Sir Smith Child, 1st Baronet (5 March 1808 – 27 March 1896) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Tunstall Clock Tower
He was born at Newfield Hall, Tunstall, Staffordshire the son of John George Child and the grandson of Admiral Smith Child (1730–1813).[1] In 1835 he married Sarah, daughter and heiress of Richard Clarke Hill of Stallington Hall, Stone, Staffordshire.[2] 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.[2]
John George Child, born 25 August 1847, died in 1895. He married in 1877 Helen, daughter of the Reverend George Mather, of Huntley Hall, Staffordshire, and had issue two daughters, and two sons:[2]
Smith Hill Child, who succeeded his own grandfather as 2nd Baronet.
Roylance George Child, born 7 January 1882, died unmarried 12 September 1901.[2]
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.[4]
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.[2]
Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN0-900178-06-X.
Leigh Rayment's list of baronets –
External linksedit
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Smith Child
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