The Smith, later Dodsworth, later Smith-Dodsworth Baronetcy, of Newland Park in the County of York, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 22 January 1784 for John Silvester Smith, of Newland Park, Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

. He married Henrietta, daughter of John Dodsworth, of Thornton Watlass

Thornton Watlass

Thornton Watlass is a small village and civil parish within the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located north of Masham and south of Bedale on the eastern slopes of the Ure Valley at the entrance to Wensleydale and the Yorkshire Dales National Park...

, Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

, and sister and heiress of Frederick Dodsworth. The second Baronet assumed in 1821 by Royal license the surname of Dodsworth in lieu of his patronymic. The fourth Baronet assumed the surname of Smith-Dodsworth.

The Dodsworth family is descended from King Edward III

Edward III of England

Edward III was King of England from 1327 until his death and is noted for his military success. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II, Edward III went on to transform the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe...

. The Thornton Watlass

Thornton Watlass

Thornton Watlass is a small village and civil parish within the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located north of Masham and south of Bedale on the eastern slopes of the Ure Valley at the entrance to Wensleydale and the Yorkshire Dales National Park...

 estate was acquired in 1415 by Thomas Dodsworth. Sir Edward Dodsworth, Commissary-General to the Parliamentary Army, Matthew Dodsworth

Matthew Dodsworth

Matthew Dodsworth was, sometime before 1593, appointed as Judge of the Admiralty Court in England's Northern Counties. and was later Registrar and Chancellor for Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York...

 and the antiquary Roger Dodsworth

Roger Dodsworth

Roger Dodsworth was an English antiquary.-Life:He was born at Newton Grange, Oswaldkirk, near Helmsley, Yorkshire, in the house of his maternal grandfather, Ralph Sandwith...

 were later members of the family.

Smith, later Dodsworth, later Smith-Dodsworth Baronets, of Newland Park (1784)

• Sir John Silvester Smith, 1st Baronet (1734-1789)
• Sir Edward Dodsworth, 2nd Baronet (1768-1845)
• Sir Charles Dodsworth, 3rd Baronet (1775-1857)
• Sir Matthew Smith-Dodsworth, 4th Baronet (1819-1858)
• Sir Charles Edward Smith-Dodsworth, 5th Baronet (1853-1891)
• Sir Matthew Blayney Smith-Dodsworth, 6th Baronet (1856-1931)
• Sir Claude Matthew Smith-Dodsworth, 7th Baronet (1888-1940)
• Sir John Christopher Smith-Dodsworth, 8th Baronet (b. 1935)