Sir Philip Protheroe Smith died at Tremorvah, Truro, on the 24th ult., in his seventy-second year. He was brother of the Right Hon. Sir Montague Edward Smith, and son of the late Mr. Thomas Smith, Town Clerk of Bideford, Devon. In 1832 he was admitted a solicitor, and became, eventually, senior partner in the firm of Smith and Paull, of Truro. Of that city he served as Mayor in 1880; and, consequent on the Prince of Wales's visit to lay the foundation-stone of the cathedral there, he received the honour of knighthood. He married Marianne, daughter of Mr. William Paull.
Source: The Illustrated London News, July 8, 1882, p.50