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SMITH, John I (c.1655-1723), of South Tidworth, Hants.

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b. c. 1655, 4th but only surv. s. of John Smith of South Tidworth by Mary, da. Sir Edmund Wright, alderman, of London. educ. St. John’s, Oxf. matric. 18 May 1672, aged 16; M. Temple 1674. m. (1) 1 Sept. 1679, Anne (d. 1680), da. of Sir Nicholas Steward, 1st Bt.†, of Hartley Mauditt, Hants; (2) lic. 7 Nov. 1683, Anne (d. 1727), da. of Sir Thomas Strickland, 2nd Bt.†, of Boynton, Yorks., sis. of Sir William Strickland, 3rd Bt.*, 3s. 4da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1690; uncle Thomas Smith, 1692. IGI, London, Hants; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 243; Hants Mar. Lic. 1669–80 ed. Willis, 96; Hants Vis. (Harl. Soc. n.s. x), 187; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 1247; Soc. of Geneal. special documents coll. ‘Smith’; PCC 217 Richmond, 159 Dyke, 73 Fane.
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Ld. of Treasury 1694–1701; PC 23 May 1695; commr. prize appeals 1695–7; chancellor of Exchequer 1699–1701, 1708–10; commr. union with Scotland 1706; teller of Exchequer 1710–12, 1714–d. CSP Dom. 1695, p. 112; 1697, p. 511.

Speaker of the House of Commons 1705–8.

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SMITH, John (c.1656-1723), of South Tidworth, Hants.
Main residence: South Tidworth, Hants.
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SMITH, John I (c.1655-1723)

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SMELT, Leonard (c.1683-1740), of Kirkby Fleetham, nr. Northallerton, Yorks.

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b. c. 1683, 1st s. of Leonard Smelt, of Kirkby Fleetham by Grace, da. of Sir William Frankland, 1st Bt.†, of Thirkleby, nr. Thirsk, sis. of Thomas Frankland I*; bro. of William Smelt†. educ. Jesus, Camb. 1700. m. Elizabeth Whitaker, 2s. suc. fa. 1710. Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ed. Clay, iii. 508.
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Commr. stating army debts 1715–22; clerk of deliveries in the Ordnance 1722–33; clerk of Ordnance 1733–d.

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SMELT, Leonard (c.1683-1740), of Kirkby Fleetham, nr. Northallerton, Yorks.
Main residence: Kirkby Fleetham, nr. Northallerton, Yorks.
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SMELT, Leonard (c.1683-1740)

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SLOANE, James (1655-1704), of Boswell Court, Little Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London

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b. 1655, 1st s. of Alexander Sloane of Killyleagh, co. Down by Sarah, prob. da. of William Hicks, preb. of Wightring 1620–37 and residentiary canon of Chichester 1632–7. educ. Killyleagh; I. Temple 1672, called 1680. m. by 1690, Mary, da. of William Rumbold of Parson’s Green, Mdx., 1s. suc. fa. 1666. E. St. J. Brooks, Sir Hans Sloane, 13–14, 25, 34; Cal. Treas. Bks. ix. 2017.
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MP [I] 1692–9.

Sec. to c.j. in eyre, S. of Trent 1697–1702.

Freeman, Portsmouth 1703. R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 373.

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SLOANE, James (1655-1704), of Boswell Court, Little Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London
Main residence: Boswell Court, Little Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London.
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D.W.H.
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SLOANE, James (1655-1704)

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SLINGSBY, Henry (c.1693-1763), of Scriven, nr. Knaresborough, Yorks.

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b. c. 1693, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Slingsby, 4th Bt., of Scriven by Sarah, da. of John Saville of Methley, nr. Leeds, Yorks. educ. Univ. Coll. Oxf. matric. 13 Oct. 1710, aged 17. m. Nov. 1724 (with £13,000), Mary, da. of John Aislabie*, sis. of William Aislabie*, 1s. d.v.p. 1da. d.v.p. suc. fa. as 5th Bt. Nov. 1726. Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ed. Clay, ii. 70; HMC Hastings, iii. 2.
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SLINGSBY, Henry (?1693-1763), of Scriven, nr. Knaresborough, Yorks.
Main residence: Scriven, nr. Knaresborough, Yorks.
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SLINGSBY, Henry (c.1693-1763)

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SLATER, Richard (1634-99), of Nottingham and Nuthall, Notts.

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b. 25 Nov. 1634, 1st s. of Anthony Slater, Grocer, of Cheapside, London and Stainsby, Stainton, Yorks. by Jane, da. of Richard Woodward, Grocer, of London. educ. L. Inn 1651. m. bef. 1659, Elizabeth, 3da. suc. fa. 1639. Wards 7/93/271; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 367; Som. Wills, vi. 66.
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Sheriff, Notts. 1676–7; commr. recusancy fines, Notts., Derbys., Lincs. 1688. Cal. Treas. Bks. viii. 1806.

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SLATER, Richard (1634-99), of Nottingham and Nuthall, Notts.
Main residence: Nottingham and Nuthall, Notts.
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SLATER, Richard (1634-99)

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SKIPWITH, Sir Thomas, 2nd Bt. (c.1652-1710), of Metheringham, Lincs. and Twickenham, Mdx.

