Q.C., who, when he |
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was afterward Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
and tried the Tichborne case, must have |
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been often reminded of that day. For the
defendant [Mr. Way] there appeared, as his |
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leading counsel, that great advocate and master
of cross-examination, Sir Frederick Thesiger, |
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afterwards Lord Chelmsford. |
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'Romantic to a degree was the story told by Mr.
Bovill Q.C. The plaintiff was, so he said, |
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brought up as the son of Provis, a carpenter at
Warminster, but as he grew up he began to |
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suspect that Provis was not his father, but
that he was the son of Sir Hugh Smyth. Sir Hugh |
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was supposed to have married twice. In 1797 he
married Miss Wilson, daughter of the Bishop |
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of Gloucester. In 1822, his first wife having
died, he married a Miss Howell. As time passed on, |
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however, and the plaintiff grew up, documents
and evidence came to light which proved to |
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the claimant that he was the legitimate son of
Sir Hugh by a first and hitherto concealed |
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marriage with Jane Vandenberg, daughter of
Count Vandenberg, to whom he was secretly |
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united in Ireland in 1796. In 1849, Mr. Bovill
said, the claimant had visited Sir John Smyth at |
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Ashton Court, and communicated his relationship
and his claims. Sir John acknowledged his |
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nephew in the most moving terms, but the shock
of the interview was too much for him. For |
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the rest of the day he was unable to eat, he
wandered about disconsolate, and the next |
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morning he was found dead in his bed. |
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'After that it was some time before the
plaintiff, who had no money, was able to get legal |
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assistance, but when he obtained it he brought
the present action. Mr. Bovill said that his |
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evidence consisted of documents, the
handwriting of which would be proved, family relics, |
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seals and portraits, and of verbal evidence.
First, as to the marriage, he said that, in Ireland, |
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in 1796, there were no public registers of
marriages, but he said there was an entry in a |
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family bible - "I certify that Hugh Smyth,
son of Thomas Smyth Esq., of Stapleton, county |
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Gloucester, in England, by Jane his wife, was
on May 19th married by me to Jane, daughter of |
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Count John Vandenbergh, by Jane, daughter of
Major Gookin, and Hesther, his wife, of Court |
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Macsherry county of Cork, Ireland. |
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(signed) Verney Lovett D.D.
Vicar of Lismore |
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Hugh Smyth
Jane Vandenbergh |
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Caroline Bernard
John Vandenbergh |
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Cousena
Lovett." |
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'These signatures, the learned counsel said,
would be proved by unexceptionable evidence. |
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'There was another entry in the Bible of the
baptism of "Richard, son of Hugh Smyth and |
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Jane his wife, born September 2nd, 1797,
baptised September 10th, 1798, at the Royal- |
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crescent, Bath. |
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(signed) John Symes, clerk |
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Caroline Bernard
Isabella Thynne." |
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'Then he also had a letter from Sir Hugh to his
wife, who was staying at Warminster, telling |
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her what doctor would attend her in her
confinement, and saying that the person who |
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brought the letter to her would nurse her. He
added that he would be with her the next day. |
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After the mother died, Sir Hugh kept the
claimant's existence a secret, lest it should prevent |
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his marrying Miss Wilson. Though the claimant
was placed with Provis, the carpenter, he was |
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afterwards educated at Winchester School. |
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'In 1822, Sir Hugh began to believe that the
plaintiff was still alive, and he executed a |
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document declaring the plaintiff to be his son,
telling the story of his marriage and the |
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subsequent birth of his son; and the death of
his wife, when the latter, driven from Ireland by |
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the troubles there, was staying at Warminster.
The document went on to say that, believing his |
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son to be dead, he had made a will, which
"I now set aside by this, my last will and testament," |
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and it went on to declare that he acknowledged
Richard Hugh Smyth his son and heir, "that he |
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might possess the vast estates of my ancestors,
as secured to him by the will of my excellent |
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father, Thomas Smyth, of Stapleton" and he
went on to implore his "dearest brother John" to |
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look for his son and secure his return. This
document was signed by Sir Hugh Smyth, also by |
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brother, John Smyth, and was witnessed by
William Edwards, James Abbott, and William Dobson. |
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There was another document to much the same
effect, only it made two statements, neither of |
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which can have been true - that Caroline
Bernard, who signed the baptismal certificate, was |
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the Countess of Bandon, and that Isabella
Thynne, who also signed it, was the Countess of |
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Bath. The second document was signed by
"Hugh Smyth," and witnessed by William Dobson and |
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James Abbott. |
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'Then came the evidence to prove this story.
