Sir William Cusack-Smith, 2nd Baronet
Sir William Cusack-Smith, 2nd Baronet FRS (23 January 1766 – 21 August 1836) was an Irish baronet, politician, and judge. Background and education. Cusack-Smith was the eldest son of Sir Michael Smith, 1st Baronet, Master of the Rolls in Ireland from 1801 to 1806, and his first wife Maryanne Cusack, daughter of James Cusack of Ballyronan, County Wicklow. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. Legal and judicial career. Cusack-Smith was called to the Irish Bar in 1788 and made Solicitor-General for Ireland in 1800. He was appointed a  Baron of the Exchequer in 1801 at the remarkably early age of 35. The appointment caused some adverse comment, both because of his youth and because he was already displaying signs of eccentricity. In April 1805 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was an eccentric judge who offended Daniel O'Connell. O'Connell raised a motion, carried by MPs on 13 February 1834, to appoint a select committee "to enquire into the conduct of Lord Smith in respect of his neglect of duty as a judge, and the introduction of political topics in his charges to grand juries