George Smith (1765-1836)

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George Smith (30 April 1765-26 December 1836) was a British Member of Parliament.

He was the fourth son of Abel Smith, a wealthy Nottingham banker and Member of Parliament. Four of his brothers were also Members of Parliament and one, Robert, was raised to the peerage as Baron Carrington. A portion of the family wealth was devoted to buying control of two pocket boroughs, Wendover and Midhurst, and Carrington kept the seats here almost exclusively for use by various members of the Smith family until his power was ended by the Great Reform Act.

Smith entered Parliament in 1791 as member for Lostwithiel, and also represented Midhurst and Wendover in a parliamentary career spread over forty years.

Smith lived at Selsdon in Surrey. He married Frances Mosley (c. 1770-c. 1844), daughter of Sir John Parker Mosley, and they had two children, Oswald Smith (1794-1863) and Frances Smith (born c. 1802), who married the Venerable Robert Mosley Master.

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Viscount Valletort Reginald Pole-Carew	Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel with Reginald Pole-Carew 1791–1796	Succeeded by Hans Sloane William Drummond
Preceded by Charles Long Sylvester Douglas	Member of Parliament for Midhurst with Charles Long 1800–1801	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain	Member of Parliament for Midhurst with Charles Long 1801-1802 Samuel Smith 1802 Edmund Turner 1802-1806 1801–1806	Succeeded by John Smith William Wickham
Preceded by John Smith Charles Long	Member of Parliament for Wendover with Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope 1806-1807 Francis Horner 1807-1812 Abel Smith 1812-1818 Robert John Smith 1818-1820 Samuel Smith 1820-1830 1806–1830	Succeeded by Samuel Smith Abel Smith
Preceded by John Smith Abel Smith	Member of Parliament for Midhurst with John Abel Smith 1830–1831	Succeeded by George Robert Smith Martin Tucker Smith