Smithson baronets

The Smithson Baronetcy, of Stanwick in the County of York, is a title in the Baronetage of England.

It was created on 2 August 1660 for Hugh Smithson (1598-1670) of Stanwick St John, Yorkshire.

Sir Hugh Smithson, the fourth Baronet, married Lady Elizabeth Seymour, daughter of Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset and heiress of the Percy family, Earls of Northumberland.

Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC was founded with the legacy of James Smithson, illegitimate son of Sir Hugh, 4th Baronet (Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland).

The Arms of Smithson of Stanwick, Yorkshire (ancient) are blazoned Argent, a chevron engrailed sable between three oak leaves erect slipped vert[3] The arms of the Smithson baronets of Stanwick are Or, on a chief embattled azure three suns proper.

Monument of Sir Hugh Smithson, 1st Baronet ,
St John the Baptist's Church, Stanwick [ 1 ]
Mural monument to Sir Hugh Smithson,
3rd Baronet, St John the Baptist, Stanwick
Smithson of Stanwick, Yorkshire (ancient)
Augmented arms of Smithson of Stanwick