Smith family - papers, 1830-1885

MLMSS 1525

fonds

1830 - 1885

422323

1 volume of textual material

Thomas Smith (1795-1842) of Glenrock, Darling Point, N.S.W., married Penelope Whistler. Penelope's sister Eleanor married Thomas Smith's brother Henry Gilbert Smith (1802-1886). Catherine Penelope Smith (1830-1876), daughter of Thomas and Penelope, married Dr. Henry Butler M.P. of Hobart.
Thomas Whistler Smith (1824-1859), businessman and parliamentarian, was born at Middlesex, England, son of Thomas and Penelope Smith. The family arrived at Sydney in 1830 and Thomas Whistler worked as a clerk in the family business, Smith Brothers, from an early age. After his father's death in 1842 and his uncle Henry Gilbert Smith's retirement in 1848 he took over the business. Smith married Sarah Maria Street in 1847 and they lived firstly at Ecclesbourne, Darling Point, before moving into the family home Glenrock, Darling Point. Smith was elected to the NSW Legislative Assembly for the seat of Cumberland (1857-1859). In 1859 Smith resigned his company directorates and went to London to open the first office of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney. He died of diphtheria in the same year. [ref:ADB 2]

1830-1885; Papers include correspondence of Penelope Smith, 1830-1846; correspondence of Catherine Penelope Butler, 1832-1856; letters sent to Henry Butler, 1841-1885; and letters by Thomas Whistler Smith, 1846-1849 with sketches

Index in volume

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-318 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

This collection was listed in 2005 as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.