Smith-Gordon baronets

Escutcheon of the Smith-Gordon baronets

The Smith, later Smith-Gordon, baronetcy, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 19 July 1838 for General Lionel Smith, Governor of Jamaica from 1836 to 1839. The second Baronet assumed by royal licence the additional surname of Gordon in 1868 as his mother Isabella was the daughter of Eldred Curwen Pottinger and his wife Anne, daughter of Robert Gordon.

Smith, later Smith-Gordon, baronets (1838)

The heir apparent is Lionel Henry Yuji Smith-Gordon (born 1998), eldest son of the 6th Baronet.

References

  1. ↑ Milne, Lynn. "Smith, Sir Lionel, first baronet (1778–1842)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25875. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ↑ "Smith-Gordon, Sir Lionel Eldred". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ↑ "Smith-Gordon, Sir Lionel Eldred Pottinger". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ↑ "Smith-Gordon, Sir Lionel Eldred Pottinger". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. 1 2 "Smith-Gordon, Sir (Lionel) Eldred (Peter)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ↑ "Sir Lionel Eldred Peter Smith Gordon, 5th Baronet". The Telegraph. 21 October 2026. Retrieved 21 October 2026.