24-1282: Thomas Smith may refer to: Politics [ edit ] Thomas Smith (MP for Midhurst) , MP for Midhurst Thomas Smith (MP for Great Bedwyn) (1382–1399), English politician Thomas Smith (MP for New Romney) (1419–1432), MP for New Romney Thomas Smith (MP for Dover) , 1470–1471 Thomas Smith (MP for Bristol) , 1512, MP for Bristol Thomas Smith (MP for Chippenham) , 1554 Sir Thomas Smith (diplomat) (1513–1577), English scholar and diplomat Thomas Smith (MP for multiple constituencies) (1522–1591), Member of Parliament for Tavistock, Aylesbury, Rye, Winchelsea and Portsmouth Thomas Smith (MP for Wigan) , MP for Wigan , 1558 Thomas Smith (English judge) (c. 1556–1609), member of Parliament for Cricklade, and for Tamworth Thomas Smith (MP for Sudbury) , MP for Sudbury , 1626 Thomas Smith (governor of South Carolina) (1648–1694), governor of South Carolina, planter, merchant and surgeon Thomas Smith (died 1728) (c. 1686–1728), British Whig politician, MP for four constituencies 1709–1728 Thomas Smith (Royal Navy officer) (1707–1762), governor of Newfoundland and Labrador Thomas Smith (Pennsylvania congressman) (bef. 1782–1846), Federalist member of
48-542: A legal fiction:, Viscount Montagu ... when an election was in prospect, assigned a few of [the burgage tenements] to his servants, with instructions to nominate the members and then make back the property to their employer. In fact, by 1761, Montagu's political affairs were being directed by his son, Anthony Browne , who put the borough's seats at the disposal of his parliamentary leader, Lord Holland – Holland used one of them to bring his son, Charles James Fox , into Parliament even though underage. But Holland died before
72-466: A parliamentary seat for one of his many brothers or nephews. In 1831, the population of the borough was 1,478, and the first draft of the Reform Bill proposed to abolish it altogether. But after argument the government recognised that it was possible to make a more respectably-sized constituency by expanding the boundaries to bring in the whole of the town and some neighbouring parishes, and Midhurst
96-569: A role in the origin of Australian football R. Thomas Smith (1878–1957), American thoroughbred race horse trainer Thomas William Smith (1883–1960), rugby union forward Thom Smith , (born 1999), English rugby union player Thomas Smith (high jumper) , 1987 and 1988 NCAA DI outdoor high jump champion Others [ edit ] Thomas Smith (translator and controversialist) (c. 1624–1661), scholar at Christ's College, Cambridge Thomas Smith (bishop of Carlisle) (1615–1702), English Anglican bishop Thomas Smith (vicar apostolic of
120-763: The 1774 election, and Browne (by now the 7th Viscount Montagu) being short of money sold the nomination for both seats to the Treasury in return for a government pension. After the 7th Viscount's death in 1787, the Montagu property in the borough was sold to the Earl of Egremont for £40,000. The earl used the seat to return two of his younger brothers, Percy and Charles William to the Commons, with Charles only serving one parliament for Midhurst. Egremont in turn sold it to Lord Carrington , who used it more often than not to provide
144-696: The East India Company Thomas Rhett Smith (1768–1829), intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina Thomas Smith (Lord Mayor of London) (1746–1823), merchant and Lord Mayor of London Judges [ edit ] Thomas Smith (Indiana judge) (1805–1875), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court Thomas Smith (Pennsylvania judge) (1745–1809), politician and judge from Pennsylvania Thomas Cusack-Smith (1795–1866), Irish judge Thomas J. Smith (judge) (1838–1918), chief justice of
168-597: The Nazi-occupied United States, in the television adaptation of The Man in the High Castle See also [ edit ] Thomas H. Smith (pilot boat) , a 19th-century Sandy Hook pilot boat Tom Smith (disambiguation) Tommy Smith (disambiguation) Thomas Smyth (disambiguation) Thomas Smythe (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with
192-952: The New Jersey General Assembly Thomas Vernor Smith (1890–1964), congressman from Illinois, Army officer and professor Thomas Whistler Smith (1824–1859), New South Wales politician Thomas Smith (Australian politician) (1846–1925), Victorian politician Sir Thomas Smith (Chester MP) , English politician who sat in the House of Commons, 1640–1644 Sir Thomas Smith, 1st Baronet, of Hatherton (1622–1675), English politician Thomas Barlow Smith (1839–1933), merchant, ship builder, author and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada Thomas Smith (Cavalier) (1609–1642), English Member of Parliament Thomas Smith (East India Company) (1558–1625), English merchant, politician and first governor of
