Carrington Smedley
Carrington Smedley (8 October 1808 – 19 May 1895) was a politician in the colony of South Australia.
History
Carrington was born in Nottinghamshire and served an apprenticeship in the drapery business.[1] He may have been the same Carrington Smedley who was convicted of theft from his employer, Morrison and Co. of Fore Street, Cripplegate.[2]
Mr. and Mrs. Carrington and their two daughters emigrated to South Australia on the ship Thomas Lowry, arriving 6 December 1848. (The trip was by all accounts an unpleasant experience for the passengers.)[3] He set up in business in Kapunda and invested heavily in land there.
He was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Light as an associate of J. T. Bagot, and sat from February 1857 to December 1857, when he sold his business to W. Lewis and resigned his seat to visit England. They returned in 1861.
He was appointed Justice of the Peace in October 1857.
They had a residence in Glen Osmond. His wife died in 1870. He married again, to the widow Peacock and lived in her residence "Palm House", Hackney for nine years. In 1883 they moved to "Torrens Villa", Ellen Street, Semaphore, where he died.
Family
His wife Harriet Smedley (née Garrett) originally of Alverstoke, England, died 28 June 1870. Their children included:
- Eldest daughter died in England c. 1860
- Harriet Garrett Smedley (1845 – 16 March 1879) married Daniel Henry Cudmore on 20 February 1872.
- Anne Emma Smedley ( – 13 October 1937) married Alfred Palmer of Kapunda on 27 September 1870
- Maria P. "Lilla" Smedley married George M. Henderson of Greenock on 14 June 1877
On 4 March 1875 he married again, to Mary Ann Peacock (c. 1820 – 27 April 1908), née Evans, the widow of William Peacock. Their home for around nine years was the Peacock mansion "Palm House" in Hackney, later part of St. Peter's College.
References
- ↑ "The Late Mr. C. Smedley". South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 20 May 1895. p. 5. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ↑ "English Extracts.". The Sydney Monitor (NSW : 1828 - 1838) (NSW: National Library of Australia). 21 April 1837. p. 4 Edition: Evening. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ↑ "Shameful Treatment of the Passengers by the "Thomas Lowry.".". South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 16 December 1848. p. 4. Retrieved 22 April 2015.