Smelt family

The Smelt family was a family from Yorkshire. It owned many of the burgages in Northallerton and was prominent in the town from the mid 17th century onwards.

Members

 * Leonard Smelt; married Grace Frankland, by whom he had issue:
 * Leonard Smelt (1683-1740), English MP; married Elizabeth Whitaker
 * William Smelt (1690-1755), English MP; married Dorothy Cayley, by whom he had issue:
 * Leonard Smelt (1719-1800), Royal Engineers officer, sub-governor to the sons of George III
 * Cornelius Smelt
 * Cornelius Smelt (1748-1832), Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Mann
 * William Smelt (1788-1858), British Army officer