216-747: The New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court Thomas Smith (English judge) (1556?–1609), Master of Requests Thomas Sercombe Smith (1858–1937), British civil servant and judge Military [ edit ] Thomas Smith (English soldier) (fl. 1600–1627), English soldier Thomas Benton Smith (1838–1923), Confederate brigadier general Thomas Smith (Medal of Honor, 1865) (1838–1905), American Civil War sailor Thomas J. Smith (Medal of Honor) , American Indian Wars soldier Thomas Smith (Medal of Honor, 1878) (1856–?), American sailor Thomas Kilby Smith (1820–1887), lawyer, soldier, and diplomat from
240-554: The Northern District) (1763–1831), English Roman Catholic bishop Thomas Smith (scholar) (1638–1710), English antiquarian Thomas Smith (American painter) ( c. 1650 –1691), American artist and mariner Thomas Smith (English painter) (died 1767), English landscape painter Thomas Smith (Dean of Carlisle) (fl. 1548–1577), English priest Thomas Smith (archdeacon) (fl. 1899–1955), New Zealand priest Thomas Smith (missionary) (1817–1906), founder of
264-560: The Peacheys were allowed one of the two seats. However, after 1754 Montagu began to buy up the independent burgages; meanwhile Peachey sold his property in the borough to Sir William Peere Williams , who in his turn also tried to increase his holding. At the general election of 1761 , the two proprietors seem to have been unsure which would prove to have a majority, and both the Prime Minister and opposition leaders were drawn into
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#1732779668316288-869: The United Kingdom's largest medical devices businesses Thomas Sydney Smith , Indian lawyer; Advocate General of Madras, 1861–1863 Thomas Stuart Smith (1815–1869), painter and philanthropist Thomas Buckingham Smith (1810–1871), author and surveyor in Florida Thomas Assheton Smith I (1752–1828), English landowner and all-round sportsman Thomas Assheton Smith II (1776–1858), English landowner and all-round sportsman W. Thomas Smith Jr. (born 1959), American author, editor, and journalist Thomas Henry Smith (poet) (1824–1907), New Zealand judge and poet Thomas Corregio Smith (1743–1811), painter and brother of John Raphael Smith Thomas Smith, fictional character living in
312-1461: The United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Thomas Smith (Indiana congressman) (1799–1876), member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana Thomas Smith (Oregon politician) , member of the Oregon Territorial Legislature , 1855–1856 Thomas Smith (Upper Canada politician) (1754–1833), land surveyor, merchant and politician in Upper Canada Thomas Alexander Smith (1850–1932), educator and congressman from Maryland Thomas B. Smith (mayor) (1869–1949), mayor of Philadelphia 1916–1920 Thomas Eustace Smith (1831–1903), British Member of Parliament for Tynemouth and North Shields, 1868–1885 Thomas F. X. Smith (1928–1996), mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas Francis Smith (1865–1923), lawyer and congressman from New York Thomas Hawkins Smith (1829–1902), New South Wales politician Thomas Henry Smith (Canadian politician) (1848–1919), politician in Manitoba, Canada Thomas Henry Smith (American politician) (1854–1936), politician from Iowa Thomas Richard Smith (1843–1918), New South Wales politician Thomas S. Smith (politician) (1917–2002), member of
336-475: The negotiations before a compromise could be reached to avoid a contest. However, when Williams was killed during the capture of Belle Île later the same year, his burgages seem to have been bought by Montagu, who thereafter had a clear field. In 1832 there were still said to be 148 burgage tenements, but only 41 qualified electors, of whom no more than 20 voted. Midhurst was now an undisputed pocket borough : its elections consisted, as Trevelyan related of 1768, in
360-489: The parish of Midhurst , a small market town in Sussex. Much of the town as it existed by the 19th century was outside this ancient boundary, but the boundary was in any case academic since the townsfolk had no votes. As a contemporary, writer, Sir George Trevelyan explained in writing about the general election of 1768 , the right of election rested in a few small holdings, on which no human being resided, distinguished among
384-551: The parliamentary debates on the Reform Bills in 1831 and 1832 the reformers made much play of Midhurst's "niches in a wall" as an example of the abuses they wished to correct. The natural result of a burgage franchise was to encourage some local landowner to attempt to buy up a majority of the tenements, thereby ensuring absolute control of the choice of both of the members of Parliament, and this happened at an early stage in many other burgage boroughs. In Midhurst, however, there
