SMEDLEY, EDWARD, son of Francis Smedley, Holywell, Flintshire, smelter, and Jane ---; b. 5 Nov 1750; adm.; KS 1764; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1769, adm. pens. 23 May 1769, scholar 4 May 1770, matr. 1770; BA 1773; MA 1776; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1775; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 6 Jun 1773, priest 30 Nov 1776; an Usher at the School 1774-1820; Reader, The Rolls Chapel; Vicar of Cotes Parva, Lincs., 1782 [check name of parish]; Rector of Meopham, Kent 1786-1816; Rector of Bradford Abbas, Dorset 28 Sep 1812; Rector of Clifton Maybank, Dorset 3 Oct 1812; Rector of North Bovey, Devon from 11 Apr 1816; Rector of Powderham, Devon, from 4 Apr 1816; author, Erin, 1810 (poem, published for subscribers); m. 21 Aug 1782 Hannah, fourth dau. of George Bellas, Witley, Surrey; d. 8 Aug 1825. Monument West Cloister, Westminster Abbey.
SMEDLEY, EDWARD HUME, son of Edward Smedley (adm. 1795, qv); b. 3 Nov 1817; adm. 1 Oct 1833 (Scott's); left May 1835; Assistant Examiner, Audit Office Sep 1835; acting Sub-Collector of Customs, Barbaryn, Ceylon 1841; acting Assistant Government Agent, Jaffna 1843; Commissioner of Requests, Galle 1845; District Judge, Kurnegalle 1847; District Judge and Commissioner of Requests, Trincomalee 1850; District Judge, Manaar 1854, Trincomalee 1855; District Judge and Joint Comnmissioner, Kandy 1859; m. 20 Jul 1842 Clara, third dau. of Samuel Curgenven; d. during passage home on ship Bengal 5 Jun 1862.
SMEDLEY, EDWARD ARTHUR, son of James Smedley (qv); b. 20 Jul 1804; adm. 12 Jan 1818 (Best's); KS 1818; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1822, adm. pens. 18 May 1822, scholar 1823; BA 1826; MA 1829; ordained deacon (Ely) 1829, priest (Lincoln) 1830; an Usher at the School 1828-36; Vicar of Chesterton, Cambs., 2 Mar 1836-73; author, Dramatic Poems on Scriptural Subjects, 1854; [not in 1881 Census]; d. 22 Jul 1890.
SMART, THOMAS GREGORY, brother of John Henry Smart (qv); b. 29 May 1827; adm. 17 Sep 1839 (Scott's); QS 1841; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1845, adm. pens. 30 Apr 1845, scholar 1848 (sic); BA 1849; MA 1856; ordained deacon 1856, priest 1858 (both London); Curate, Enfield, Middlesex 1856-9; Minor Canon, Wells 1859; Curate, Banbury, Oxfordshire 1860, Brill, Bucks., 1861; Curate, St. John’s, Lytham, Lancs., 861-70, Vicar from 1870; [unm. in 1881]; d. 29 May 1896.
SMART, ROBERT WILLIAMSON HUNT, brother of John Henry Smart (qv); b. 23 Apr 1829; adm. 30 Sep 1842 (Scott's); QS 1843; rowed v. Eton 30 Jul 1846; left 1847; adm. solicitor Trinity 1854; practised in London, firm Rashleigh & Smart, Lincoln’s Inn Fields; [unm. in 1881]; d. 5 Apr 1890.
SMART, PETER, third son of Rev. William Smart, Rector of Lightbourne, Warwickshire; b.; adm.; QS in 1585; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1588, matr. from Broadgates Hall 25 Oct 1588, aged 19, but migr. to Christ Church, Westminster Student 10 Jan 1588/9 – c. 1609-10; BA 1592; MA 1595; ordained; Master, Durham GS 1598; Rector of Boldon, co. Durham 1609-29; Prebendary of Durham from 30 Dec 1609 (but deprived 1628-41); Master of St. Edmund’s Hospital, Gateshead, co. Durham; Vicar of Aycliffe, co. Durham; deprived of his prebend 2 Sep 1628 and fined for a sermon delivered by him 27 Jul 1628, in which he attacked the “popish ceremonies” introduced into Durham Cathedral by Richard Neile (qv); attended Durham chapter meetings until 14 Jan 1630, but after being deprived of holy orders 18 Nov 1630 his disqualification as Prebendary was upheld by Durham Assizes in Aug 1632; imprisoned in the King’s Bench for refusing to pay the fine of £500; released after having been in custody nearly twelve years, and restored to his preferments by order of House of Commons 22 Jan 1641; took the Covenant 1643; gave evidence at Archbishop Laud’s trial 1644; Rector of Bishopstoke, Hampshire 1645; living in London 31 Oct 1648; author, Puritan tracts and various poems in English and Latin; m. [by 1628, Susanna ?]; d. c. 1652. DNB.
SMART, NEWTON REGINALD, brother of John Henry Smart (qv); b. 23 Jan 1831; adm. 26 Sep 1844 (Scott's); QS (Capt. ) 1845; rowed v. Eton 29 Jul 1847; Capt. of the School 1848; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1849, matr. 31 May 1849, Westminster Student 1849-67; BA 1853; MA 1856; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Nov 1853, called to bar 30 Apr 1857; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; [unm. in 1881]; d. 13 Jun 1897.
SMART, NEWTON GROOMBRIDGE, only son of Rev. Newton Smart, Rector of Wittersham, Kent, and Canon of Salisbury, and his first wife Mary Susan, dau. of Stephen Groombridge, Goudhurst, Kent; b. 4 Aug 1824; adm. 23 Jan 1839 (Scott's); University Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1843; BA 1847; MA 1850; ordained; Curate, Alderbury, Wilts.; Perpetual Curate of Leigh, Dorset, from 1852; d. at Kissingen, Germany 21 Aug 1854.
Smart, Kenneth Lynn, son of Capt. Robert Lynn Smart, R.N., of Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, by Caroline Wentworth, daughter of W. J. Bryant, of Burghfield, and nephew of Newton Groombridge Smart (q.v.); b. June 21, 1892; adm. Jan. 17, 1907 (R); left July 1909.
SMART, JOHN HENRY, second son of John Newton Smart, Trewhitt House, Northumberland, and Mary Anne, eldest dau. of Rev. Thomas Gregory, Rector of Henlow, Beds.; b. 20 Dec 1825; adm. 24 Sep 1838 (Scott's); QS 1840; rowed v. Eton 1 Aug 1843; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1844, adm. pens. 16 Apr 1844, scholar 1845; BA 1850; MA 1855; ordained deacon 1850, priest 1851 (both Canterbury); Curate, Farningham, Kent 1850, Holy Trinity, Ely 1850-5; Travelling Secretary, Church Missionary Society; Minister, English and American Church, Dresden, Germany; Curate, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London 1875-7; d. 26 Jun 1892.