John Abel Smith

John Abel Smith (2 June 1802 – 7 January 1871) was a British Member of Parliament (MP) for Chichester and Midhurst.

He was the son of John Smith who preceded him as one of the members of parliament for Midhurst.

In 1847, Smith sat on the Committee of the British Association for the Relief of Distress in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland, which had been founded by his friend Lionel de Rothschild.

[4] On 26 July 1858 Abel Smith and Lord John Russell, presented Lionel de Rothschild to the House of Commons.

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