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He was a British Conservative Party politician. Smith entered the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottinghamshire North when he was elected unopposed at the 1868 general election. He was re-elected unopposed in 1874, and stood down at the 1880.
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England and Wales Census, 1881
Name: Frederic Chadfield Smith
Age (Original): 57
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1824
Birthplace: Palmers Green, Middlesex, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Banker J.P. For Notts
Address: (Bramcote Hall) Church Lane
Event Place: Bramcote (Nottingham), Derbyshire, England
Record Type: Household
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 3389 / 11
Page Number: 15
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Frederic Chadfield Smith Head M 57 Palmers Green, Middlesex, England
Harriett M Smith Wife F 41 Sandy, Bedfordshire, England
Herbert F Smith Son M 21 Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, England
Katherine M Smith Dau F 20 Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, England
Ethel M Smith Dau F 15 Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, England
Lilian M Smith Dau F 14 Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, England
Rosamond L Smith Dau F 11 Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, England
Evelyn K Smith Son M 8 Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, England
Cicely V Smith Dau F 5 London, Nottinghamshire, England
Alice E Smith Dau F 4 Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, England
Grace E Smith Dau F 1 Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, England
Lavina G Clayton Servant F 44 Selsey, Sussex, England
Elizabeth Reynolds Servant F 50 Poton, Bedfordshire, England
Elizabeth Francis Servant F 46 Wexham, Norfolk, England
Eliza Knight Servant F 33 Godstone, Surrey, England
Annie Everett Servant F 22 Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England
Eliza Chrismas Servant F 30 South Kensington, Middlesex, England
Emma Coley Servant F 26 Shenton, Nottinghamshire, England
Mary A Carpenter Servant F 24 Barrow, Devon, England
Mary J Cholerton Servant F 25 Chaddesden, Derbyshire, England
Sarah Simonds Servant F 25 Lilleshall, Northamptonshire, England
Ellen Norton Servant F 22 Scrimpton, Staffordshire, England
Matilda Burdett Servant F 21 Lilleshall, Northamptonshire, England
Mary E White Servant F 23 Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England
Rosa Barker Servant F 18 Newborough, Nottinghamshire, England
George Fleet Servant M 35 West Farleigh, Kent, England
Benjamin Youell Servant M 27 Starston, Norfolk, England
John Cavey Servant M 21 Peugriph, Cornwall, England
Edward Jacobs Servant M 19 Diddlington, Norfolk, England
GS Film number: 1341810