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SMITH, SAMUEL, eldest son of Samuel Smith (adm. 1772, qv); b. 9 May 1804; adm. 29 Mar 1815 (Packharness'); Min. Can. 1818; left Christmas 1818; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 5 Feb 1822, Canoneer Student; BA 1825; MA 1828; ordained; Rector of Dry Drayton, Cambs., from 1829; d. unm. 4 Mar 1831. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

SMITH, SAMUEL, eldest son of Samuel Smith (adm. 1744, qv), and his first wife; b. 20 Sep 1765; adm. 14 Sep 1772; KS 1777; Capt. of the School 1781; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1782, matr. 30 May 1782, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1782 – 28 Jul 1804 (expiry year of grace as V. Daventry from 28 Jul 1803), Tutor 1788-94; BA 1786; MA 1789; BD 1797; DD 1808; ordained; Curate St. Thomas, Oxford 1792; Perpetual Curate of Daventry, Northants 1795 [check]; Prebendary of Southwell 4 Nov 1800; Prebendary of York from 5 Nov 1801; Chaplain to House of Commons 1802; Canon of Christ Church 1807-24, Sub-Dean 1809, Treasurer 1813, Dean 11 Feb 1824- Sep 1831; Rector of Dry Drayton, Cambs., 1808-29 and from 1831; Prebendary of Durham (holding the “Golden Stall”) from 14 Oct 1831; m. 8 Aug 1803 Anne Brady, sister of William Barnett (adm. 1777, qv); d. 9 Jan 1841.

SMITH, SAMUEL, son of Samuel Smith, Compton Street, London, merchant, and Christian, dau. of Rev. Edward Pain, Winchester; b. 17 Jul 1731; adm. (aged 12) Jul 1744; KS 1746; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1750, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1750, scholar 26 Apr 1751, matr. 1751; BA 1754; MA 1757; LLD 1764; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1756, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1757; ordained deacon 21 Sep 1755, priest 21 Dec 1755 (both Ely); Head Master of the School Jun 1764 -–88; Rector of Walpole St. Andrew, Norfolk, from 1762; Rector of Dry Drayton, Cambs., from 1785; Prebendary of Westminster from 29 Mar 1787, and of Peterborough from 28 Sep 1787; Busby Trustee 10 Apr 1766; m. 1st, 27 Aug 1764 Ann, dau. of John Jackson, King Street, Westminster; m. 2nd, 9 May 1791 Susanna, sister of Thomas Pettingal (qv); m. 3rd, 19 Jun 1794 Ann Pinckney, Cathedral Precinct, Peterborough, Northants; d. 23 Mar 1808. Buried North Aisle, Westminster Abbey.

Smith, Ryder, brother of Brian Smith (q.v.); b. Feb. 3, 1897; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (G); left Dec. 1915; served in Great War I; Sub-Lieut. R.N.V.R.; m. 1st July 15, 1920, Geraldine Elsie, only daughter of E. Phillips Oppenheim, of Martinhoe Manor, Devon; 2nd June 21, 1932, Winifred, daughter of William Marriott, of Norwich; d. Nov. 23, 1940.

Smith, Robert Alexander, brother of Sir William Gordon Smith Bt (qv); b. 6 Mar. 1920; adm. May 1935 (A); left Apr. 1936 and went to Stowe Sch.; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1938; RNVRin WW2 (Lieut.); m. 15 Dec. 1945 Marianne, d. of Serge Dennissieff and widow of George Plaoutine of Philippeville, Algeria; d. 6 July 1995.

SMITH, RICHARD; b.; adm.; BB 1727-32; in school list Feb 1727/8.

SMITH, PEREGRINE FIELDING; b.; adm. 16 Jul 1781 (as Smith Peregrine Fielding); in school lists Jul 1781, 1785 (as Fielding Smith); m. 13 Oct 1793 Mary Clark (IGI).

SMITH, MILES, eldest son of Miles Smith, Soho Square, Westminster, and Mary Steele, Hatton Garden, St. Andrew’s, Holborn; b. 7 Sep 1756; adm. 1 Jan 1768; left Aug 1773; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. 3 Jun 1773, matr. Mich. 1773; adm. Middle Temple 22 Sep 1766.

Smith, Maurice Castle, brother of Hugh Castle Smith (q.v.); b. June 8, 1882; adm. Jan. 21, 1897 (G); left July 1901; 2nd Lieut. 48th Northamptonshire Regt. Dec. 16, 1903; Indian Army June 25, 1905; Lieut. 64th Pioneers, Co. Officer March 1, 1906; Capt. July 3, 1912; Major July 3, 1918; served in South Africa 1902; O.B.E. Sept. 12, 1919; m. 1950 Emily Winnifred Branson; d. 1969.

Smith, Matthew Cantwell, son of Arnold Cantwell Smith CH DCL LLD, Prof, of Internal. Affairs Carleton Univ. Ottawa, Canada, formerly sec. -gen. of the Commonwealth, and Evelyn Hardwick, d. of Alexander Stanley Stewart, civil engineer, of Ontario, Canada; b. 4 June 1949; adm. Sept. 1966 (A); left Dec. 1967; Queen’s Univ. Kingston, Ontario, Canada 1967-70; Univ. of Edinburgh, MA 1975; Ch. Ch. Oxf., field work in East Africa for PhD in Archaeology; d. 9 Nov. 1984.