Ed Smith

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Edward Smith (MP)

Edward Smith (c. 1704 – 15 February 1762) was an English Tory politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1734 to 1762.

Smith was the eldest son of Rev. Roger Smith of Bosworth and his wife Judith Tomlinson. He was educated at Melton Mowbray and at Rugby School. He matriculated at Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Smith was Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicestershire from 1734 until his death in 1762. He was unopposed in 1754 and 1761 when he was classed as a Tory.

Smith married Margaret Horsman, daughter of Edward Horsman of Stretton, Rutland. He lived at Edmondthorpe.

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Edward Smith (judge)

Sir Edward Smith or Smythe (1602–1682) was an English-born politician and judge who held the office of Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas.

He was the second son of Edward Smythe, a barrister at Middle Temple. The family's earlier history is uncertain, although it has been suggested that they were related to the Smythe Baronets of Eshe Hall, Durham, and also to Sir Thomas Smith, (1513-1577), Secretary of State to Elizabeth I. Edward entered the Middle Temple in 1627, was called to the bar in 1635 and became a Bencher of his Temple in 1655.

The inscription on his tomb suggests that he was a member of the House of Commons at the outbreak of the English Civil War and that he took Parliament's side in the conflict, though with some reservations. It states that he supported Parliament so long as it held out against the King and the Church of England : "that is, as long as there was room for wise politics": This implies that Smythe opposed the execution of Charles I, which is borne out by the fact that after the Restoration his past was not held against him. He received a knighthood from Charles II in 1662, and was sent to Ireland as a judge.