Francis Inwood-Smythe

Baron of Kingston 

 

 Francis Inwood-Smythe was born the second son (and youngest child) of the Baron

of Kingston, Johnathan Inwood-Smythe and his Baroness, the lovely Patricia.

Francis was educated at Eton and whilst there he met and became great friends

with Reginald "Reggie" or "Rutters" Ruttinge-Stoat and became known as "Frankie"

to his friends there.

Shortly after returning to the Baronial pile - Inwood Hall in Kingston - Francis'

elder brother, Michael, drowned in an unfortuante boating accident.

Francis' father's misery at the death of his beloved Michael, gradually turned

into a slow slide into a lethal bout of consumption.

Having mourned his father for the appropriate three month period, the newly

succeeded Baron Kingston, Francis Inwood-Smythe, removed himself from Inwood Hall

to London to escape the terrible memories of his father's dreadful illness.

Arriving in London on the 1st December, 1777, Francis was delighted to find his

spirit lifted by the happy, optimistic attitude that pervaded the greatest city

in the world and he determined to be a success there.