John Smith (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
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Chancellor of the Exchequer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 2 June 1699 – 27 March 1701 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monarch | William III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Charles Montagu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Henry Boyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 22 April 1708 – 11 August 1710 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monarch | Anne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Henry Boyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Robert Harley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Speaker of the House of Commons of Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 23 October 1705 – 1708 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monarch | Anne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Robert Harley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Richard Onslow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Smith (1656–1723) of
Early life
Smith was the fourth, but only surviving, son of John Smith of Tedworth House, South Tidworth, Hampshire and his wife Mary Wright, daughter of Sir Edmund Wright, alderman, of London. His sister Anne married Sir Samuel Dashwood, MP and Lord Mayor of London. He matriculated at St John's College, Oxford, on 18 May 1672, aged 16, and was admitted at the Middle Temple in 1674.[1] His father died in 1690. He succeeded to his estate, and then to the estate of his uncle Thomas Smith in 1692.
Career
Smith was a moderate
Smith was returned as MP for
At the 1708 general election Smith was returned unopposed as MP for Andover, and subsequently gave up his position as Speaker when he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer again on 22 April 1708. He ceased to be Chancellor at the dissolution of Parliament on 11 August 1710, and was returned unopposed for Andover at the 1710 election. He was then appointed to the lucrative post of Teller of the Exchequer. He refused to stand for Parliament at the 1713 election, offended by suggestions that the ministry had him under control. His post of Teller was renewed in 1714 and he held it for the rest of his life.[4]
Smith was returned as Member of Parliament for East Looe at the general elections in 1715 and 1722.[5]
Personal life
He married Anne Steward, daughter of Sir Nicholas Steward, 1st Baronet, of Hartley Mauditt, Hampshire on 1 September 1679. Anne died in 1680 and he married secondly Anne Strickland, daughter of Sir Thomas Strickland of Boynton, Yorkshire by licence dated 7 November 1683.
Smith died on 2 October 1723 and was buried in the old church at South Tidworth. He and his second wife had four sons and three daughters, including Mary Smith and Anne Smith, Lady Grant. His son Thomas was also a Whig Member of Parliament.
References
- ^ Foster, Joseph. "'Smith-Sowton', in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford, 1891), pp. 1368-1394". British History Online. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "SMITH, John (c.1656-1723), of South Tidworth, Hants". History of Parliament Online (1660-1690). Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ Hayton, D. W. "MONTGOMERIE, Hon. Francis (d. by 1729), of Giffen, Ayr". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "SMITH, John I (c.1655-1723), of South Tidworth". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ "SMITH, John (?1655-1723), of South Tidworth, Hants". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ Manning, James Alexander (1851). The Lives of the Speakers of the House of Commons, from the Time of King Edward III to Queen Victoria. G. Willis. p. 412. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ Burke, Sir Bernard (1852). A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland for 1852. Colburn and Company. p. 1248.
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1864). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. Harrison & sons. p. 936.
- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Courtney, William Prideaux (1898). "Smith, John (1655-1723)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 53. London: Smith, Elder & Co.