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 BURKK'S COLOXTAL GENTRY 683 Bishop of Sydiioy, mi.'(roi)olitau of New Roufli Wales, ami Pi-Ima(p of Australia. Hincnnc. This fiiiiiily claims tU-scoiit. from the aiu-iont and clistinf;uisli(-cl house of Smith (formei-l.T Ueriz), of Witlicoto, co. Loiccster, n jouiiger braneli of which — Smith, nf Er/'iiioiii!f/iorj}e,co. Leicester, created a buronct KiGl — is now represented in the female line by the Karls of Derby (ni'e Heralds' Visita- tion, CO. Leicester, ilorant's Jlisfon/ (if Ex-ie-r. &e.). From Henr_v Smith, the notorious regicide, the last of "the family who possessed AVithcole, is said to have been descended, Henut Smith, of Great Hauthois, in the parish of Coltishall, co. Norfolk, buried at t'oltishall. 2nd October, 1743, leaving by his wife, Klizabcth (.Iounson), a sou, JosErii Smith, of Great Ilautbois, bap- tised at Coltishall, 2-ith April, 1715, m. Margaret {d. 1804), daughter of Anthony Atthul, and rf. 30th Xovendier, 1761, leaving issue, with three daughter?, of whom Mary »). Dr. PoRTEU, Lord Bishop of Clogher, a son, Joseph Smith, of Shortgrove, Newport, CO. Esses, M.A. (Cains College, Cambridi;c). secretary and confidential friend of the Prime Minister, the Eight Hon. William Pitt, baptised at Coltishall. 23rd March, 1757 ; III. first, Anna (who rf. .«. p. 13th August, 171>l). third daughterot Joseph M.^RTIN, M.P. {see Maetin of Mam Court, in Bfrke's Landed Geniri/) ; and secondly, 1798, Margaret, second daughter and co-heir of Jose]>h Cocks, younger brother of Charles, first Lord Somers, and by her (who d. June, 1847) had issue, I. William Charles, of Shortgrove, co. Essex, J.P. and D.L. for that county, and high sheriff thereof, 18fi8 ; m. 16th February, 1860, Fanny Eowley, daughter of Sir Kichard KiXG, Bart., G.C.B., vice-admiral of the Red, and dying without issue, 6th June, 1883, was s. by his nephew, Josepli Charles Thomas. II. Henry Joseph, of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-law, in. Letitia, daughter of Charles SuiLLETO, and had issue, 1. Joseph Charles Thouuis, of New- port House, Newport, co. Essex, and of Fairycroft, Saffron Wal- den, iu the same county, formerly of Shortgrove (now the property of Lord Cai'drossl, J.P.,co. Essex, heir to his uncle, late Captain Queen's Royal Antrim Rifles, b. 4th February, 1815, educated at Brighton College, and at Cains College, Cambridge, B.A., 186(!, M.A. 1870; m. 1877, Eliza Anna- bella Sealcy, fourth daughter of Edwin U. A'lDAL, of Cornborough, CO. Devon, and has issue, 1. Am- brose Joseph Cocks, b. Gth J une, 1S78; 1. Margaret Scaley ; 2. Winifred Evrc ; 3. Violet AU-thca. 2. ilenrv George (Rev.), M... Magdaicn Hall, Oxford, 3. Reginald Vorkc, Lieutenant E.X. ■). Somers Percy. 1. Margaret Cath"rine, »;. the Rev. W. Gilbert Eewards, minor canon of St. George's, Windsor, and has is.sue. 2. Jane Florence Mary. 3. Susan Frcilcrica, m'. J. D. Hoi.M. WOOD, and has issue. 4. Edith Letitia. 5. Leila Marian. III. George James Philip, barrister-at- law, master of the Court of Queen's Bench, ilcceased. iv. John James (Rev.), M.A., fellow and tutor of Caius College, Cambridge, deceased, v. Richard Sxovdo. (Rev.), of whom jiresently. I. Elizabeth, m. Richard Glvx. Mr. Smith (/. loth April, 1823. His flflh and youngest son. The Rkv. Richard Sxowdon Smith, M.A. (Cambridge), of 13, Norfolk Terrace, Brighton, eo. Sussex, prebendary of Ipthorne in Chichester Cathedral, and formerly incum- bent of All Soids' Church, Brighton, entered the Ride Brigade, of which he is the oldest surviving officer, in 1828, and retired in 1838. Before taking Holy Orders, he went to Cam- bridge as a Fellow Commoner of Gonvilleand Caius College, B.A. 1842, M.A. 1845. He was b. 1st December, 1809 ; m. lOth January, 1835, Anne, daughter of James Robin, of Jersey, and by her (who d. January, 1850) has had issue, I. William SAr.MAHEZ (The Most Rev.), BisHOi- OF Syd.vet. II. Edward Snowdon (Kcv.). M.A. (Cambridge), vicar of St. Philip, Litherland, near Liverpool, and com- missary to the Bishop of Sydney, h. 9th September, 1849 ; in. 31st Janu- ary, 1877, Charlotte A.spinall, and has issue, one son and five daughters, viz., 1. Robin ; 1. ICdith ; 2. Margaret ; 3. Hilda ; 1. Winifreil ; 5. Evelyn. ], Afargarct Elizabeth, twin with her brother, William Saumarez. II. Mary Campbell, m. 1870, Ebeiu^zer Bird Foster, of .Vnstey Hall, Truni])- inglon, Cambri». H. Bruce Bos- WELL, of Iver Lodge, Iver, co. Bucks,