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SMITH-STANLEY, JAMES, LORD STRANGE, eldest son of Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby, and Elizabeth, only dau. of Robert Hesketh, Rufford, Lancs.; b. 7 Jan 1716/7; adm. Sep 1729; left 1734; Leyden Univ., adm. 24 Jun 1735; Grand Tour c. 1737; MP Lancashire from 1741; assumed additional surname of Smith by Act of Parliament 21 George II (1747-8); Lord Lieut., Lancashire, from 22 Jul 1757; Chancellor, Duchy of Lancaster, from 13 Dec 1762; Privy Councillor 16 Dec 1762; m. 17 Mar 1746/7 Lucy, second dau. of Hugh Smith, Weald Hall, Essex; d. 1 Jun 1771.

SMYTH, JOHN, only son of John Smyth, Heath Hall, Yorks. , and Bridget, dau. of Benjamin Foxley, London; b. 12 Feb 1748; in school lists 1764, 1765; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 19 Mar 1766, matr. 1766; of Heath Hall, Yorks. , inherited from father 1771; Grand Tour (Italy) 1773; member, Society of Dilettanti 1775; Gentleman of the Privy Chamber 1782 [check]; MP Pontefract 11 Apr 1783-1807; a Lord of the Admiralty 7 May 1794 – Jul 1802; Master of the Mint Jul 1802 – Jul 1804; Privy Councillor 22 Sep 1802; Commissioner, Board of Trade 1 May 1805-6; m. 4 Jun 1778 Lady Georgiana Fitzroy, eldest dau. of Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton KG PC; d. 12 Feb 1811.

SMYTH, SIR ROBERT, BART. , son of Rev. Robert Smyth, Vicar of Woolavington, Somerset, and Dorothy, dau. of Thomas Lloyd, Dolyglunnen, Merioneth; b. 10 Jan 1744; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1775); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 27 Jan 1762, matr. Easter 1762; BA 1766; MA 1775; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 3 Apr 1761; succ. cousin as 5th baronet 8 Dec 1765; MP Cardigan 1774 – 7 Dec 1775, Colchester 1780-4, 14 Jul 1784-90; travelling in Italy 1777-8; carried on a banking business in Paris from early 1790s; Tom Paine described Smyth in 1796 as “a very particular friend of mine” who has “lived several years in France, for he likes neither the government nor the climate of England” (Conway, Life of Thomas Paine, 1892, ii, 240); present at the famous British dinner held at White’s Hotel in Paris on 18 Nov 1792 to celebrate recent French victories, at which he renounced his title and proposed the toast “The speedy abolition of all hereditary titles and feudal distinctions”; became a member of the British Revolutionary Club; subsequently imprisoned in Paris for more than a year; m. 17 Sep 1776 Charlotte Sophia Blake, Hanover Square, London; d. 12 Apr 1802.

SNEYD, ---; b.; in school lists 1764, 1765, 1767. [perhaps Walter Sneyd, an elder brother of John Sneyd (qv); b. 31 Jan 1752 (IGI); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Jan 1769, aged 16; MA 9 Jul 1773; of Keele Hall, Staffs.; High Sheriff Staffs. 1814; MP Castle Rising 1784-90; m. 9 May 1786 Hon. Louisa Bagot, dau. of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (qv); d. 23 Jun 1829, father of Walter Sneyd (adm. 1814, qv)]

SOMERS-COCKS, JOHN SOMERS, 2ND EARL SOMERS, second son of John Somers Cocks, 1st Earl Somers (qv); b. 19 Mar 1788; in school lists 1797; left Whitsun 1799; Cornet, 16th Light Dragoons 27 Aug 1803; Lieut., 20 Jun 1805; Capt., 3 Dec 1806; 2nd Dragoon Guards 9 Jul 1807; retd. 1812; MP Reigate 1812-8, Hereford 1818-32, Reigate 1832 – 5 Jan 1841; succ. father as 2nd Earl Somers 5 Jan 1841; took Conservative whip both in Commons and in Lords; Lord Lieut., Herefordshire, from 6 Aug 1845; m. 4 Mar 1815 Lady Caroline Harriet Yorke, fourth dau. of Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke KG PC; d. 5 Oct 1852.

SOMERSET, CHARLES NOEL, 4TH DUKE OF BEAUFORT, brother of Henry Scudamore (formerly Somerset), 3rd Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 12 Sep 1709; adm. Jun 1717; in under school list 1720; at school in 1722; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Jun 1725; MA 1727; DCL 1736; MP Monmouthshire 17 May 1731-4, Monmouth 1734 – 24 Feb 1744/5; succ. brother as 4th Duke of Beaufort 24 Feb 1744/5; one of the acknowledged leaders of the English Jacobites; Busby Trustee 26 Apr 1751; m. 1 May 1740 Elizabeth, sister of Norborne Berkeley, 3rd Baron Botetourt (qv); d. 28 Oct 1756.

