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, EDWARD, son of George Smith, London; b.; adm.; KS 1700; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1704, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1704, aged 19, scholar 2 May 1705; BA 1707/8; MA 1711; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1710, Major Fellow 14 Apr 1711, Senior Fellow 1737. [note will Rev. Edward Smith, Newick, Sussex, proved PCC 12 Oct 1742 : but he may well have been a different Edward Smith]

SMITH, EDWARD, brother of Sebastian Smith (KS 1693, qv); b.; adm.; KS 1696; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1701, matr. Jul 1701, aged 18, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1701; BA 1705; MA 24 Mar 1707/8; d. at Bristol, Somerset, shortly before 6 Jul 1714.

SMITH, EDMUND, only son of Edmund Neale, London, merchant, and Margaret, dau. of Sir Nicholas Lechmere, Kt, Baron of the Exchequer; bapt. St. Bartholomew Exchange, London 29 Jan 1671 (IGI); adopted by a kinsman named Smith, whose surname he assumed; adm.; KS 1684; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1688, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 25 Jun 1688, aged 16, Canoneer Student 9 Jul 1688 – expulsion 20 Dec 1705; BA 1692; MA 1696; his irregular behaviour frequently brought him into conflict with the authorities at Oxford; admonished for profligate behaviour 24 Dec 1694, conditionally expelled for riotous behaviour 24 Apr 1700 and eventually deprived of his Studentship for lampooning Henry Aldrich (qv), then Dean of Christ Church; adm. Inner Temple 1690; his tragedy Phaedra and Hippolytus, with a prologue by Addison and an epilogue by Prior, was produced at the Haymarket Theatre 21 Apr 1707; Johnson declared that Smith’s Latin ode on the death of Dr. Pococke was unequalled among modern writers, and that his Elegy on John Philips was “among the best elegies which our language can show” (Lives of the Poets, ed. Hill, ii, 12, 16); his Works, with a life by William Oldisworth, were published in 1719; buried Hartham, Wilts., Jul 1710. DNB.

SMITH, DOUGLAS, eldest son of Rev. Sydney Smith, Canon of St. Paul’s, and Catharine Amelia, dau. of John Pybus, Cheam, Surrey; b. 27 Feb 1805; adm. 16 Sep 1818 (Best's); KS 1819; Capt. of the School 1823; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1824, matr. 28 May 1824, Westminster Student; BA 1828; adm. Inner Temple 1828; d. 14 Apr 1829.

SMITH, CHARLES, son of Samuel Smith (adm. 1772, qv); b. 19 Oct 1817; adm. 15 Jan 1828 (Stelfox); KS 1832; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1836, matr. 13 May 1836, Westminster Student; BA 1840; MA 1842; ordained deacon (Oxford) 18 Dec 1842; Vicar of East Garston, Berks. , 1846-51; Rector of Boothby Graffoe, Lincs. , from 1851; m. 30 Jul 1846 Frances, sister of John Fullerton (adm. 1816, qv); d. 14 Nov 1855.

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.