Person Smith; William Henry (1825 - 1891) Smith William Henry 1825 - 1891 British Male Duke Street, Grosvenor Square, London, England 24 June 1825 Walmer Castle, Kent 06 October 1891

2 Hyde Park Street, London (1877)

Career: Entered his father's business (1841); partner (1846); secured a railway bookstall monopoly and initiated a circulating library; Chief Secretary in Ireland (1866); MP for Westminster (1868-1885); Secretary of the Treasury (1874-1877); First Lord of the Admiralty (1877-1880); Privy Councillor (1877); MP for the Strand division (1881-1891); Secretary of State for War (1885-1887); First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons (1887-1891); Constable of Dover Castle; Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports Son of William Henry Smith, founder of W H Smith and Son, and his wife Mary Anne Cooper; married (13 April 1858) Emily, daughter of Frederick Dawes Danvers Fellow 14/02/1878 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: Vanity Fair 09 March 1872, 12 November 1887 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 24 Jun 1825 - 6 Oct 1891 NA6515 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 62e41a74-618a-4afa-a1cc-5e30418387d9