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b. c. 1652, o. s. of Sir Thomas Skipwith, 1st Bt.†, of Metheringham and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx. by his 1st w. Mary, da. and h. of Ralph Lathom of Upminster, Essex. educ. ?travelled abroad (Italy) 1663–5; G. Inn 1670. m. Margaret (d. 1732), da. and coh. of George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos, wid. of William Brownlow (d. c.1675) of Humby, Lincs., 1s. 1da.; ?1da. illegit. by Susan(na) Gurney. suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. 2 June 1694. Lysons, Environs, Supp. (1811), 320; Le Neve, Mon. Angl. 1700–15, p. 207; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lii), 893; Add. 24121, f. 226; Burke, Extinct Baronetcies, 489; Coll. and Travels ed. A. and J. Churchill (1744–6), vi. 520, 663.
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Capt. 13 Ft. 1685–6; commr. of prizes 1707–d.

Master keeper of West Hainault walk, Waltham forest by 1692–c.1701. CSP Dom. 1687–9, p. 165; Cal. Treas. Bks. ix. 1886; x. 9; xviii. 320; xxi. 495.

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SKIPWITH, Sir Thomas, 2nd Bt. (c.1652-1710), of Metheringham, Lincs. and Twickenham, Mdx.
Main residences: Metheringham, Lincs.; Twickenham, Mdx.
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D.W.H.
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SKIPWITH, Sir Thomas, 2nd Bt. (c.1652-1710)

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SKIPWITH, Sir Fulwar, 2nd Bt. (1676-1728), of Newbold Revel, Stretton-under-Foss, Warws.

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bap. 24 June 1676, o. s. of Humberston Skipwith (d.v.p. 1677 1st s. of Sir Fulwar Skipwith, 1st Bt., of Newbold Revel) by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir George Cony. m. lic. 18 Aug. 1703, Mary (d. 1738), da. of Sir Francis Dashwood, 1st Bt.*, 3s. 2da. suc. gdfa. as 2nd Bt. 18 Nov. 1677. Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. lxii), 116; W. O. Massingberd, Hist. Ormsby-cum-Ketsby, 112a; F. Skipwith, Brief Hist. of Skipwiths, 27; Burke, Extinct Baronetcies, 488.
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SKIPWITH, Sir Fulwar, 2nd Bt. (1676-1728), of Newbold Revel, Stretton-under-Foss, Warws.
Main residence: Newbold Revel, Stretton-under-Foss, Warws.
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SKIPWITH, Sir Fulwar, 2nd Bt. (1676-1728)

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SKIPPON, Philip (1675-1716), of Edwardstone, Suff.

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b. 12 July 1675, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Sir Philip Skippon* by his 1st w. educ. Jesus, Camb. 1692; M. Temple 1695. unm. suc. fa. 1691. PCC 17 Whitfield; Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. i. 37, 39; Carthew, Hundred of Launditch, iii. 44.
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SKIPPON, Philip (1675-1716), of Edwardstone, Suff.
Main residence: Edwardstone, Suff.
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SKIPPON, Philip (1675-1716)

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SKIPPON, Sir Philip (1641-91), of Wrentham and Edwardstone, Suff.

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b. 28 Oct. 1641, 4th but 1st surv. s. of Philip Skippon† of Foulsham Hall, Norf. and Acton, Mdx. by his 1st w. Maria Comes of Frankenthal, Lower Palatinate. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1655, BA 1660; G. Inn 1663; travelled abroad (Germany, Italy, France, Netherlands) 1663–6. m. (1) 1 Apr. 1669, Amy (d. 1676), da. and coh. of Francis Brewster† of Wrentham, 2s. (1 d.v.p.); (2) lic. 6 June 1679, Anne (d. 1683), da. of Sir Thomas Barnardiston, 1st Bt.†, of Kedington, Suff., sis. of Sir Thomas Barnardiston, 2nd Bt.*, 1s. d.v.p. 2da. suc. fa. 1661; Kntd. 19 Apr. 1675. PCC 220 Vere; Carthew, Hundred of Launditch, iii. 40–41, 44; Norf. Arch. xxii. 147–88; Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. i. 39–40.
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FRS 1667.

Freeman, Dunwich by 1689. HMC Var. vii. 104.

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SKIPPON, Sir Philip (1641-91), of Edwardstone, Suff.
Main residence: Wrentham and Edwardstone, Suff.
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D.W.H.
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SKIPPON, Sir Philip (1641-91)

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SINCLAIR (ST. CLAIR), Hon. John, Master of Sinclair (1683-1750).

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bap. 5 Dec. 1683, 1st s. of Henry, 10th Ld. Sinclair [S] by Barbara, da. of Sir James Cockburn, 1st Bt., of Cockburn, Berwicks. educ. Franeker Univ. 1700. m. (1) 16 Aug. 1733, Lady Mary, da. of James Stewart, 5th Earl of Galloway [S], s.p.; (2) 24 Apr. 1750, Amelia (d. 1779), da. of Ld. George Murray of Pitcaithly, Perth, s.p. Scots Peerage ed. Paul, vii. 586–7.
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Capt.-lt. Col. George Preston’s regt. [later 26 Ft.] 1708.

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SINCLAIR (ST. CLAIR), Hon. John, Master of Sinclair (1683-1750).
ST. CLAIR
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SINCLAIR, Hon. John (1683-1750)

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