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Reardon Smith Baronets
The Smith, later Reardon Smith Baronetcy, of Appledore, North Devon, Appledore in the County of Devon, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 1 July 1920 for the shipowner and coal exporter Sir William Smith, 1st Baronet, William Smith. The second Baronet assumed in 1929 by deed poll the additional surname of Reardon. Smith, later Reardon Smith baronets, of Appledore (1920) *Sir William Smith, 1st Baronet, Sir William Reardon Smith, 1st Baronet (1856–1935) *Willie Reardon-Smith, Sir Willie Reardon Smith, 2nd Baronet (1887–1950) *Sir William Reardon Reardon Smith, 3rd Baronet (1911–1995) *Sir (William) Antony John Reardon Smith, 4th Baronet (1937–2022) *Sir William Nicolas Henry Reardon Smith, presumed 5th Baronet (born 1963) The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother Giles Antony James Reardon-Smith (born 1968). The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his son Jack Charles Gibson Reardon-Smith (born 2001). References *Kidd, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appledore, North Devon
Appledore is a village at the mouth of the River Torridge, about 6 miles (10 km) west of Barnstaple and about 3 miles (5 km) north of Bideford in the county of Devon, England. It is the home of Appledore Shipbuilders, a lifeboat slipway and Hocking's Ice Cream, a brand of ice cream only sold in North Devon. The local football club is Appledore F.C. The ward population at the 2011 census increased to 2,814. History Appledore is not mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 (though it mentions two other, smaller, Appledores in Devon). Its earliest recorded name, in 1335, is ''le Apildore in the manor of Northam''. There was a Saxon settlement, but the Devon historian WG Hoskins says of the local legend that it was the site of a Viking raid in 878 AD, 'there is no authority for this identification'. The settlement prospered as a port in the Elizabethan period, and some cottages date from this period. The construction of a quay in 1845 further developed the port, and as a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronetage Of The United Kingdom
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) James I of England, King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, for the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of Pound sterling, £1,000 a year, on condition that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers at 8d per day per man (total – £1,095) into the King's Exchequer. The Baronetage of England comprises all baronetcies created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union 1707, Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the #Baronetage of Nova Scotia (1625–1706), Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the #Baronetage of Great Britain, Baronetage of Great Britain. The extant baronetcies ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Smith, 1st Baronet
Sir William Reardon Smith, 1st Baronet (7 August 1856 – 23 December 1935) was an English shipowner and philanthropist. Early life Reardon Smith was born in Appledore, Devon, the youngest son of Thomas Reardon Smith, a sailing ship captain, and his wife Elizabeth (née Green; died January 1906). After her husband and eldest son Philip Green Smith were lost at sea when the schooner ''Hazard'' sank off the coast of South Wales in October 1859, his mother was forced to bring up her surviving eight children alone on her income as a dressmaker. Reardon Smith was educated at the Wesleyan School in Appledore. Sea service Reardon Smith went to sea at the age of 12, joining the crew of the 32-ton wooden sloop ''Unity'' as a cabin boy and served from August to December 1870. He then moved to the 37-ton sloop ''Seraphina'' in Spring 1871, the 38-ton polacca brigantine ''Joe Abraham'', from July to December 1871, the 965-ton ''Ocean Pearl'', from February to July 1872, and the 460-ton ''Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deed Poll
A deed poll (plural: deeds poll) is a legal document binding on a single person or several persons acting jointly to express an intention or create an obligation. It is a deed, and not a contract because it binds only one party (law), party. Etymology The term "deed", also known in this context as a "specialty", is common to signed written undertakings not supported by consideration: the seal (even if not a literal wax seal but only a notional one referred to by the execution formula, "signed, sealed and delivered", or even merely "executed as a deed") is deemed to be the consideration necessary to support the obligation. "Poll" is an archaic legal term referring to documents with straight edges; these distinguished a deed binding only one person from one affecting more than a single person (an "indenture", so named during the time when such agreements would be written out repeatedly on a single sheet, then the copies separated by being irregularly torn or cut, i.e. "indented", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Reardon-Smith
Sir Willie Reardon Smith, 2nd Baronet (26 May 1887 – 24 November 1950) was a British shipowner. Reardon Smith was the son of Sir William Reardon Smith, 1st Baronet, and his wife Ellen Hamlyn. He followed his father as owner of the South Wales shipping company Reardon Smith Line. He was director of many shipping companies as well as director of The London Assurance Company. He served as High Sheriff of Glamorgan , HQ = Cardiff , Government = Glamorgan County Council (1889–1974) , Origin= , Code = GLA , CodeName = Chapman code , Replace = * West Glamorgan * Mid Glamorgan * South Glamorgan , Motto ..., and was a trustee of the National Museum of Wales.P M Heaton (1984), ''Reardon Smith Line; the History of a South Wales Shipping Venture'', Footnotes {{DEFAULTSORT:Reardon Smith, Willie 1887 births 1950 deaths High Sheriffs of Glamorgan Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom British businesspeopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