The claimant, after he had grown up, travelled on |
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the Continent with a Mr. Knox, commonly called
Lord Knox, devoting himself to various studies |
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until 1826, when he returned to England and
devoted himself to lecturing - circumstances |
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preventing him from taking any steps to claim
his inheritance until 1849. |
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'First there came into the box a clergyman and
a magistrate of Gloucestershire, who knew Sir |
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Hugh Smyth's writing, and swore to it in the
certificate of the marriage, in the Bible, and in one |
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of the deeds, and to the letter. As to the
first of the two deeds, he could not swear to the |
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signature because it was so tremulous. Mr.
Bovill, however, had stated in his opening speech |
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that he would show that at the time it was
executed Sir Hugh was ill. Sir Frederick Thesiger |
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cross-examined this witness, and though he made
no attack upon him he was able to show that |
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he had always taken the claimant's side, and
was a warm partisan. The next witness was a |
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doctor, who proved that Sir Hugh was ill in
1822 and 1823. Cross-examined, however, he said |
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that Sir Hugh fancied himself ill one day and
would go out hunting the next. |
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'Then came a Mr. Holland of Kingston, Ireland.
He knew the late Rev. Verney Lovett, vicar of |
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Lismore, and swore to his handwriting. |
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'The next witness was the Hon. Captain Bernard,
a younger son of Lord Bandon. He had known |
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the Rev. Verney Lovett, who was a relation of
his family. His grandmother, Hesther, was a |
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widow, Mrs. Smyth, before she married his
grandfather. She was the daughter of Major |
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Goodwin, who lived at Court Macsherry. This
evidence did not amount to much, still it seemed |
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to give some substance to the Goodwins and
Bernards who figured in the certificate. In cross- |
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examination, however, he said that his mother,
the Countess of Bandon, was not Caroline |
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Bernard. Her name was Catherine, not Caroline.
Some time before he had had an interview with |
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the claimant, who appeared to him to be anxious
to find out what was his mother's name. He |
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never had heard of any connection between his
family and the Smyths of Ashton Court, nor |
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had he ever heard of the Vanderberghs. Then
came two witnesses, John Symes and Ann |
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Symes, the son and daughter of the Rev. James
Symes, of Bath, who was supposed to have |
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signed the baptismal certificate. [According to
the author of the article, the name is shown |
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as John, not James]. Cross-examination showed
that they were both persons in very reduced |
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circumstances. Still it could not be said that
any of these witnesses were broken down in |
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cross-examination, nor were some witnesses who
followed, who swore to the handwriting of |
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the witnesses of the two deeds. |
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'So far the case looked as if it were going
fairly well for "Sir Richard." Sir Frederick Thesiger, just |
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before the adjournment, had something to say
about the deeds. "Would the court keep them in |
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its custody." The seals on the deeds
purported to be impressed with the coat of arms and |
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motto of the Smyth family. The motto of the
Smyth family was "Qui Capit Capitur" (the English |
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of which may be freely rendered as "The
Biter Bit.") But on the seals the motto was "Qui Capit |
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Capitor." The judge said that the court
could not retain the custody of the document, as it had |
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not been formally put in evidence, but he took
notice of the seals and smiled as he read the |
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suggestive adage. With this incident the first
day of the trial ended. On the second day there |
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was a little more evidence as to handwriting,
and it was pointed out that Dobson, a tenant of |
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Sir Hugh Smyth's, seemed to have signed his
name with two b's as Dobbson, in one of the |
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deeds. Then the Bible, the letter from Sir
Hugh, and the two deeds were formally put in |
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evidence. The crucial moment of the case came
when the plaintiff, Sir Richard Hugh Smyth, |
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came into the box. |
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'As he told his story, it must have been soon
apparent to anyone acquainted with courts of |
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justice that he was just the sort of witness
for a counsel who called him to be afraid of. He |
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could talk only too fluently, and he had the
lecturer's manner and the lecturer's facility. He |
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appeared to delight in his own answers, and in
the way he told his story. He was always in |
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the Provis family treated as a little
gentleman. When he went to Warminster School he was |
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taken there by "Lady Isabella." Lady
Isabella Thynne was her full name. "But," said the witness, |
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"in aristocratic families the first name
only is mentioned." He was taken to Winchester by Sir |
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Hugh's butler, Grace, but after a few terms, as
Grace embezzled money which was given him |
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to pay for schooling, his bills were not paid
and he had to leave. After that he went to London, |
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to Lady Bath's house. Her ladyship told him who
we was, and said he had better go to Ashton |
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Court and see his father, Sir Hugh. At the same
time she gave him £1,400 which she said was |
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his mother's money. After that he went on the
Continent and studied. He came back in 1826 |
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and travelled about, lecturing at schools on
education. Lady Bath had told him that her butler, |
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Davis, who lived at Warminster, would give him
a Bible in which there was a certificate of his |
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mother's marriage. In 1838 he inquired for
Davis and found he was dead, but he found old Mr. |
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Provis at Warminster. He asked him to tell him
about his birth, but old Provis would tell him |
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nothing, and, when he persisted in asking him
questions, old Provis hit him with his stick. |
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Then he went away, but Provis called him back
and gave him the Bible that had been put in |
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evidence, and a large picture which he
produced, and some jewellery, a ring with the Bandon |
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coat of arms and "J.B." on it, and a
brooch with "Jame Gookin" on it. For some years he did |
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nothing, but in 1849 he called on Sir John. Sir
John, when he heard his story,said: "You are |
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indeed the son of my dear brother." Sir
John said that he was to fetch his family, who he said |
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were to stay at Ashton Court. He also gave him
all the money he had, a note for £50, and |
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offered him a draft for more if he required it.
