The son of Egerton Smith (d. 1788); he was the founder and proprietor of the Liverpoool Mercury (1811), and The Kaleidoscope (1818-31). A liberal journalist, he was active in establishing mechanics' institutes.

REFERENCES TO Egerton Smith:

William Roscoe to the Duke of Gloucester, [21 March 1812] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833)