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 62 CARRICK and joined the Welsh regt., attaining the rank of Major; served in Canada during the Fenian invasion, 1870. He m., istly, 8 Jan. 1873, at St. Geo., Dublin, Kathleen Emily Hamilton, 3rd da. of Albert Ernest Ross, Lieut. Col. 5th Fusiliers. She d. 21 June 1888, at 29 Devonshire Place, Mary- ebone. He m., 2ndly, in 1896, Emily, da. of Mark Codrington Jones. He d. 6 Apr. 1909, at Bath. Having j«f. to the peerage after 22 Jan. 1901, he is, as such, outside the scope of this work. His widow was living 191 2.] CARRICKFERGUS i.e. "Ennishowen and Carrickfergus of Ennishowen co. Donegal and Carrickfergus co. Antrim," Barony (^Chichester), cr. 1841; extinct 1883; see "DoNEGALL," Marquessate [I.], cr. illi, under the 3rd Marquess. CARRICKMAYNE See "Newhaven of Carrickmayne, co. Dublin," Barony [I.] {Mayne), cr. 1776; extinct 1794. CARRINGTON OF BULCOT LODGE and CARRINGTON OF UPTON BARONY [I.] I. Robert Smith, of Bulcot in Burton-Joyce, Notts, J . Banker of London, 3rd but ist surv. s. and h. male of '° ■ Abel S., of Nottingham and London,(*) Banker (some- BARONY [G.B.] ^i";^ ^'^i^ ^'^^ f i^'"^'^ '^ aS' ^^ ^^^^J^' ^^i °^ '- -• Thomas Bird, or Barton, co. Warwick, b. 22 Jan., . 1797. and bap. 21 Feb. 1752, at St. Peter's, Nottingham, was M.P.C") for Nottingham in 5 Parliaments, 1779 ^^ 1797. On II July 1796, he was cr. BARON CARRINGTON (■=) OF (^) The banking firm of "Smith, Payne and Co." is first found in the London Directory for 1759. In 1773 it became "Smith Payne and Smith"; in 1785 "Smith Payne Smiths and Payne"; and finally (1786) "Smith Payne and Smiths." 1^) He was a Whig till the Coalition of 1 783, and thereafter supported Pitt. After Pitt's death in 1806, he acted with the Whigs again till about 1820, when he reverted to the Tories, and voted for the proceedings against Queen Caroline, and was one of the 22 "Stalwarts" who voted against the 3rd Reading of the Reform Bill, 4 June 1832. For a list of these see Appendix I to this volume. V.G. if) The title of" Carrington " was doubtless selected because the ancient family of Smith, alias Carrington (though in no way connected with the family of the grantee) had, under the latter name, been ennobled in 1643. "^^^ grantee's father (who established the London Banking House) and grandfather, each named Abel Smith, were bankers at the county town of Nottingham. The grandfather of the last, with whom the pedigree begins, was one John Smith, of Cropwell Boteler in Titheby, Notts, who d. 1 64 1, whose son Thomas Smith (great-grandfather of the first Peer) was "a respectable draper at Nottingham," who, by keeping account of the "market transactions" of the farmers near there and by receiving their cash, eventually became a Country Banker. See F. Martin's Stories of Banks and Bankers. He m. Fortune, sister