SMITH, James (?1681-?1734), of Black Torrington, Devon and Common Leigh, Som.

Returned on petition as a Whig, Smith voted with the Government in all recorded divisions, except on the peerage bill, which he opposed. Reelected after a contest in 1722, he did not stand again, dying perhaps in 1734.Cal. Wills and Admons. in Court of Archdeacon of Taunton (Index Lib. xlva), 100.