William Henry Smith ( 1825 - 1891 )

Birth: Duke Street, Grosvenor Square, London, England (24 June 1825) Death: Walmer Castle, Kent (06 October 1891) Career: Entered his father's business (1841); partner (1846); secured a railway bookstall monopoly and initiated a circulating library; Chief Secretary in Ireland (1866); MP for Westminster (1868-1885); Secretary of the Treasury (1874-1877); First Lord of the Admiralty (1877-1880); Privy Councillor (1877); MP for the Strand division (1885-1891); Secretary of State for War (1885-1887); First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons (1887-1891); Constable of Dover Castle; Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports Membership: Fellow Election Date: 14/02/1878.