Thursday 24 July 2014

572 Jervoise Smith


Constituency : Penryn and Falmouth 1866-8

Jervoise  took  over  from  Thomas  Baring  who  was  raised  to  the  peerage. He  won  by  376  to 313 votes.

Jervoise  was  the  son  of  John  Smith,  MP  for  Chichester. He  was  part  of  the  family  banking  firm.

The  Liberals  lost  both  seats  in  1868

He  died  in  1884  aged  55.

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