Abel Smith (politician, born 1829)

His father was MP for various constituencies, and his mother was the daughter of General Sir Harry Calvert.

[2] Smith was elected member of parliament (MP) for Hertfordshire in 1854 but lost the seat in 1857.

His father died in 1859 and he inherited the 11,000-acre (45 km2) estate of Woodhall Park, Hertfordshire, and various other properties.

Their son Abel Henry Smith was subsequently MP for Hertford.

This article about a Conservative Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency and born in the 1820s is a stub.

Smith in 1895.
Arms of Smith: Or, a chevron cotised sable between three demi-griffins couped of the last the two in chief respecting each other [ 1 ]