William Smith (1816–1895) was a Gold Coast-Sierra Leonean civil servant who worked in Freetown, Sierra Leone, as a registrar for the Mixed Commissionary Court.
Due to his position and through his marriage to wealthy Freetown Creoles, Smith became a prominent figure in Sierra Leone.
[2] William Smith Senior (1795–1875) was from Yorkshire, England, and first came to the Gold Coast in about 1820 to work with the African Company.
They had seven children, William Henry, Robert, Philippa, Mary, John Frederick, Francis, and Charlotte.
Their father was Joseph Green Spilsbury and Thomas married Smith's daughter, Philippa.
[12] The Spilsbury family were wealthy merchants[2] and Ann was of English, Jamaican Maroon, and Sierra Leone heritage.
[13] Smith's children by his second wife were Joseph Spilsbury, Thomas, Emma, Casely, Elizabeth, Hannah, Adelaide, and Annette.