John Smith (Chancellor of the Exchequer)

For other people named John Smith, see John Smith (disambiguation).

John Smith (1655/6 – 1723) was an English politician, twice serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Smith's father was also called John Smith and he had a sister called Anne, who became Lady Dashwood. He was educated St John's College, Oxford, was at the Middle Temple and was first elected a Member of Parliament in 1678. He was a moderate Whig.

He married Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Strickland, and had two daughters, Mary Smith and Anne Smith, Lady Grant.

Smith was first appointed as Chancellor on 2 June 1699, serving until 27 March 1701. He was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1705 until 1708, returning as Chancellor from 22 April 1708 until 11 August 1710. He was the last Speaker of the House of Commons of England and held this post at the time of the Acts of Union 1707, going on to serve until 1708 as the first Speaker of the new House of Commons of Great Britain.

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Political offices
Preceded by Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax	Chancellor of the Exchequer of England 1699–1701	Succeeded by Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton
Preceded by Robert Harley	Speaker of the House of Commons of England 1705–1706	Succeeded by last incumbent
Preceded by first incumbent	Speaker of the House of Commons of Great Britain 1707–1708	Succeeded by Richard Onslow
Preceded by Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton	Chancellor of the Exchequer of Great Britain 1708–1710	Succeeded by Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer
Preceded by James Vernon	Teller of the Exchequer 1710–1712	Succeeded by The Lord Mansel
Preceded by The Lord Mansel	Teller of the Exchequer 1710–1712	Vacant Title next held by George Treby
Parliament of England
Preceded by William Ashburnham George Legge	Member of Parliament for Ludgershall with Thomas Neale 1679	Succeeded by Thomas Neale John Garrard
Preceded by Henry Clerke Thomas Neale	Member of Parliament for Ludgershall with John Deane 1689–1690	Succeeded by John Deane Thomas Neale
Preceded by Sir Francis Drake John Swinfen	Member of Parliament for Bere Alston with John Swinfen 1691–1694 Sir Henry Hobart 1694–1695 1691–1695	Succeeded by John Elwill Sir Henry Hobart
Preceded by Francis Powlett John Pollen	Member of Parliament for Andover with Sir Robert Smyth 1695–1698 Anthony Henley 1698–1701 Francis Shepheard 1701–1707 1695–1707	Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Parliament of England	Member of Parliament for Andover with Francis Shepheard 1707–1708 William Guidott 1708–1713 1707–1713	Succeeded by William Guidott Sir Ambrose Crowley
Preceded by Sir Charles Hedges Edward Jennings	Member of Parliament for East Looe with Sir James Bateman 1715–1718 Horatio Walpole 1718–1722 William Lowndes 1722-1724 1715–1724	Succeeded by Viscount Malpas William Lowndes

Chancellors of the Exchequer

of England	Giffard Stanton Browne Witham Fowler Catesby Lovell Berners Cromwell Baker Sackville Mildmay Fortescue Dunbar Caesar Brooke Portland Barrett Cottington Colepeper Clarendon Shaftesbury Duncombe Ernle Warrington Hampden Halifax Smith Carleton

of Great Britain	Carleton Smith Oxford/Mortimer Bingley Wyndham Onslow Walpole Stanhope Aislabie Pratt Walpole Sandys Pelham Lee Bilson-Legge Lyttelton Bilson-Legge Mansfield Bilson-Legge Barrington le Despencer Grenville Dowdeswell Townshend North Cavendish Pitt Cavendish Pitt Sidmouth Pitt Lansdowne Perceval Bexley

of the United Kingdom	Bexley Goderich Canning Tenterden Herries Goulburn Spencer Denman Peel Monteagle Northbrook Goulburn Halifax Disraeli Gladstone Lewis Disraeli Gladstone Disraeli Hunt Lowe Gladstone Iddesleigh Gladstone Childers Hicks Beach Harcourt R Churchill Goschen Harcourt Hicks Beach Ritchie A Chamberlain Asquith Lloyd George McKenna Bonar Law A Chamberlain Horne Baldwin N Chamberlain Snowden W Churchill Snowden N Chamberlain Simon Wood Waverley Dalton Cripps Gaitskell Butler Macmillan Thorneycroft Amory Lloyd Maudling Callaghan Jenkins Macleod Barber Healey Howe Lawson Major Lamont Clarke Brown Darling Osborne

Speakers of the House of Commons

House of Commons
of England

14th century	Hungerford · De la Mare · Pickering · Guildesborough · Waldegrave · Pickering · Bussy · Cheney · Doreward · Savage · Redford

15th century	Esturmy · Tiptoft · Chaucer · Stourton · Hungerford · Chaucer · Redman · Beauchamp · Flower · Hunt · Chaucer · Baynard · Russell · Walton · Vernon · Tyrell · Alington · Bowes · Burley · Tresham · Say · Popham · Oldhall · Thorpe · Charlton · Wenlock · Tresham · Green · Strangeways · Wood · Catesby · Lovell · Mordaunt · Fitzwilliam · Empson · Drury · Englefield

16th century	Dudley · Sheffield · Nevill · More · Audley · Wingfield · Rich · Hare · Moyle · Baker · Dyer · Pollard · Broke · Higham · Cordell · Gargrave · Williams · Onslow · Wray · Bell · Popham · Puckering · Snagge · Coke · Yelverton

17th century	Croke · Phelips · Crewe · Richardson · Crewe · Finch · Finch · Glanville · Lenthall · Pelham · Rous (Barebones Parliament) · Widdrington (2nd Protectorate Parliament) · Chute (3rd Protectorate Parliament) · Long (3rd Protectorate Parliament) · Bampfield (3rd Protectorate Parliament) · Grimston · Turnour · Charlton · Seymour · Sawyer · Gregory · Williams · Trevor · Powle · Foley · Littleton

18th century	Harley · Smith

House of Commons
of Great Britain

18th century	Smith · Onslow · Bromley · Hanmer · Compton · Onslow · Cust · Norton · Cornwall · Grenville · Addington

House of Commons
of the United Kingdom

19th century	Addington · Mitford · Abbot · Manners-Sutton · Abercromby · Shaw-Lefevre · Denison · Brand · Peel · Gully

20th century	Lowther · Whitley · FitzRoy · Brown · Morrison · Hylton-Foster · King · Lloyd · Thomas · Weatherill · Boothroyd · Martin

21st century	Bercow

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Name	Smith, John
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