NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Smith, Thomas Asheton, 1776-1858 NRA: Smith Thomas Assheton (1776-1858) MP sportsman DNB: Smith, Thomas Assheton (1776–1858), quarry owner and sportsman LBT ID: ThSmith1858 VIAF ID: 26598565 LOC ID: nb2008016812 | B/BAP: 1776-08-02 DIED: 1858-09-09 |
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (November 1858) 532-34; DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he was a Tory MP for Andover (1821-31) and
Carnarvonshire (1832-37), though better known as a hunter and sportsman. | |