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Frederick William Boyton Smith
(1837 - 1919)
United Kingdom
Frederick W Boyton Smith was
born in Dorchester in
September or October 1837, and
is recorded as having been
baptised on October 13th in
Dorchester's St Peters
Church. Frederick was clearly
born into a musical family,
for his father, also named
Frederick William Smith, was a
musician; his mother, Helen
Boyton and her sister Clara
(who was a teacher of music)
were the daughters of Richard
Boyton, a professor and
teacher of piano. Helen was
originally from Clifton,
Bristol, where she married
Boyton's
father in September 1835. To
avoid confusion with his
father, Frederick jr. is
usually known as Boyton Smith.
The 1861 census shows that
Boyton Smith's father was
originally a Kentish man from
Deal, had moved with Helen to
Dorchester. He is recorded as
being 'a professor of
music and dance.'