Patrick Boyle Smollett (1804 – 11 February 1895) was a British

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politician. He was a

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(MP) for Dunbartonshire from 1859 to 1868, and for

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from 1874 to 1880.

Life

He was born at Cameron House, Bonhill in Dunbartonshire on 4 February 1804. He was the son of Admiral John Rouett Smollett (1767–1842) and Elizabeth Boyle, daughter of Patrick Boyle of Shewalton. His father married in 1800 and had two sons ( Alexander and Patrick Boyle) and four daughters. The eldest daughter Elizabeth (his sister) married Charles Villiers Stuart, younger brother of Lord Stuart of Decies. He was a member of the British

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(EIC) in Madras (now Chennai), India. He retired from his Indian duties in 1858 and returned to Scotland to adopt his brother Alexander's former role as MP for Dumbarton. He paid for the building of St Mungo's Episcopalian Church in

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Death

On his death, having no children his estate at Cameron House passed to Captain Buchan Telfer Smollet RN, a nephew. His home, Cameron House, which lies on the west bank of

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, is now a private hotel. His portrait hangs on its main stair.

Publications

*''Madras: Civil Administration; Being Rough Notes from Personal Observation Written in 1855 & 1856 ''(London: Richardson Brothers, 1858).'

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* 1804 births 1895 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People from Dunbartonshire People associated with Cambridge UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1874–1880 Scottish Tory MPs (pre-1912) {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1800s-stub