John Sidney Smith (1804–1871) was a legal writer.
John Sidney Smith, son of John Spry Smith of 9 Woburn Square, London, was born in 1804, and held a situation in the six clerks' office in the court of chancery until 23 Oct. 1842, when the establishment was abolished.
He soon after entered Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and graduated B.A.
[1] He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple on 7 Nov. 1845, and practised in the Court of Chancery.
He died at Sidney Lodge, Wimbledon, Surrey, on 14 Jan. 1871.