Name Christopher Smith | ||
Christopher Smith (by 1510 – 1589) was an English politician.
He was born the son of Robert Smith of Waltham, Lincolnshire.
He was elected Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Saltash in 1547, Bridport in October 1553, St. Albans in 1559.
He was appointed clerk of the Exchequer by 1545 and Clerk of the Pipe by 1551, a position he held until his death. He was a Justice of the Peace for Hertfordshire from 1562 to his death.
He married Margaret, the daughter of John Hyde of Aldbury, Hertfordshire. Hyde had also been Clerk of the Pipe from the 1520s until his death in 1545.
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