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Smith, Kenneth John Hamilton, son of William James Parkinson Smith, barrister-at-law, of Putney, and Louise Emily, d. of James Hamilton Cobley; b. 16 Apr. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (A); left Dec. 1927; ACA 1933; a timber merchant; m. 20 Aug. 1932 Nancy Sandys, d. of Cecil Sandys Walker, engineer; d. 25 Sept. 1995.

Smith, Keith Gordon, brother of Graham Rex Smith (qv); b. 7 Nov. 1932; adm. May 1946 (B); left July 1950; a children’s portrait painter; d. 25 Feb. 1972.

SMITH, JOSEPH, brother of George Smith (b. 1693, qv); b.; in under school list 1715; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 31 Mar 1718, aged 17, scholar 11 Jul 1719; BA 1721/2; MA 1725; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1724, Major Fellow 8 Jul 1725; ordained deacon (London) 5 Jun 1726; Rector of Nowton, Suffolk; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Benjamin Woodger; d. 1734. [note will Rev. Joseph Smith, Cambridge, proved PCC 22 Mar 1735]

SMITH, JOSEPH; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1744; left 1749.

SMITH, JOSEPH; b. c. 1674; at school under Busby (British Library, Add. MSS 32694, ff 545-6, 589); living in Venice from c. 1700; initially worked for Thomas Williams, a banker there; became partner in firm Williams & Smith, bankers and meat importers, and manager of their business interests in Venice from 1720; British Consul, Venice Jun 1744-60; a well-known collector of books, manuscripts and paintings; patron of the Venetian painter Canaletto; a catalogue of his collection of printed books was published in 1755, and the collection was sold as a whole to King George III in the early 1760s; m. 1st, c. 1717 Catherine Tofts, opera singer; m. 2nd, 1757 Elizabeth, sister of John Murray, British Resident, Venice; d. at Venice 6 Nov 1770.

SMITH, JOSEPH BOURCHIER, eldest son of John [Joseph ?] Smith DCL, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, and his second wife Elizabeth, only dau. of James Bourchier LLD, Hanborough, Oxfordshire, Regius Professor of Law, Oxford Univ.; bapt. 15 Oct 1758; adm. 25 Jun 1770; in school lists 1775; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Jun 1775, aged 16; adm. Inner Temple 8 Jul 1772, left 4 May 1784; m.; d. 22 Dec 1821.

SMITH, JOHN; b.; adm. 11 Feb 1788.

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.