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Arms of Smith of Nottingham: Or, a chevron cotised sable between three demi-griffins couped of the last the two in chief respecting each other.[1] Granted in 1717[2] to Thomas Smith II (1682-1728), of Nottingham, of Broxtow, Nottinghamshire and of Gaddesby in Leicestershire, during his term as Sheriff of Leicestershire (1717–18), eldest son of Thomas Smith I who founded the bank in 1658. The arms were granted to him and to all male descendants of his father[3]

The Smith family is an English aristocratic and banking family founded by Thomas Smith (1631–1699), the founder of Smith's Bank of Nottingham. Its members include the Marquess of Lincolnshire (extinct), the Viscount Wendover (extinct), the Barons Carrington, the Baron Pauncefote (extinct), the Barons Bicester, the Bromley baronets and many Members of Parliament. Originally named Smith, the branch of the Barons Carrington assumed the surname Carington, the branch of the Bromley baronets the surname Bromley and the branch of the Baron Pauncefote the surname Pauncefote.

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Bibliography

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  • Harry Tucker Easton: The History of a Banking House (Smith, Payne and Smiths), London 1903. (Link: https://archive.org/details/historyofbanking00east)
  • J. Leighton Boyce, Smith's the Bankers 1658–1958, 1958.
  • Leonard Jacks, Bramcote Hall - The Smiths: The Great houses of Nottinghamshire and the County Families, 1881 [2]

References

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  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.223, Smith/Carington, Baron Carrington; p.145, Smith, Baron Bicester, both descendants of the banker Abel Smith II (1717–1788)
  2. ^ Leonard Jacks, Bramcote Hall - The Smiths: The Great houses of Nottinghamshire and the County Families, 1881 [1]
  3. ^ Burke's General Armory, 1884, p.939
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Burke’s Landed Gentry, vol. 2 (1965), p. 565
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