Edward Smith (''c.'' 1704 – 15 February 1762) was an
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Tory
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politician who sat in the
British House of Commons
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from 1734 to 1762.
Smith was the eldest son of Rev. Roger Smith of
Bosworth and his wife Judith Tomlinson. He was educated at
Melton Mowbray
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and at
Rugby School
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. He matriculated at
Magdalene College, Cambridge
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.
Smith was
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Leicestershire
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from 1734 until his death in 1762.
He was unopposed in 1754 and 1761 when he was classed as a Tory.
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Smith married Margaret Horsman, daughter of Edward Horsman of Stretton, Rutland. He lived at Edmondthorpe.][
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1700s births
1762 deaths
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Leicestershire
British MPs 1734–1741
British MPs 1741–1747
British MPs 1747–1754
British MPs 1754–1761
British MPs 1761–1768
People educated at Rugby School
Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Tory MPs (pre-1834)
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