Born in Camberwell.1

Baptised in Camberwell, St Giles.2

Father - William Smee
Mother - Susannah Ray
Father's occupation - Clerk in the Bank of England

Recorded in census in London, London North East (Bank of England).3

Occupation Secretary (Private Bank of England).1

Recorded in census in City of London, North East (Bank of England).1

Head of household - William Smee

Married Emma Morris SCOTT in Pancras.10,11

1) By licence
2) Groom - William Ray Smee, full age, bachelor, gentleman, St James
3) Bride - Emma Morris Scott, full age, spinster, St James
4) Father of the groom - William Smee, gentleman
5) Father of the bride - William Scott, gentleman
6) Witnesses - William Scott, Mary Davenhill, William Smee

Legacy.4

Received a legacy of GBP 100 pre tax from the estate of Catherine Ray

From the Legacy Receipt - Inland Revenue :-
"William Ray Smee - a descendant of a sister of the deceased - pecunary legacy"

Wrote will.5

From a copy of the will in the Norfolk Archives :-

"This is the last will and testament of me William Ray Smee of No. 2 St Edmunds Terrace North Gate Regents Park Esquire After payment of all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses I give devise and bequeath unto my wife Emma Morris Smee all my real and personal estate in Trust the half yearly interest thereof to belong to and to be the property of my said wife Emma Morris Smee for the term of her natural life or for so long as she remain single and unmarried and upon the death of the said Emma Morris Smee or upon her marriage the whole of the said real and personal estate do become the property of the Town & Corporation of Brighton in Trust for ever the half yearly interest thereof to be applied for the gradual formation of a public library of choice and carefully selected books to be open to all visitors and residents of Brighton & the neighbourhood within 5 miles The books belonging to the said library to be kept in a room appointed for the purpose in the Royal Pavilion one moiety of the said books to be History, Biography, Travels, the other moiety to be selected in accordance with the wants of the Town Council I hereby direct my Executrix to set apart GBP 500 three per cent (five hundred pounds) and sell the same immediately after my death proceeds to be for the use of the Town & Corporation of Brighton in the purchase of books in the way before mentioned to be the commencement of the said library to which I desire all my own books at St Edmunds Terrace or that I may hereafter purchase t be added together with my painting and engravings which I wish to be placed in such a manner that they can be seen and preserved but these paintings and engravings are to be kept by my said wife as long as she may think fit and I hereby appoint the said Emma Morris Smee Executrix of this my Will and direct and order all my shares in the Gresham Life Office in the Old Jewry to be sold immediately after the proving if this my Will and the proceeds invested in the 3 per cent Consols a witness my hand this 12th day of April 1867
Wm. Ray Smee"

Occupation Independant means.6

Recorded in census in Marylebone, St John (St Edmund Terrace).6

Head of household
Staff x 4

Died in Marylebone (St Edmunds Terrace, 5).7,8,9

From the Standard :-
SMEE.--Oct. 27, after a short illness, at 5, St. Edmund's-terrace, Regent's Park, aged 61, William Ray Smee, F.S.A., eldest son of the late William Smee. Esq.

Probate in Principal Registry.8

Of 5 St Edmund's-terrace, Primrose Hill, Regent's Park
Administration granted to Emma Morris Smee, the widow the relic.