John Spencer Smith

(1767-1827)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Smith, John Spencer, 1769-1845 NRA: Smith John Spencer (c 1770-1845) MP Diplomat LBT ID: JoSmith1827 LOC ID: n92074606	B/BAP: 1767-11-24 DIED: 1827-03-10
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (April 1827) 366-67); Venn; LOC Name Authority File
Of Seagrove, Isle of Wight; educated at Eton, King's College, Cambridge, and the Middle Temple, he was a writer for the Microcosm, Paymaster in the Navy, and briefly M.P. for East Looe (1799).
REFERENCES TO John Spencer Smith: Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Chapter I Found 1: ¶ 8 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Prelude 1 Found 1: ¶ 2