Family and Education
b. 18 May 1662, s. of Thomas Smalridge, citizen and dyer of Lichfield. educ. Lichfield g.s.; Westminster; Christ Church Oxf. BA 1686, MA 1689, ord. 1693, BD 1698, DD 1701. m. 18 July 1700, Mary (d.1729), da. of Dr Samuel De L’Angelo, preb. of Westminster, 2s. (1s. d.v.p.), 2da. d. 27 Sept. 1719; will 4 July 1715, pr. 23 Nov. 1719. TNA, PROB 11/571.
Offices Held

Chap. ord. 1710; lord almoner 1714 – 15.

Preb. Lichfield 1693 – 1714; minister, Broadway Chapel, Westminster 1698; lecturer, St Dunstan-in-the-West, London 1708 – 11; canon, Christ Church, Oxf. 1711 – 13; dean, Carlisle 1711 – 13, Christ Church, Oxf. 1713 – 19.

Busby trustee, Westminster Sch. 1702; dep. prof. of divinity 1700 – 06; commr. 50 new churches 1711, HMC Lords, n.s. ix. 176. Q. Anne’s Bounty, c.1712. Nicolson London Diaries, 586, 594.

Likenesses

oil on canvas by G. Kneller, c.1714, Christ Church, Oxf.; line engraving by G. Vertue, aft. Kneller, 1724, NPG D27452 ; oil on canvas, by unknown artist, bef. 1714, Christ Church, Oxf.; Oil on canvas, by unknown artist, Bristol Museums, Galleries and Archives.

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Lords 1660-1715
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