Thomas Eustace Smith
| Thomas Eustace Smith MP | |||||||||
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| Born | 1831 | ||||||||
| Died | 1903 | ||||||||
| Residence |
Gosforth House, Newcastle-on-Tyne in A6:2 this crossed out in favour of Dudley, Northumberland | ||||||||
| Occupation | political | ||||||||
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proposed 1867.04.30
Information on thomas e. seems right, who was John M.? (he's the one named in the minutes, when proposed). Since lists have both Thomas E. (1869) and T. Eustace (1872), I have put this for forename. John M. has not reappeared in my searches so he remains elusive and may have been a mistake of 1867 where the man below him is also a John Smith. In these minutes he is 'MD' but MP is correct
Notes From Elsewhere
Gosforth House: Charles John Brandling (1769–1826) suffered financial problems as a result of which the estate was sold, in 1852, to Thomas Smith.
Eustace Smith was the son of Thomas Eustace Smith (1861-1902), JP, barrister, Liberal politicion and wealthy managing director of Smith's Dock on Tyneside. This company eventually became the Swan Hunter shipyard. The family had a home in London, Gosforth House in Newcastle and the Manor House at Whalton. Thomas' father was William Smith of Benton, a ropemaker.
Thomas Eustace Smith (1831–1903) was an English shipping magnate and Liberal Party politician.
He was elected at the 1868 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tynemouth and North Shields,[1] having stood unsuccessfully in Dover at the 1865 general election.[2] He was re-elected in Tynemouth and North Shields at the 1874 and 1880 elections,[1] and retired from the House of Commons when the constituency was abolished at the 1885 general election.[3]
His father William Smith of Benton was a ropemaker.
Thomas Eustace Smith married Martha Mary Dalrymple, known as an art patron, in 1855.[4] They had six daughters and four sons. Through Ashton Wentworth Dilke, who married the eldest daughter Maye (Margaret), Martha (known also as Ellen) came to meet his brother Charles Dilke. The implications of the sex scandal involving Charles Dilke that later came to court (in the form of the divorce case between Donald Crawford and his wife Virginia, another of their daughters) later undermined the Smiths' social position, since there were broad hints of adultery between Ellen and Charles Dilke.[5]
