SMITH, SEBASTIAN, third son of Edward Smith, Abingdon, Berks., barrister, and Katherine ---; b.; adm.; KS in 1619; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1622, matr. 10 Feb 1625/6, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1629, Faculty Student in Physic 1629-31; BA 1626; MA 1629; BD 1636; DD 1640; ordained (by Archbishop of Armagh ?); Prebendary of Peterborough 27 Feb 1631/2-40; Prebendary and Precentor of Wells from 9 Mar 1634/5, also Canon Residentiary from 4 Apr 1638; Vicar of Compton Dando, Somerset 20 Oct 1637-9; Vicar of North Curry, Somerset 14 Mar 1637/8 – deprival 1649 [perhaps reinstated 1660-1]; granted pension of £60 per annum by Parliament 19 Sep 1649; Rector of Hambledon, Bucks., 11 Apr 1661, but was compelled to resign on account of simony; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 22 Jun 1661; m. Dorothea, dau. of Rev. John Weston DD, Canon of Christ Church; d. 27 Apr 1674. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

SMITH, SEBASTIAN, eldest son of Sir Sebastian Smith, Kt, Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire, barrister, Bencher Middle Temple, and Grace, dau. of Edward Astyn, Oxley, Staffs., attorney; grandson of Sebastian Smith (KS in 1619, qv); b. 1677; adm.; KS 1693; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1696, matr. 4 Jul 1696, aged 18, Westminster Student 29 Dec 1696 – void 1709; BA 1700; MA 11 Mar 1702/3; adm. Middle Temple 20 May 1699; was kept so short of money by his that “Jew, his father” that “his utmost ambition” was “any clerk’s place of £50 per annum value” (HMC Portland vii, 12-3); of Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire; left a small bequest to the School, the income of which was divisable among those elected to Oxford and Cambridge; m. by 1710 Hester, dau. of Joseph Lowndes, Chiswick, Middlesex; buried Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire 6 Dec 1752.

On 30 May 1753 the Dean and Chapter, reciting that he had “by his will bequeathed the sum of £50, the interest whereof to be for the benefit of the King’s Scholars”, ordered the money to be invested. He had in fact died intestate ; it seems probable, therefore, that the gift was made either by his widow or by his daughter Barbara (to whom administration of his estate was granted 4 Jan.1752/3), in accordance with a wish expressed by him in his lifetime, either verbally or in some document not admissible to probate as a will. The money was invested in the 3 ½ per cents, but it seems that for many years the income was not applied for the benefit of the King’s Scholars. On 20 Apr 1804 it was, however, ordered by the Chapter that a separate account should be kept of this fund, and the interest “applied for the benefit of the King’s Scholars elected to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge”.

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, 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, 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, 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.

SMITH, HENRY, eldest surviving son of John Smith MP, Alderman and Mayor of Oxford, and Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Bosworth, Oxford, brewer; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1656, matr. 23 Jul 1656, Westminster Student; BA 17 Jan 1659/60; MA 1662; BD 7 Feb 1671/2; DD 1674; Proctor 1670; ordained deacon and priest 1666; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 20 Dec 1675; his name, as Treasurer of the Chapter, was inscribed on “Great Tom” when it was recast in 1680; Rector of Eastleach Martin, Gloucs., from 1688; buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford 21 Oct 1702.