Smelt family

The Smelt family was a family from Yorkshire. It owned many of the burgages in Northallerton and was prominent in the town from the mid 17th century onwards.

Members

Leonard Smelt; married Grace Frankland, by whom he had issue:
- Leonard Smelt (1683-1740), English MP; married Elizabeth Whitaker
- William Smelt (1690-1755), English MP; married Dorothy Cayley, by whom he had issue:
  - Leonard Smelt (1719-1800), Royal Engineers officer, sub-governor to the sons of George III
  - Cornelius Smelt
    - Cornelius Smelt (1748-1832), Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Mann
William Smelt (1788-1858), British Army officer

Sources

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