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Admitted 9 February, 1674-5.

Son and heir of John Smith of South Tedworth, Hampshire. He was never called to the Bar, but entered on parliamentary life as member for Ludgershall in 1678, and sat for that and other constituencies from that time to his death. He was a staunch Whig, but popular with his opponents. He was a Lord of the Treasury in 1694, Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1699, and elected Speaker of the House of the Commons in 1705. He took an active part in arranging the union of England and Scotland in 1706—7. He resigned the Speakership in 1708, and again held the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer. He died 30 Sept. 1723, and was buried at Tedworth.

Admitted 30 October, 1846.

Eldest son of John Lucie Smith of the Middle Temple, and of Blackheath, LL.D. He was born in Demarara in 1825. He was called to the Bar

8 June, 1849, and practised in British Guiana, where he became Solicitor-General in 1852, Attorney-General in 1855, and Chief Justice in 1863. In 1869 he was appointed Chief Justice in Jamaica. He was made a C.M.G. in 1869, and a Knight Bachelor the following year. He died at West Worthing 9 July, 1883.

Admitted 2 November, 1842.

Eldest son of John Spry Smith of "Woburn Square, Russell Square." He was educated at Cambridge, where he graduated in 1847. He was called to the Bar 7 Nov. 1845. His practice was entirely in the Court of Chancery, on the practice of which he wrote a treatise in 1837, which went through many editions. He also published a Treatise on the Principles of Equity (1856). He died at Wimbledon 14 Jan. 1871.

Admitted 25 November, 1671.

Son and heir of Thomas Smith, one of the Masters of the Utter Bar. He was called to the Bar 10 May, 1678. He was connected with a number of good Jacobite families, and, engaging in intrigues with them, sought to profit by the information thus acquired by revealing supposed plots to the Government. In this manner he succeeded in obtaining money from the Duke of Shrewsbury, and Vernon, Secretary of State, but his schemes, notwithstanding the patronage of the Duke of Monmouth (q.v.), ended in failure. In his retirement he published a pamphlet entitled Memoirs of Secret Service (1699), the outspoken language of which caused him to be committed to the Gatehouse, and led to an animated paper war, after which its originator disappears from

Admitted 11 May, 1839.

Eldest son of Thomas Smith of Bideford. He was admitted from Gray's Inn, where he had been called to the Bar in 1835. He became a Queen's Counsel and a Bencher of Middle Temple in 1853, and served the office of Reader in