Abel Smith

(1788-1859)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Smith, Abel, 1788-1859 DNB: Smith, Abel (1788–1859), banker and politician LBT ID: AbSmith1859 VIAF ID: 88440947 LOC ID: nb2009010776	B/BAP: 1788-07-07 DIED: 1859-02-23
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Of Woodhall Park, Hertfordshire, the son of the banker Samuel Smith (1745-1834); educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was MP for Midhurst and for Hertfordshire (1835-47).