Abel Smith JP was an English landowner of the Smith banking family and Conservative politician.
Smith in 1895.
Hertfordshire was a county constituency covering the county of Hertfordshire in England. It returned two Knights of the Shire to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Common
Abel Smith (politician, born 1829)
…father was MP for various constituencies, and his mother was the daughter of General Sir Harry Calvert. Smith was elected member of parliament (MP) for Hertfordshire in 1854 but lost the seat in 1857. His father died in 1859 and he inherited the 11,000-acre (45 km2) estate of Woodhall Park, Hertfordshire, and various…
William Lamb, MP for Hertfordshire 1819–1826 and Prime Minister of the UK 1835–1841 as Viscount Melbourne, leading from the House of Lords