Sir Edward Smith, 1st Baronet (c. 1630 – 6 September 1707) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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in 1653. Smith was the son of Edward Smith of Cressy Hall, Lincolnshire, and his wife Elizabeth Heron, daughter of Sir Edward Heron. His father died in 1632. He was admitted to

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on 8 February 1649. In 1653, he was elected

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for

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

for the

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. He succeeded to the family estates of

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in 1655 on the death of his grandfather Sir Roger Smith. He was created a

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on 16 August 1660. In 1666, he was

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.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, 1649 to 1664''
/ref> Smith married firstly Constance Spencer, daughter of Sir William Spencer, 2nd Baronet of Yarnton, Oxfordshire. He married secondly by licence dated 4 May 1682 Frances Lady Weston, widow of Sir Richard Weston and daughter of

Sir George Marwood, 1st Baronet Sir George Marwood was a Yorkshire landowner who served as the High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1651 and was later elected as the Member of Parliament for Northallerton in 1660. Background George Marwood was born in 1601 in Stokesley to Henry and ...

. His third wife was Bridget Baylis, widow of Richard Baylis of Woodford, Essex. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son

Edward Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Edward 1630s births 1707 deaths English MPs 1653 (Barebones) High Sheriffs of Leicestershire Members of Lincoln's Inn Year of birth uncertain Baronets in the Baronetage of England Members of the Parliament of England for Leicestershire

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