Smith, Edwin Rodney, Baron Smith, son of Edwin Smith MD, barrister-at-law, Coroner for the County of London, and Edith Catherine, d. of H. M. Dyer; b. 10 May 1914; adm. Sept. 1927 (A), KS Sept. 1928; left July 1931; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCPMB BS 1937; FRCS 1939; MS 1941; surgical Registrar Middx Hosp. 1939-41; RAMC 1941-5 (Maj.); surgeon and lecturer in surgery St George's Hosp. 1946; Hunterian Prof. RCS 1947 and 1952; Penrose May Tutor in surgery RCS 1957-63; Dean Inst. of Basic Med. Sciences 1966-71; adviser in surgery DHSS and consult. to the Army 1972; President RCS 1973-7; President Roy. Soc. of Medicine 1978-80; hon. DSc Leeds 1974, Exeter 1974; hon. FRACS 1975, hon. FRCS Edinburgh 1975, Canada 1976, S. Africa 1976; hon. Fellow American Assn of Surgery and of the French Assn of Sur­geons; KBE 197 5; created Life Peer June 1978; author of The Surgery of Pancreatic Neoplasms 1953, Operative Surgery (twelve vols), 1st edn 1956, 4th edn 1983; m. 1st 26 Mar. 1938 Mary, d. of Edward Rodwell; 2nd 1971 Susan, d. of Rowdon Marrian Fry; d. 1 July 1998.

SMITH, ERNEST GEE, son of Thomas Smith, Broughton [check], Leics.; b. 1 May 1851; adm. 22 Jan 1864 (James'); QS 31 Jan 1867; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1870, adm. sub-sizar 14 Oct 1870, matr. Mich. 1870; BA 1874; MA 1879; mathematical master, Cheam Sch.; d. 1 Dec 1880.

SMITH, GEORGE, son of George Smith, London; b.; adm.; QS 1703; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 31 May 1704, aged 18, scholar 2 May 1705, matr. 1705; BA 1707/8; MA 1711; ordained deacon (London) Feb 1707/8, priest 25 Sep 1709. [Perhaps Vicar of Braughing, Herts., and Rector of Ayot St. Peter’s, Herts., in 1727/8 (disp. to hold both); living 1745]

SMITH, HENRY, son of Samuel Smith (adm. 1744, qv), and his first wife; b. 23 Jan 1774; adm. 18 Apr 1781; KS 1787; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1791, matr. 22 Jun 1791, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1791 – void 16 Jun 1804 (expiry year of grace as V. Alconbury from 25 Jun 1803); BA 1795; MA 1798; ordained; Curate, St. Thomas, Oxford 1803; Vicar of Alconbury, Hunts., 13 Jun 1803-9; Prebendary of Southwell from 3 Mar 1807; Vicar of Kilsby, Northants 4 Nov 1809-35 [check]; m. 6 Sep 1809 Frances, sister of Sir William Elias Taunton (qv); d. 17 Jan 1844.

SMITH, HENRY, son of Samuel Smith (adm. 1772, qv); b. 9 Apr 1819; adm. 21 Jun 1832 (Stelfox); KS 1833; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1837, matr. 5 May 1837, Westminster Student; BA 1841; MA 1843; ordained deacon 22 May 1842, priest 1843 (both Oxford); Vicar of Butlers Marston, Warwicks. , 1844-6; Vicar of Easton Maudit, Northants 1847-74; m. 1st, 2 Sep 1847 Frances Bell, eldest dau. of Rev. William Macbean, Rector of St. Peter Tavy, Devon; m. 2nd, 4 Jun 1861 Eliza Catherine, eldest dau. of Col. Forbes Macbean, Royal Artlllery, Kirkleatham, Yorks. ; m. 3rd, 17 May 1894 Fanny, eldest dau. of Rev. Daniel Brent DD, Vicar of Grendon, Northants; d. 31 Mar 1904.

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.

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, 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, 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 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.