The Smith, later Eardley Baronetcy, of Hadley in the County of Middlesex, was a title in the

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 E ...

. It was created on 22 December 1802 for Culling Smith. He was the son of Thomas Smith, a

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

merchant. The second Baronet married the Honourable Charlotte Elizabeth, daughter of

Sampson Eardley, 1st Baron Eardley Sampson Eardley, 1st Baron Eardley FRS (10 October 1744 – 25 December 1824), known as Sir Sampson Gideon from 1759 until 1789, was the son of Sampson Gideon (1699–1762), a Jewish banker in the City of London who advised the British governm ...

. Their son, the third Baronet, assumed by Royal licence the surname of Eardley in lieu of his patronymic in 1847. He was a Christian campaigner for religious freedom and for Protestant causes. The title became extinct at the death of his son, the fourth Baronet, in 1875. Mariah Charlotte Smith, daughter of the second Baronet, married Reverend Eardley Childers Walbanke-Childers and was the mother of politician

Hugh Childers Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (25 June 1827 – 29 January 1896) was a British Liberal statesman of the nineteenth century. He is perhaps best known for his reform efforts at the Admiralty and the War Office. Later in his career, as Chancellor ...

Smith, later Eardley baronets, of Hadley (1802)

*Sir Culling Smith, 1st Baronet (1731–1812) *Sir Culling Smith, 2nd Baronet (1769–1829) * Sir Culling Eardley Eardley, 3rd Baronet (1805–1863) *Sir Eardley Gideon Culling Eardley, 4th Baronet (1838–1875)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eardley Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Monken Hadley Culling Smith Eardley family