Sir David William Smith, 1st Baronet

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  1. 1 2 "SMITH (Smyth), Sir DAVID WILLIAM, army". Dictionary of Canadian Biography . Retrieved 4 December 2018. Financially, Smith made a good gamble by serving for over five years with no authorized salary. When he made up his final accounts for audit (to 30 June 1803), his own fees totalled £2,209 14s. 6d. sterling. The land regulations also allowed him and his family to accumulate more than 20,000 acres in 21 townships, 7,800 in Pickering. He was accused of using his office to pick the best land. "The lots marked D.W.S. are sure to be the choice spots," Lord Selkirk [Douglas*] wrote in 1803.
  2. Peppiatt, Liam. "Chapter 89: Maryville Lodge". Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto Revisited.
Sir David William Smith, 1st Baronet
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Surveyor General of Upper Canada
In office
1798–1804
Preceded by Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
17961800
Succeeded by
Preceded by Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
18011804
Succeeded by
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Pickering)
1821–1837
Extinct
Preceded by Ulster.svg
Smith baronets
of Pickering, Canada

30 August 1821
Succeeded by