Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington

Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington (c. 1621 – 7 April 1701), was an English peer.

Biography

Smith was the son of Charles Smyth, 1st Viscount Carrington, by his wife Elizabeth Caryll, daughter of Sir John Caryll, of South Harting, Sussex. He succeeded in the viscountcy in 1665 when his father was murdered at Pontoise, France by one of his servants.[1] He was admitted to Gray's Inn on 10 March 1674.[2] In 1687 he was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire by James II, being excused as a Catholic the taking of the oaths of supremacy and allegiance.[3]

Family

Lord Carrington married firstly Juliana Walmesley, daughter of Sir Thomas Walmesley, of Dunkenhalgh, Lancashire. After her death he married secondly Lady Anne Herbert, daughter of William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis, in 1687. He died in April 1701.[4] As he had no surviving children the viscountcy passed to his younger brother, Charles. Lady Carrington died in May 1748.[5]

References

  1. ^ Cooper, W. (1936). Wootton Wawen: its History and Records. pp. 29–31.
  2. ^ Foster, Joseph (1889). The Register of Admissions to Gray's Inn, 1521-1889. p. 318.
  3. ^ Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records vol. 42. 1881. p. 728.
  4. ^ Burke, Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. p. 497.
  5. ^ "Will of The Right Honorable Ann Viscountess Carington, Dowager".
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire
1687–1689 		Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
Charles Smyth
 Viscount Carrington
1665–1701 		Succeeded by
Charles Smith
Peerage of England
Preceded by
Charles Smyth
 Baron Carrington
1665–1701 		Succeeded by
Charles Smith