Person Smith; Robert (1752 - 1838); 1st Baron Carrington; banker and politician Smith Robert 1st Baron Carrington banker and politician 1752 - 1838 British Male Nottingham, England, United Kingdom 22 January 1752 17520122 His mansion at 26 St James's Place, Whitehall, London, England, United Kingdom 18 September 1838 18380918 Burial: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England (03 October 1838)
26 St James's Place, Whitehall, London, England, United Kingdom Wycombe Abbey, High Wycombe Wendover, Buckinghamshire Midhurst Surrey
Banker; Politician; Plantation and slave owner 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 Parents: Abel Smith; Mary Smith nee Bird Spouse: Anne Barnard of Cave Castle (1780); Charlotte Trevelyan nee Hudson (1836) Fellow 29/05/1800 48 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] International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 22 Jan 1752 - 18 Sep 1838 NA5635 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM yes http://viaf.org/viaf/26155782 874641a2-b3a1-4af1-ace7-70755a51f229