William Smelt (10 January 1690 - 14 September 1755) was an English Member of Parliament.

Life

He was the second son of Leonard Smelt of

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- his elder brother

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was disinherited since their father had run through the family estate. He succeeded Leonard Jr as MP for

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from 1740 until 1745, when he stood down and accepted a post as receiver general of casual revenue for Barbados from 1745 to his death. He sold the family interest in the Northallerton seat to Henry Lascelles. He was buried in the family vault in the chantry chapel in the north aisle of

church.

Marriage and issue

He married Dorothy Cayley, daughter of Cornelius Cayley of York - two of her brothers were Cornelius (1692-1779; Recorder of Hull) and John Cayley (1735-1790; British Consul at St Petersburg). Cayley and Smelt had four daughters and four sons, including: *Cornelius Smelt, father of the better-known

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(1748-1832) * Leonard Smelt (1719-1800).

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*http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/smelt-william-1690-1755 {{DEFAULTSORT:Smelt, William category:1690 births category:1755 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1734–1741 British MPs 1741–1747