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W. Wyke Smith, 1808-1878

Nationality: English
Date of Birth: 1808
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Date of Death: 1878
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Identity:

William Wyke Smith was a solicitor from 1831. He became the partner of his father at 16 Southampton Street, Bloomsbury.

Life:

He worked as a Solicitor for the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers and to the Metropolitan Board of Works 1861-1878. Thus he was involved in the building of JW's White House in Tite Street.

Bibliography:

The Times, Tuesday, 17 September 1878, p. 10; Boase, Frederic, Modern English biography: containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died during the years 1851-1900 ... Truro, 1892-1921.