"And," said the witness, "I only regret that I did |
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not take it." After he left Sir John he
went away to fetch his family, but on his return with |
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them he found that Sir John had been found dead
in his bed. Then he went on to tell how |
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the deed had been sent to him in a mysterious
way by the Great Western Railway, by a |
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certain Frederick Crane in a brown paper
parcel, and together with a letter saying that it had |
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been obtained from a deceased solicitor. He
also produced the brown paper it was wrapped in. |
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'Then Sir Frederick Thesiger began to
cross-examine in his terribly suave manner. He was very |
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interested in the Provis family, particularly
in one son, John, and as question after question |
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followed the claimant seemed to get restless.
He was not, however, a man of so little address |
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as to allow himself to be badgered by counsel
without complaining. |
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'"Your questions," he said, "are
irrelevant and unbecoming." |
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'"They are neither one nor the
other," said the judges, who did not appear to be impressed by |
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the lecturer, "and you will have to answer
them." |
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'After some questions about the Provis family,
Sir Frederick began to refer to letters which the |
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claimant had written to people, giving a
slightly different account of himself and his doings. It |
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was suggested that he had at one time claimed
to be of Lord Carrington's family, which showed |
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that he had designs on another branch of the
great house of Smith. Then he was questioned |
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as to his educational studies on the Continent,
and he was referred to a letter in which he |
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wrote of having travelled with Lord Nox. |
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'"The spelling of the name," said the
witness, "is arbitrary." |
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'Sir Frederick seemed surprised to hear this,
and then he began a very long examination about |
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spelling. How did he spell "set
aside?" asked Sir Frederick. |
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'"That is not relevant to this
inquiry," replied the lecturer. But the judge told him to answer, and |
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then, amidst roars of laughter, he spelt in
"sett assidde." |
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'"I have authority for it," said he;
"it may sometimes be spelt aside, but I prefer spelling it |
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"assidde." |
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'He also spelt "rapid" with two p's.
"There are dictionaries in which it is spelt so," he said when |
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he saw he was wrong. "No doubt edited by
yourself," replied Sir Frederick, but people in court |
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thought that the joke was becoming wearisome.
"I will not be schooled like this," said the |
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witness. "I can prove that your grammar is
faulty." People in court began to think that the joke |
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of the faulty spelling of the lecturer on
education was being drawn out for too much. But those |
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who had seen the documents knew that most of
the mistakes made occurred in one or the |
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other of them. The cross-examination was not
concluded by the end of the second day. He |
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was asked as to having published an
advertisement to clergymen to search registers for the |
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years 1795, 1796 and 1797, for the marriage
certificate of Sir Hugh Smyth and Jane |
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Vanderbergh. How did he come to publish those
advertisements when he had the Bible which |
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told him when the marriage was? he was asked.
