The hall was rebuilt on an ancient site in the 1600’s for Leonard Smithson, who was succeeded in 1650 by his son Christopher Smithson. The latter’s son George Smithson was MP for the North Riding in the First Protectorate Parliament in 1654 and briefly MP for Northallerton in 1659. On his death in 1692 the estate was sold by […]
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Smithson Notes & Memoirs
Thanks to the diligence of Mark Mawtus, I have acquired the publishers file copy of “Genealogical Notes & Memoirs of the Smithson Family” by George R Smithson. It was published in 1906 by Seeley and Co. Ltd, 38 Great Russell Street, London. The Latter Day Saints hold a copy on Microfilm. The Smithson Association in […]