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Sir Smith Child, 1st Baronet

1808 – 1896

British politician

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Lived 1808 – 1896 (aged 88). Sir Smith Child, 1st Baronet was a British politician.

Sir Smith Child, 1st Baronet (5 March 1808 – 27 March 1896) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

He was born at Newfield Hall, Tunstall, Staffordshire the son of John George Child and the grandson of Admiral Smith Child (1730–1813). In 1835 he married Sarah, daughter and heiress of Richard Clarke Hill of Stallington Hall, Stone, Staffordshire. They had issue, beside one daughter, two sons:

Smith Hill Child, born 25 August 1837, died 20 January 1867. He married Isabella Eleanor, daughter of Major Colin Campbell, of Jura, but left only one daughter.

He was made a baronet on 7 December 1868, of Newfield and of Stallington in the county of Staffordshire, and of Dunlosset, Islay, the county of Argyll.

Tunstall clock tower was erected in his honour in 1893. Following his death in 1896, aged eighty-eight, his title passed to his eldest grandson Smith Hill Child.

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Member of the 20th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the 17th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the 16th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the 15th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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Who was Sir Smith Child, 1st Baronet?

British politician (1808–1896)

When was Sir Smith Child, 1st Baronet born?

Sir Smith Child, 1st Baronet was born on 5 March 1808.

When did Sir Smith Child, 1st Baronet die?

Sir Smith Child, 1st Baronet died on 27 March 1896.

What was Sir Smith Child, 1st Baronet's occupation?

Sir Smith Child, 1st Baronet was a politician.

What nationality was Sir Smith Child, 1st Baronet?

Sir Smith Child, 1st Baronet was British.

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· Wikipedia: Sir Smith Child, 1st Baronet

· Wikidata: Q7528974

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