He was questioned on different subjects until |
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he declared that the cross-examination was
disgusting, to which Sir Frederick replied pleasantly |
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that he had not half done with him. |
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'On the third day, the cross-examination was,
from the first, more severe. He was asked about |
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the different occasions on which he had
represented himself to be a son of Provis, the |
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carpenter, even after he had begun to call
himself "Dr. Smith" to go about lecturing. Had he not, |
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he was asked, on one occasion taken an
inventory of John Provis's things and given it to a |
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neighbour, telling the latter to take care of
the things for him, as if Provis died he would be the |
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heir. At first he denied this, but the
inventory was produced, and he admitted it. His attention |
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was called to one item, a painting of "son
John," and he was asked whether that did not refer |
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to a picture that hung up in the house. The
picture was produced, and on the back of it was |
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written "Hugh Smyth, Esq." of
Stapleton, Gloucestershire, England, who married in 1796. He |
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admitted that the picture was one which he had
referred to in letters as one of his father. How |
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did the writing come on the back? he was asked.
At first he said it was always there. He put |
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acid on, and that brought out the pencil marks.
Sir Frederick cross-examined about this, and |
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was anxious to know how acid could bring out
pencil marks. "I decline to enter into the |
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subject," said the witness, with some of
his old manner, but there was not much of it left, and |
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he grew limper and limper. |
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'Then he was cross-examined about when he
received the will. It was on March 17th, 1853, he |
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said, and he was quite sure of the date. Then
came a great deal of cross-examination about |
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seals which he had ordered from Mr. Moring, of
Holborn, and impressions on his letters of one |
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of those seals in which the motto was "Qui
Capit Capitor." Here, however, he gave what seemed |
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to be a good explanation. He had had the seal
engraved from an impression which he had taken |
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from the seal on the will. That was how the
mistake had occurred in two places. The seal was |
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made in June, 1853. Then Sir Frederick produced
one of his letters. It was a damaging letter |
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enough, for it was written to a Mr. Bennett,
the Vicar of Lismore, Mr. Lovett's successor. "Sir |
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Richard" asked for specimens of the late
Mr. Lovett's handwriting, and to make the clergyman |
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take some interest in him added that he was the
patron of eight livings, the poorest of which |
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was worth £600 a year. What was, however, more
interesting about it was that on the letter |
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was the seal with "Qui Capit Capitor." |
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'"How does this seal come on the letter on
March 13th?" asked Sir Frederick. |
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'"You have explained it. I must have got
the seal before." continued the witness. |
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'"But how could you have got the seal on
March 13th when you only saw the document from |
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which you say you took the impression for it on
March 17th?" asked Sir Frederick. "Explain this," |
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'"I can't explain it. I feel confused, and
I should like to retire," replied the witness. |
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'But Sir Frederick Thesiger had no intention of
allowing him to retire until he had given him the |
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"coup de grace." As he examined he
had received a telegraphic message, and holding the |
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despatch in his hand he proceeded to question
the witness on the information he had |
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received. |
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'Did he go in January to a shop in
Oxford-street and order a ring to be engraved with the |
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Bandon crest, and also a brooch, to have the
name Gookin engraved on it. The man's face |
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answered the question as he stood pale and
nerveless before he replied: "I did," But the |
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terrible cross-examiner had not finished with
him. It was like the last rounds of a long fight, |
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when the beaten man staggers up to the scratch
to be knocked down again and again. Had |
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he not been in gaol for horse stealing for 18
months of the time he had tried to account for? |
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Had he not marks of the "King's Evil"
[i.e. scrofula] on his neck? Let him uncover his neck. The |
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wretched man tried to deny the idea that he was
the man who had been suggested. But the |
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marks by which it was supposed he could be
identified were to be seen on his neck. |
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'Judge and jury had heard enough, and Mr.
