Edward Smith (MP)

Edward Smith (c. 1704 – 15 February 1762) was an English Tory politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1734 to 1762.

Smith was the eldest son of Rev. Roger Smith of Bosworth and his wife Judith Tomlinson. He was educated at Melton Mowbray and at Rugby School. He matriculated at Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Smith was Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicestershire from 1734 until his death in 1762. He was unopposed in 1754 and 1761 when he was classed as a Tory.

Smith married Margaret Horsman, daughter of Edward Horsman of Stretton, Rutland. He lived at Edmondthorpe.

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Ed Smith

Ed, Eddie, Edgar, Edward, Edwin Smith and similar may refer to:

Military

Edward H. Smith (sailor) (1889–1961), United States Coast Guard admiral, oceanographer and Arctic explorer

Edward Smith (VC) (1898–1940), English recipient of the Victoria Cross during the First World War

Edwin P. Smith (born 1945), U.S. general, commander of Army, Pacific 1998–2002

Edwin Smith (Medal of Honor) (1841–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient

Politics and law

Edward Smith (MP for Scarborough), Member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough

E. D. Smith (1853–1948), Canadian businessman and politician

Ed Smith (alderman), alderman for Chicago's 28th ward

Ed Smith (mayor), mayor of Marshall, Texas

Eddie Smith (Tennessee politician), member of the Tennessee House of Representatives

Edward Clarke Smith (1864–1924), mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire

Edward Curtis Smith (1854–1935), 47th Governor of Vermont

Edward Dunlap Smith (1807–1883), Presbyterian clergyman and Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives

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Edward Smith (judge)

Sir Edward Smith or Smythe (1602–1682) was an English-born politician and judge who held the office of Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas.

He was the second son of Edward Smythe, a barrister at Middle Temple. The family's earlier history is uncertain, although it has been suggested that they were related to the Smythe Baronets of Eshe Hall, Durham, and also to Sir Thomas Smith, (1513-1577), Secretary of State to Elizabeth I. Edward entered the Middle Temple in 1627, was called to the bar in 1635 and became a Bencher of his Temple in 1655.

The inscription on his tomb suggests that he was a member of the House of Commons at the outbreak of the English Civil War and that he took Parliament's side in the conflict, though with some reservations. It states that he supported Parliament so long as it held out against the King and the Church of England : "that is, as long as there was room for wise politics": This implies that Smythe opposed the execution of Charles I, which is borne out by the fact that after the Restoration his past was not held against him. He received a knighthood from Charles II in 1662, and was sent to Ireland as a judge.

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Edward Smith (biographer)

Edward Smith (1839–1919) was an English biographer. A Fellow of the Statistical Society, Smith was awarded its Howard Medal in 1875, for an essay on "The State of the Dwellings of the Poor [...]", then published as The Peasant's Home.