Sir Smith Child, 1st Baronet
Politician
1808 – 1896
Who was Sir Smith Child, 1st Baronet?
Sir Smith Child, 1st Baronet was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
He was born at Newfield Hall, Tunstall, Staffordshire the son of John George Child and the grandson of Admiral Smith Child. In 1835 he married Sarah, daughter and heiress of Richard Clarke Hill of Stallington Hall, Stone, Staffordshire. They had issue, beside one daughter, two sons:
Smith Hill Child, born 25 August 1837, died 20 January 1867. He married Isabella Eleanor, daughter of Major Colin Campbell, of Jura, but left only one daughter.
John George Child, born 25 August 1847, died in 1895. He married in 1877 Helen, daughter of the Reverend George Mather, of Huntley Hall, Staffordshire, and had issue two daughters, and two sons:
Smith Hill Child, who succeeded his own grandfather as 2nd Baronet.
Roylance George Child, born 7 January 1882, died unmarried 12 September 1901.
He was Member of Parliament for Staffordshire North from 1851 to 1859, and for Staffordshire West from 1868 to 1874. He was appointed High Sheriff of Staffordshire for 1865.
He was made a baronet on 7 December 1868, of Newfield and of Stallington in the county of Staffordshire, and of Dunlosset, Islay, the county of Argyll.
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- Born
- Mar 5, 1808
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Lived in
- Staffordshire
- Died
- Mar 27, 1896
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on July 23, 2013
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