Authorised form of name | Smith; Robert (1752 - 1838); 1st Baron Carrington; banker and politician |
Dates | 1752 - 1838 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Nottingham, England, United Kingdom |
Date of birth | 22 January 1752 |
Place of death | His mansion at 26 St James's Place, Whitehall, London, England, United Kingdom |
Date of death | 18 September 1838 |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: High Wycombe (03 October 1838) |
Occupation | Banker; politician; land owner; plantation and slave owner |
Activity | Career: Worked for his father's banking firm Smith, Payne & Smith (also Abel Smith & Co.) of Nottingham', worked for the bank in London (1769) and elevated it from a agent of the Nottingham firm to a trading bank in its own right, became partner (1773), head (1788-1792); MP for Nottingham (1779-1796); Head partner, Smith Ellison & Brown bank of Lincoln (1789-1800); Smiths & Thompson banking firm of Hull, founding partner (1784), head partner (1790-1792); partner in Hull merchant firms Wilberforce and Smith, and Sykes, Son & Co (c.1780s-1790s); Commissioner of Exchequer loan bills (1793); Board of Agriculture, member (1793-1880), President (1801-1803); raised to peerage in recognition of financial services performed for the Prime Minister William Pitt the younger (1796); Bucks Yeomanry, Captain-Lieutenant (1797), Captain (1798-1838) ; Captain of Deal Castle (1802-1838); lieutenant-colonel of the 2nd battalion of the Cinque Ports Volunt
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 29/05/1800 |
Age at election | 48 |
Relationships | Son of Abel Smith and Mary nee Bird Married (1) Anne Barnard of Cave Castle (1780), one son and eleven daughters (2) Charlotte Trevelyan nee Hudson (1836) |
PublishedWorks | https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88130751/ |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Wikipedia; UCL LBS References: 'Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington', Legacies of British Slave-ownership database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/11954 [accessed 23rd July 2020] 'Robert Smith', Natwest Group Heritage Hub, https://www.natwestgroup.com/heritage/people/robert-smith.html [accessed 21 May 2021] |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/26155782 |
Code | NA5635 |