Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington (c. 1621 – 7 April 1701), was an English peer.

Biography

Smith was the son of Charles Smyth, 1st Viscount Carrington, by his wife Elizabeth Caryll, daughter of Sir John Caryll, of

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. He succeeded in the viscountcy in 1665 when his father was murdered at Pontoise, France by one of his servants. He was admitted to

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on 10 March 1674. In 1687 he was appointed

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by James II, being excused as a Catholic the taking of the oaths of supremacy and allegiance.

Family

Lord Carrington married firstly Juliana Walmesley, daughter of Sir Thomas Walmesley, of

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. After her death he married secondly Lady Anne Herbert, daughter of

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, in 1687. He died in April 1701. As he had no surviving children the viscountcy passed to his younger brother, Charles. Lady Carrington died in May 1748.

References

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