Henry Walton Smith
British businessman (1738–1792)
Henry Walton Smith (1738 – 23 August 1792) was an Englishman who was the founder of W. H. Smith, one of the United Kingdom's largest bookselling and newspaper vending businesses.2
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Born 1738, died 1792.1
Companies
Career
Occupation: businessperson.4
Brought up in Wrington in Somerset, Henry Walton Smith moved to London and became a personal assistant to Charles Rogers, an English customs official and art collector.
In 1792, together with his wife Anna, he founded his news vending business in London.
He died only a few months later on 23 August 1792.
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Personal life
- CitizenshipKingdom of Great Britain5
In 1784 he married Anna Eastaugh, a servant girl (1756-c. 1816), leading to the loss of his inheritance. They went on to have two sons, Henry Edward Smith and William Henry Smith, and one daughter, Mary Anne Smith.
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- 1WikidataHenry Walton Smith on Wikidata
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- 6WikidataWHSmith, Founder