by his joint partner in the Company of Scotland, Francis Montgomerie of Giffen. At the 1708 general election Smith was returned unopposed as MP for Andover, and subsequently gave up his position as Speaker when he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer again on 22 April 1708. He ceased to be Chancellor at the dissolution of Parliament on 11 August 1710, and was returned unopposed for Andover at the 1710 election. He was then appointed to the lucrative post of Teller of the Exchequer. He refused to stand for Parliament at the 1713 election, offended by suggestions that the ministry had him under control. His post of Teller was renewed in 1714 and he held it for the rest of his life. Smith was returned as Member of Parliament for East Looe at the general elections in 1715 and 1722. Personal life He married Anne Steward, daughter of Sir Nicholas Steward, 1st Baronet, of Hartley Mauditt, Hampshire on 1 September 1679. Anne died in 1680 and he married secondly Anne Strickland, daughter of Sir Thomas Strickland of Boynton, Yorkshire by licence dated 7 November 1683. Smith died on 2 October 1723 and was buried in the old church at South Tidworth. He and his second wife had four sons and three daughters, including Mary Smith and Anne Smith, Lady Grant. His son Thomas was also a Whig Member of Parliament. References Attribution 1650s births 1723 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Oxford Members of the Middle Temple Chancellors of the Exchequer of England Chancellors of the Exchequer of Great Britain Speakers of the House of Commons of England Speakers of the House of Commons of Great Britain Members of the Privy Council of Great Britain Place of birth missing Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies English MPs 1679 English MPs 1689–1690 English MPs 1690–1695 English MPs 1695–1698 English MPs 1698–1700 English MPs 1701 English MPs 1701–1702 English MPs 1702–1705 English MPs 1705–1707 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for constituencies in Cornwall British MPs 1707–1708 British MPs 1708–1710 British MPs 1710–1713 British MPs 1715–1722 British MPs 1722–1727 Members of the Parliament of England for Bere Alston