Frederick Chatfield Smith

Who was Frederick Chatfield Smith?

Frederick Chatfield Smith was head of Smith's Bank in Nottingham and a British Conservative Party politician.

Smith was the son of Samuel George Smith, of Goldings, Hertfordshire and his wife Eugenia Chatfield.

Smith entered the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire North when he was elected unopposed at the 1868 general election. He was re-elected unopposed in 1874, and stood down at the 1880.

Frederick Chatfield Smith bought "Bramcote Hall" in Bramcote from Mr. Wilmot as home for his family and enlarged it considerably. Built in the early part of the nineteenth century, it was demolished in 1966.