SMITH, JOHN; b.; adm.; QS 1703; left 1708.
SMITH, JOHN, son of John Smith, London; b.; adm. 23 Apr 1777; KS (aged 13) 1780; Capt. of the School 1784; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1785, adm. pens. 25 May 1785, scholar 1786; BA 1789; MA 1792; an Usher at the School 4 Oct 1788 – Dec 1802, when he and Mrs Clapham were conducting the boarding house at 1 Little Dean’s Yard (Tanner, Westminster School its buildings and associations, 1923, 61, n. 2); his cash book for 27 Jan 1789 – 15 Dec 1802, giving an account of the sums of money received by him for private tuition, etc., is preserved among the Spencer Stanhope MSS in the Brotherton Library, University of Leeds; ordained deacon 1793 (Norwich, lit. dim. from York), priest 1793 (Exeter, lit. dim. from York); Vicar of Silkstone, Yorks., 1799; Vicar of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, from 10 May 1804; Master, Hospital of St. Mary Magdalene, Newcastle upon Tyne; d. 22 Jan 1826, aged 60.
SMITH, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 13) Oct 1749 (Butler's)
SMITH, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jul 1740 (Bourne's); in school list 1744.
SMITH, JOHN, son of William Smith, Ireland; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1650 (Chapter Muniments 43057).
SMITH, JOHN, son of Thomas Smith, Cook of Christ Church, Oxford; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1594, matr. 27 Dec 1595, aged 20, Westminster Student to 1604, Faculty Student 1604-; BA 1598; MA 1601; of Kidlington, Oxfordshire; m.; d. 2 May 1654. Buried Kidlington, Oxfordshire.
SMITH, JOHN; b. 3 Aug 1804; adm. 22 Mar 1816, BB 1816-7.
SMITH, JOHN, son of Rev. Robert Smith, Rector of Great Addington, Northants, and his first wife Ann, widow of Rev. Josiah Hall, Rector of Great Addington, Northants, and dau. of --- Lucas, Guilsborough, Northants; bapt. 26 Apr 1694; adm.; QS (aged 15) 1711; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1715, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Jun 1715, Canoneer Student from 14 Dec 1716; BA 1719; committed suicide Mar 1721.
SMITH, JOHN WILLIAM, eldest son of John Smith, Paymaster of the Forces (I), and ---, sister of George Connor, Master in Chancery (I); b. 23 Jan 1809; adm. 2 Apr 1821; KS 1823; he got into College without the assistance of a “help”, but refusing to submit to fagging there, he left the same year and went to a school in Blackheath (Edinburgh Magazine lxi, 134); Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 16 Oct 1826, scholar 1829; Gold Medallist (Classics) 1830; BA 1833; adm. Inner Temple 20 Jun 1827, called to bar 3 May 1834; commenced practice as a special pleader 1831; joined Oxford Circuit; Lecturer on Common Law, Law Institution Nov 1837 – Mar 1843; Revising Barrister 1840; author, Compendium of Mercantile Law, 1834, A Selection of Leading Cases on Various Branches of the Law, 1837-40, and other works; d. of consumption and overwork 17 Dec 1845. DNB.