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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.