 Augustus Smith (politician)

Augustus John Smith (15 September 1804 – 31 July 1872) was Lord Proprietor of the Isles of Scilly for over thirty years, and was largely responsible for the economy of the islands as it is today.Smith was born in 1804 "at the house of a fashionable accoucheur in Harley Street", London before returning to the family home of Ashlyns Hall in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England.