Abel Smith (1788–1859)

Abel Smith (17 July 1788 – 23 February 1859) was a longtime British Member of Parliament.

He was the eighth child but eldest son of Samuel Smith, also a Member of Parliament, and Elizabeth Frances (née Turnor).

Abel Smith entered Parliament in 1810 as member for Malmesbury, and subsequently also represented Wendover and Midhurst, both pocket boroughs controlled by his uncle Lord Carrington, sitting in the Commons for 20 of the last 22 years before the Great Reform Act.

He and his father were Wendover's last MPs, as they sat together as its members for the last two years before the borough's abolition.

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