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Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington

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The Right Honourable
The Lord Carrington
FRS FSA
Member of Parliament
for Nottingham
In office
9 February 1779 – 20 October 1797
Preceded byAbel Smith
Succeeded byJohn Borlase Warren
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
20 October 1797 – 18 September 1838
Hereditary peerage
Preceded byPeerage created
Succeeded byThe 2nd Baron Carrington
Personal details
Born(1752-01-22)22 January 1752
Died18 September 1838(1838-09-18) (aged 86)
Spouse(s)Anne Boldero-Barnard (died 1827)
Charlotte Hudson
Children6, including Robert
Parent(s)Abel Smith
Mary Bird

Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington FRS FSA (22 January 1752 – 18 September 1838), was a British banker and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1779 to 1797 when he was raised to the peerage.

Early life

Smith was the third son of Abel Smith (1717–1788) and his wife Mary (née Bird, 1724–1780). His grandfather, also named Abel Smith (c. 1690 – 1756), was the founder of Smith's Bank of Nottingham. He married, as his first wife, Anne Boldero-Barnard (1756–1827), daughter of Lewyns and Anne (Popplewell) Boldero-Barnard, at Tottenham on 6 July 1780.[1]

Politics

Smith succeeded his elder brother Abel, who died on 22 January 1779, three months after having been returned as MP for Nottingham. Smith was returned unopposed to replace him as MP for Nottingham in a by-election on 9 February 1779. He was reelected for Nottingham in 1780, 1784, 1790 and 1796.[2] In 1796, he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Carrington, of Bulcote Lodge.[3] The following year he was made Baron Carrington, of Upton in the County of Nottingham, in the Peerage of Great Britain, and had to vacate his seat in the House of Commons.[4] He was replaced as one of the two members of parliament for Nottingham by Sir John Borlase Warren.

Later life

Smith was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1800[5] and of the Society of Antiquaries in 1812.[6] In 1819, he was admitted as Nobleman to Magdalene College, Cambridge.[7] He was the Captain of Deal Castle from 1802 until his death.

Carrington's first wife, Anne, died in 1827. He married, secondly, Charlotte Hudson (1770–1849), daughter of John Hudson and Susanna Trevelyan, in 1836. He was 83, she was 65. He died in September 1838, aged 86. By his first wife he had one son and five daughters.[1] He was succeeded in his titles by his son Robert, who changed his last name to Carrington the next year.[8]

Issue

Life span Marriage(s) Notes
by Anne Boldero-Barnard
Hon. Catherine Lucy Smith Died 1843 Married Philip Henry Stanhope, Viscount Mahon (later 4th Earl Stanhope), son of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope, and Louisa Grenville; had issue.
Hon. Hester Frances Smith Died 1854 Married Rt Hon. Sir Henry Williams-Wynn, son of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, and Charlotte Grenville; had issue. Sir Henry was a second cousin of his brother-in-law Viscount Mahon above.
Hon. Emily Smith Died 1869 Married Rt Hon. Lord Granville Somerset, son of Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort, and Lady Charlotte Leveson-Gower; had issue.
Hon. Charlotte Elizabeth Smith Died 1811 Married Admiral Alan Gardner, 2nd Baron Gardner, son of Admiral Alan Gardner, 1st Baron Gardner, and Susannah Hyde Gale; had issue.
Hon. Harriet Smith Died 1856 Married Col. John Frederick Crewe, son of Maj. Gen. Richard Crewe and Milborough Allpress; had issue.
Hon. Robert John Smith,
later 2nd Baron Carrington		 1796–1868 Married, firstly, Hon. Elizabeth Weld-Forester, daughter of Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester, and Lady Katherine Manners; had issue. The 2nd Baron changed his last name to Carrington by Royal Licence in 1839.[8]
Married, secondly, Hon. Charlotte Drummond-Willoughby, daughter of Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby, and Lady Sarah Drummond; had issue.

Other descendants

Two of Smith's descendants gained particular political prominence. His grandson Charles, the 3rd Baron, was a Liberal politician and was created Earl Carrington in 1895 and Marquess of Lincolnshire in 1912,[9] while his great-great-grandson Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, was a Conservative politician and served as Foreign Secretary in the Cabinet of Margaret Thatcher from 1979 to 1982.

Ancestry

Styles of address

  • 1752–1779: Mr Robert Smith
  • 1779–1796: Mr Robert Smith MP
  • 1796–1797: The Right Honourable The Lord Carrington MP[a]
  • 1797–1800: The Right Honourable The Lord Carrington[b]
  • 1800–1812: The Right Honourable The Lord Carrington FRS
  • 1812–1838: The Right Honourable The Lord Carrington FRS FSA

Notes

  1. ^ Although The Lord Carrington was a peer, the peerage was in the Peerage of Ireland, meaning that he remained as a Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Great Britain.
  2. ^ The Lord Carrington was raised to the peerage in the Peerage of Great Britain as well, meaning that he lost his seat in the House of Commons in the Parliament of Great Britain.

References

  1. ^ a b c Edward J. Davies, "Some Connections of the Birds of Warwickshire", The Genealogist, 26 (2012):58–76.
  2. ^ "SMITH, Robert (1752-1838), of Bulcot, Notts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  3. ^ "No. 13914". The London Gazette. 23 July 1796. p. 705.
  4. ^ "No. 14052". The London Gazette. 7 October 1797. p. 968.
  5. ^ "Fellows 1660-2007" (PDF). Royal Society. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington". The Peerage. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Smith, Robert, Lord Carrington (SMT819R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  8. ^ a b Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, p. 197.
  9. ^ Burke's Peerage 2003, volume 1, p. 706.
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Nottingham
1779–1797
With: William Howe 1779–1780
Daniel Parker Coke 1780–1797 		Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
New creation Baron Carrington
2nd creation
1796–1838 		Succeeded by
Peerage of Great Britain
New creation Baron Carrington
3rd creation
1797–1838
Member of the House of Lords
(1797–1838) 		Succeeded by
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