Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington
Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington, was an English peer.Biography
Smith was the son of Charles Smyth, 1st Viscount Carrington, by his wife Elizabeth Caryll, daughter of Sir John Caryll, of South Harting, Sussex. He succeeded in the viscountcy in 1665 when his father was murdered by one of his servants. He was admitted to Gray's Inn on 10 March 1674. In 1687 he was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire, a post he held until 1689.Family
Lord Carrington married firstly Juliana Walmesley, daughter of Sir Thomas Walmesley, of Dunkenhalgh, Lancashire. After her death he married secondly Lady Anne Herbert, daughter of William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis, in 1687. He died in April 1701. As he had no surviving children the viscountcy passed to his younger brother, Charles. Lady Carrington died in May 1748.
