John Fairfull Smith

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Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Awarded part of the compensation for the Dunbarton [sic] estate in St Ann Jamaica, with his wife Caroline Cydippa Smith née Turner (q.v.).

  1. Son of John Wilson Smith and Mary Newman. Marriage at St Pancras, London 12/06/1830 of John Fairfull [sic] Smith WS of Edinburgh and Caroline, 3rd daughter of the late Dutton Smith Turner of Clarendon Jamaica.

  2. John Fairfull Smith was the Secretary of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr railway in 1846.


Sources

T71/857 St Ann no. 565, which gives John Fairfell Smith and Caroline Cydippe; the award was made in the name John Fairful [sic] Smith.

  1. John Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours (4 vols., London, Henry Colburn, 1835-1838), vol. 2, p. 113 'Newman of Thornbury Park'; Blackwood's Magazine Vol 28 (Sept. 1830) p. 570; Ancestry.com, London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database online].

  2. PP 1846 (473) Railways. Return to an order of the Honourable House of Commons dated 2 April 1846.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Name in compensation records
John Fairful Smith
Spouse
Caroline Cydippa Turner
Children
John George (1833-), Edward Turner (1835-)
Occupation
Lawyer

Associated Claims (1)

£2,956 15s 6d
Awardee

Legacies Summary

Commercial (2)

Railway Investment
Ayrshire, Bridge of Weir and Port Glasgow Junction [18469]  
£14500 
Railway Investment
Glasgow and Belfast Union [1846193]  
£2225 

Relationships (10)

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Addresses (1)

Edinburgh, Midlothian (Edinburgh), Central Scotland, Scotland