Justice Coleridge interposed with an observation to |
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Mr. Bovill, who rose, and said that though he
and his friends did not like to interfere during |
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cross-examination, they felt that, after the
appalling exhibition they had seen, it would be |
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inconsistent with their duty as gentlemen of
the Bar to continue the contest any longer. |
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'"Sir Richard's" next appearance was
in the dock of the criminal court at Gloucester at the next |
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Assizes. He was tried under his real name, Tom
Provis. He defended himself with a good deal of |
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his old assurance, and he appeared to think
that law was simply a matter of assertion and |
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manner. "I have always understood,"
he said, in objecting to his letters being read, "that letters |
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are not evidence in a criminal case." The
prosecution were able to show how he had carried |
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out much of his fraud. It was shown that the
Bible, which he said belonged to Sir Hugh Smyth, |
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had been purchased by the prisoner in High
Holborn from a Mr. Kempston, a second-hand book- |
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seller. It was also shown that the will of Sir
Hugh Smyth did not reach him in the mysterious |
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manner he alleged. Frederick Crane, who is
supposed to have sent it, was called, and he |
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confessed that the prisoner persuaded him to
write the letter, which was dictated to him. Then |
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the "Qui Capit Capitor" mistake was
explained by Mr. Moring, the engraver. Mr. Moring said that |
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he had made a seal with the Smyth crest and
arms to the prisoner's order. In copying the |
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motto the letter "u" became blotted,
and looked like "o." The engraver had written it as an
"o." |
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With this seal the deed had evidently been
signed. Evidence was also given that the prisoner |
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had purchased the rings and jewellery, and had
them engraved with crests and names. The |
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prisoner, who defended himself, in his address
to the jury maintained that he really was the |
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son of Sir Hugh Smyth, but he admitted that he
had, in order to obtain his just rights, done |
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some things in the way of fabricating evidence
which could only be justified by the peculiar |
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circumstances of his case. He was found guilty,
and other previous convictions were proved |
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against him, which showed that he was a man of
the lowest character. He seems to have been |
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a strange mixture of cunning and folly. In the
course of his speech he produced from under his |
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coat, where it had before been concealed, an
enormous pig-tail of plaited hair. He said that |
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this was a proof of his aristocratic birth,
that he was "born with it," and that his son was born |
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with one. |
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'After he had been found guilty he made a
speech, in which he said that he had been convicted |
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of using his best endeavours to obtain that
which he conceived was his own. He was sentenced |
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to twenty years' transportation. Some of the
comments of the Press on the case are rather |
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interesting. The "Examiner," for
instance, of that date said "that Provis had been born too late, |
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and that the age in which his type of imposter
could flourish was over. The Press, the electric |
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telegraph and Inspector Bucket were too much
for him." This self-complacent article reads |
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somewhat curiously when one remembers the
career of the arch-imposter who flourished some |
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fifteen years afterwards [i.e. the Tichborne
claimant].' |
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Sir John George Smyth VC, 1st baronet and MP
for Norwood 1950-1966 |
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Smyth was a Lieutenant in the 15th Ludhiana
Sikhs, Indian Army, when he was awarded the |
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Victoria Cross. The citation, which is dated 29
June 1915, reads as follows:- |
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'For most conspicuous bravery near Richebourg
L'Avoue [France] on 18th May, 1915. |
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'With a bombing party of 10 men, who
voluntarily undertook this duty, he conveyed a supply |
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of 96 bombs to within 20 yards of the enemy's
position over exceptionally dangerous ground, |
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after the attempts of two other parties had failed. |
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'Lieutenant Smyth succeeded in taking the bombs
to the desired position with the aid of two |
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of his men (the other eight having been killed
or wounded), and to effect his purpose he had to |
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swim a stream, being exposed the whole time to
howitzer, shrapnel, machine gun and rifle fire.' |
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After a controversial career during WW2, Smyth
entered politics and sat for Norwood between |
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1950 and 1966. |
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Lady Deborah Speelman (c 1655-25 Sep 1695) |
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I have seen it stated that Deborah Speelman,
widow of John Cornelis Speelman, was created a |
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baronetess in September 1686. These references
usually include the comment that, as a result, |
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she became one of only two baronetesses ever
created, the other being Dame Mary Bolles, who |
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was created a baronetess in 1635. I suspect
that the reason for this confusion is that Deborah |
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Speelman receives her own entry in Cokayne's
'Complete Baronetage,' which is possibly |
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sufficient to persuade some readers that she
was created a baronetess. |
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To the best of my knowledge, Deborah Speelman
was never created a baronetess. It was the |
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intention of the king at the time, James II, to
create her husband, John Cornelis Speelman, as |
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a baronet, but he died on 4 June 1686 before
the royal warrant creating him a baronet had |
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passed the Great Seal. Consequently, the infant
son of John Cornelis and Deborah Speelman |
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was created a baronet on 9 September 1686. On
the same day, Deborah Speelman was raised |
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by letters patent to the rank of a baronet's
widow for the term of her life. |
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The wording of Deborah Speelman's patent is
given in 'The Complete Baronetage.'
Thanks to |
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the good monks of the local Benedictine
monastery, I have been supplied with a translation |
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of the patent, which includes the wording
"….we declare, bring forward and create Deborah |
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Speelman, her maiden name Kievit, being the
widow left of…..John Cornelis Speelman, onto and |
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in the dignity and grade of a baronet's widow, to be
held, possessed and enjoyed by the |
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same Deborah Speelman, widow, for and during
her natural life, together with the inscription, |
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the title, the privilege, the place and
pre-eminence of a wife, or as a wi
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