SOMERSET, FITZROY JOHN HENRY, 1ST BARON RAGLAN, youngest son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 30 Sep 1788; adm. 1 Feb 1802 (Clapham); in school list 1803; Cornet, 4th Light Dragoons 9 Jun 1804; Lieut., 30 May 1805; Capt., 6th Garrison Battn., 5 May 1808; 43rd Foot 18 Aug 1808; Brevet Maj., 9 Jun 1811; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 27 Apr 1812; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards 25 Jul 1814; Col. in the Army and ADC to Prince Regent 28 Aug 1815; Major-Gen., 27 May 1825; Col., 53rd Foot 19 Nov 1830 – May 1854 [check]; Lieut. -Gen., 28 Jun 1838; Col., Royal Horse Guards, from 8 May 1854; Gen., 20 Jun 1854; Field-Marshal 5 Nov 1854; served with Wellington in Peninsular War; wounded at battle of Busaco; lost right arm at battle of Waterloo; Secretary to Embassy, Paris 1814, Minister Plenipotentiary there Jan – Mar 1815; Secretary to Master-Gen. of the Ordnance 1815-27; MP Truro 1818-20, 1826 – Mar 1829; Military Secretary, War Office Jan 1827 – Sep 1852; Master-Gen. of the Ordnance 30 Sep 1852 – May 1855; Commander-in-Chief of British Troops in Crimea from 1854; Privy Councillor 16 Oct 1852; created Baron Raglan 20 Oct 1852; KCB 2 Jan 1815; GCB 24 Sep 1852; DCL Oxford 1834; m. 6 Aug 1814 Lady Emily Harriet Wellesley Pole, second dau. of William Wellesley Pole, 3rrd Earl of Mornington PC, Master of the Mint; d. in camp before Sevastopol 28 Jun 1855. DNB.

SOMERSET, HENRY CHARLES, 6TH DUKE OF BEAUFORT, eldest son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 22 Dec 1766; styled Marquis of Worcester 1766-1803; adm. 22 Feb 1780 (sic, but already at the School 27 Jun 1778 : see Hon. Mrs. Boscawen to Mrs Delany, 27 Jun 1778, Delany Correspondence, 2nd series, ii, 358); Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 Feb 1784; MA 1786; MP Monmouth 1 Apr 1788-90, Bristol 1790-6, Gloucestershire 1796 – 11 Oct 1803; succ. father as 6th Duke of Beaufort 11 Oct 1803; Lord Lieut., Monmouthshire and Breconshire, from 4 Nov 1803, and of Gloucestershire from 15 Sep 1810; KG 7 Jan 1805; carried crown of Queen Consort at Coronation of William IV 8 Sep 1831; DL Breconshire 1793; Col., Royal Monmouth Militia 26 Oct 1803 – still 1820; High Steward of Bristol from 1834; Busby Trustee 3 May 1804; m. 16 May 1791 Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson Gower, dau. of Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Marquis of Stafford (qv), and his third wife; d. 23 Nov 1835.

SOMERSET, HENRY, 7TH DUKE OF BEAUFORT, eldest son of Henry Charles Somerset, 6TH Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 5 Feb 1792; styled Marquis of Worcester 1803-35; adm.; left 1805; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1809; Cornet, 10th Light Dragoons (Hussars) 18 Jun 1811; Lieut., 14th Light Dragoons 21 Aug 1811; 10th Light Dragoons (Hussars) 6 Sep 1811; 7th Light Dragoons (Hussars) 26 Oct 1815; 93rd Foot; Capt., 37th Foot 2 Dec 1819; Maj. in Army 12 Dec 1819; half-pay 25 Oct 1821; served as ADC to Duke of Wellington in Peninsular War 1812-4; MP Monmouth 30 Dec 1813-31, 18 Jul 1831-2, West Gloucestershire Jan – 23 Nov 1835; a Lord of the Admiralty 24 May 1816 – May 1819; succ. father as 7th Duke of Beaufort 23 Nov 1835; took Conservative whip in Commons and Lords; a famous sportsman; Master, Badminton Hunt 1835-53; member, Four-in-Hand Club; m. 1st, 25 Jul 1814 Georgiana Frederica, dau. of Henry Fitzroy MP; m. 2nd, 29 Jun 1822 Emily Frances, dau. of Charles Culling Smith, and half-sister of his first wife; d. 17 Nov 1853. DNB.

SOMERSET, LORD CHARLES HENRY, son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 12 Dec 1767; adm. 22 Feb 1780; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 Feb 1784; MA 1786; Cornet, 1st Dragoon Guards 11 May 1785; Lieut., 13th Light Dragoons 14 Feb 1786; Capt., 77th Foot 25 Dec 1787; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 2nd Foot Guards 15 Jun 1791; Lieut. -Col., 103rd Foot 19 May 1794; Col., 21 Aug 1795; Major-Gen., 18 Jun 1798; Lieut. -Gen., 30 Oct 1805; Gen., 4 Jun 1814; Col., 1st West India Regt., from 5 Jan 1804 – Feb 1830; Col., 33rd Foot, from 22 Feb 1830; MP Scarborough 1796-1802, Monmouth 1802 – Nov 1813; Privy Councillor 26 Apr 1797; Comptroller of the Household 27 Apr 1797 – May 1804; Joint Paymaster-Gen. of the Forces 7 Jul 1804 – Feb 1806, 4 Apr 1807- Nov 1813; Governor, Cape of Good Hope 13 Nov 1813-27; m. 1st, 8 Jun 1788 Hon. Elizabeth Courtenay, fourth dau. of William Courtenay, 2nd Viscount Courtenay (qv); m. 2nd, 9 Aug 1821 Lady Mary Poulett, second dau. of John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett; d. 20 Feb 1831. DNB Missing Persons.