Sir George Smith, 1st Baronet
Sir George Smith, 1st Baronet (1714–1769) of Smith House, Angel Row, Nottingham and of Stoke Hall in the parish of East Stoke in Nottinghamshire, was a member of the Smith family of bankers, who established Smith's Bank in Nottingham in 1658. He was created a baronet "of East Stoke in the County of Nottingham", a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain, on 31 October 1757.
Stoke Hall, East Stoke, Nottinghamshire, country seat of Sir George Smith, 1st Baronet, later enlarged in 1812
Bromley House Library is a subscription library in Nottingham.
The 'Standfast Library' in Bromley House Library, has a meridian line used to determine local solar noon.
A view of the main room. The spiral staircase is unusual in that it has no central supporting column.