Bromley baronets

The Smith, later Bromley, later Pauncefote-Bromley, later Bromley-Wilson, later Bromley Baronetcy, of East Stoke in the County of Nottingham, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 31 October 1757 for George Smith,High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire from 1757 to 1759. He was the eldest son of Abel Smith (1686–1757) and Jane Beaumont (d. 1743) and grandson of Thomas Smith (1631–1699), the founder of the bank in Nottingham. He was brother of Abel Smith, father of Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington, of John Smith, great-grandfather of Vivian Smith, 1st Baron Bicester (see Baron Carrington and Baron Bicester for more information on these branches of the family) and Thomas Smith, grandfather of Julian Pauncefote, 1st Baron Pauncefote. The first Baronet married Mary, daughter of Major William Howe and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of William Pauncefote. Major William Howe was the son of Lieutenant-General Emanuel Scrope Howe and his wife Ruperta, daughter of Prince Rupert of the Rhine. The first Baronet was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He was High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1775. In 1778 he assumed by Royal licence the surname of Bromley in lieu of his patronymic. In 1803 he assumed by Royal licence the surname of Pauncefote in addition to that of Bromley.

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