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Benjamin Smith (Whig politician)

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Name
  
Benjamin Smith

Role
  
Whig politician


Died
  
1860

Children
  
Barbara Bodichon

Benjamin Leigh Smith (1783–1860) was a British Whig politician who represented the constituencies of Sudbury and Norwich.

He was one of five sons and five daughters of William Smith, the famous MP and abolitionist. He was the father of Barbara Bodichon, who founded Girton College, and the explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith (both illegitimate), and was Florence Nightingale's maternal uncle.

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