Benjamin Smith
Politician
1783 – 1860
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Who was Benjamin Smith?
Benjamin Leigh Smith was a British Whig politician who represented the constituencies of Sudbury and Norwich.
He was one of five sons and five daughters of William Smith, the famous MP and abolitionist. He was the father of Barbara Bodichon, who founded Girton College, and the explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith, and was Florence Nightingale's maternal uncle.
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