The Smith, later Bromley, later Pauncefote-Bromley, later Bromley-Wilson, later Bromley Baronetcy, of East Stoke in the County of Nottingham, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 31 October 1757 for the banker George Smith, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire from 1757 to 1759. He was the eldest son of Abel Smith I (1686–1756) of Nottingham, the 2nd son of Thomas Smith I (1631–1699), the founder of Smith's Bank in Nottingham. His younger brothers included: Abel Smith II (1717–1788) and John Smith, ancestor of Julian Pauncefote, 1st Baron Pauncefote.
Sir Henry Bromley, 4th Baronet
Julian Pauncefote, 1st Baron Pauncefote
Julian Pauncefote, 1st Baron Pauncefote, known as Sir Julian Pauncefote between 1874 and 1899, was a British barrister, judge and diplomat. He was Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1882 and 1889 when he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, an office that was upgraded to that of Ambassador to the United States in 1893. Elevated to the peerage as Baron Pauncefote in 1899, he died in office in 1902.
Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1883.
Julian Pauncefote as Attorney-General of Hong Kong
Julian Pauncefote, 1st Baron Pauncefote, with his wife Selina Cubitt, and daughters
Pauncefote memorial in the churchyard of East Stoke in Nottinghamshire, parish church of the Bromley Baronets of Stoke Hall, into which family his daughter had married