408-425: The pastures and the stubble that surrounded them by a large stone set up on end in the middle of each portion. No doubt these " burgage tenements" had once included houses, but long before the 19th century it was notorious that several of them consisted solely of the marker stones, set in the wall of the landowner's estate. Even compared with most of the other burgage boroughs this was an extreme situation, and during
432-491: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Smith&oldid=1223294686 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Midhurst (UK Parliament constituency) Midhurst
456-2191: The state of Ohio Thomas Adams Smith (1781–1844), American military officer and government official Business and professional [ edit ] Thomas Smith (Registrary) (fl. late 16th century), fourth recorded Registrary of the University of Cambridge Thomas Smith (banker) (1631–1699), founder of the first bank in England outside London Thomas Smith (engineer) (1752–1814), Scottish businessman and lighthouse engineer Thomas Southwood Smith (1788–1861), English physician Thomas Smith (headmaster) (1814–1879), Governor of Elmfield College (1868–?) Thomas Roger Smith (1830–1903), English architect and academic Sir Rudolph Smith (Thomas Rudolph Hampden Smith, 1869–1958), British surgeon Sir Thomas Smith (barrister) (1915–1988), lawyer, soldier and academic Thomas S. Smith (educator) (1921–2004), president of Lawrence University Thomas Smith (finance professor) (born 1958), Australian finance professor Thomas Smith & Sons , crane manufacturers of Rodley, West Yorkshire, UK Sir Thomas Smith, 1st Baronet, of Stratford Place (1833–1909), British surgeon Sports [ edit ] Cricket [ edit ] Thomas Smith (cricketer, born 1848) (1848–?), English cricketer Thomas Smith (cricketer, born 1854) (1854–?), English cricketer Thomas Smith (cricketer, born 1898) (1898–1926), Australian cricketer Thomas Smith (cricketer, born 1899) (1899–1965), English cricketer Thomas Smith (cricketer, born 1905) (1905–1993), English cricketer Other sports [ edit ] Thomas Smith (Australian footballer) (1851–1909), Australian footballer Thomas Smith (cornerback) (born 1970), American professional football player Thomas Smith (English footballer) (1869–?), English footballer Thomas Smith (Scottish footballer) (1908–?), Scottish footballer Thomas Potter Smith (1901–1977), English footballer Thomas Smith (sport shooter) (1931–2022), American Olympic shooter Thomas H. Smith (1830–?), Irish Australian who played
480-402: The zenana missions Thomas Smith (trade unionist) (1847–1919), English trade unionist and politician Thomas L. Smith (1801–1866), also known as "Pegleg", American mountain man Thomas R. Smith (poet) (born 1948), American poet Thomas J. Smith (1830–1870), town marshal of Old West cattle town Abilene, Kansas Thomas James Smith (1827–1896), founder of Smith & Nephew, one of
504-577: Was a parliamentary borough in Sussex , which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1311 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885, when the constituency was abolished. Before the Great Reform Act of 1832, it was one of the most notorious of England's rotten boroughs . From its foundation in the 14th century until 1832, the borough consisted of part of
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#1732779668316528-553: Was eventually abolished as a separate constituency in the boundary changes of 1885, the town being included from that date in the North Western (or Horsham) county division. Poyntz resigned, causing a by-election. Seymour resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds in order to contest a by-election at Antrim , causing a by-election. Walpole was appointed Home Secretary , requiring
552-483: Was reprieved. The expanded borough consisted of the whole of nine parishes and part of ten others, and had a population of 5,627. Nevertheless, Midhurst was permitted to keep only one of its two seats. Under the reformed franchise, its electorate at the election of 1832 was 252; but this was not sufficient to lead to more competitive elections, since the MP was returned unopposed at every election between 1832 and 1868. Midhurst
576-442: Was still no single proprietor by the middle of the 18th century. The most influential figure was The Viscount Montagu , who in 1754 claimed to own 104 burgages, but Sir John Peachey owned 40 and there were more than 70 independent burgage holders. Montagu could usually control matters since he could count on the support of at least half of the independent voters, but for many years there had been an agreement not to force matters, and
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