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.

SMART, NEWTON REGINALD, brother of John Henry Smart (qv); b. 23 Jan 1831; adm. 26 Sep 1844 (Scott's); QS (Capt. ) 1845; rowed v. Eton 29 Jul 1847; Capt. of the School 1848; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1849, matr. 31 May 1849, Westminster Student 1849-67; BA 1853; MA 1856; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Nov 1853, called to bar 30 Apr 1857; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; [unm. in 1881]; d. 13 Jun 1897.

SMART, JOHN HENRY, second son of John Newton Smart, Trewhitt House, Northumberland, and Mary Anne, eldest dau. of Rev. Thomas Gregory, Rector of Henlow, Beds.; b. 20 Dec 1825; adm. 24 Sep 1838 (Scott's); QS 1840; rowed v. Eton 1 Aug 1843; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1844, adm. pens. 16 Apr 1844, scholar 1845; BA 1850; MA 1855; ordained deacon 1850, priest 1851 (both Canterbury); Curate, Farningham, Kent 1850, Holy Trinity, Ely 1850-5; Travelling Secretary, Church Missionary Society; Minister, English and American Church, Dresden, Germany; Curate, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London 1875-7; d. 26 Jun 1892.

SMALWOOD, JAMES; b.; adm.; KS 1671; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1674, adm. pens. 24 Jun 1674, scholar 1675, matr. 1676; BA 1677/8; MA 1681; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1680 – c. 1698, Tutor 1682-5, Moderator 1683; ordained; Chaplain to Earl of Romney; Chaplain, 1st Foot Guards 9 Mar 1691/2; two of his sermons preached to troops in the Netherlands in 1694 and 1705 have been published; d. 27 Sep 1719.

SMALWOOD, GABRIEL, brother of Thomas Smalwood (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1666; Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. sizar 16 May 1668, aged 17, pensioner 2 Jul 1668, Hale Scholar 6 Sep 1668; BA 1671/2; MA 1675; ordained deacon (Carlisle) 21 Sep 1673; Vicar of Wetheral, Cumberland; Vicar of St. Lawrence, Appleby, Westmorland, from 1681; d. 7 Mar 1698/9. [presumably son of Rev. Alan Smalwood, Vicar of Marske, Yorks., and Dorothy Pursglove, bapt. Marske in Cleveland, Yorks., 24 Jan 1650 (IGI)]