Smith, Arthur Fawcett, son of Thomas Edward Smith, of South Norwood; b. May 3, 1882; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 27, 1894; left Dec. 1898.
SMITH, ---; b.; adm.; KS in 1640; left 1644 (Chapter Muniments 43114).
SMITH, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1565-6 (Chapter Muniments 54005).
SMEDLEY, JAMES, son of Thomas Smedley, Baghilt Hall, Flintshire, and Jane Foulkes, Mertyn, Holywell, Flintshire; b. 19 Jul 1775; adm. 9 Sep 1782; KS 1789; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1793, adm. pens. 23 May 1793, scholar 1794; BA 1797; MA 1802; an Usher at the School 1797-1804; Master of Wrexham Free School, Denbighshire 1804-9; ordained; Curate, Hope, Flintshire 1809; m. 9 Sep 1802 Katharine, sister of Arthur Turnour Raby (qv); d. 2 Feb 1853.
SMEDLEY, EDWARD, son of Edward Smedley (KS 1764, qv); b. 12 Sep 1788; adm. 1795; KS 1800; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1805, adm. pens. 27 May 1805, scholar 18 Apr 1806; BA 1809; MA 1812; First Members’ Prize for Lain Essay (Middle Bachelors) 1810, Second Members’ Prize for Latin Essay (Senior Bachelors) 1811; Fellow, Sidney Sussex Coll, . 1812-6; Seatonian Prize for English Sacred Poem 1813, 1814, 1827, 1828; ordained deacon 22 Sep 1811, priest 20 Sep 1812 (both Winchester); Curate, Meopham, Kent; Preacher at St. James’s Chapel, Tottenham Court Road, London; Clerk in Orders, St. James’s, Westminster 1815-9, afterwards Preacher there; Evening Lecturer, St. Giles’s, Camberwell; Prebendary of Lincoln from 21 Jul 1829; editor, Encyclopaedia Metropolitana, from 1822; frequent contributor to British Critic and Penny Encyclopaedia; his Poems, with a selection from his correspondence and a short memoir, were published in 1837; m. 8 Jan 1816 Mary, sister of John Deacon Hume (qv); d. 29 Jun 1836. DNB.
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 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.